
Birthday:
04-29-1925
Deathday:
01-08-2007 (81 years)
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 – January 8, 2007) was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He was most famous as being a production and character designer for Hanna-Barbera Productions shows such as Scooby-Doo.
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Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 – January 8, 2007) was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He was most famous as being a production and character designer for Hanna-Barbera Productions shows such as Scooby-Doo.
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The Flintstones
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1960 star_border 7.4
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The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Charlotte's Web
Director (1 ep.)
event1973 star_border 6.8
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Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
The Night Before Christmas
Character Designer (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 4.8
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Fictionalized account of how Clement C. Moore came to write "A Visit from St. Nicholas." His young daughter, stricken with pneumonia, asks for a Santa Claus story for Christmas. No such story had been written, so Moore writes his famous poem, set to Ken Darby's music and sung by The Norman Luboff Choir.
The Crazy Comedy Concert
Producer (1 ep.)
event1974
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Live action/animation special geared to educate young people about classical music.
Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers
Production Design (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 9.4
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Join the spook-busting, case-cracking, snack-munching fun as Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang gear up for four of their most frightening adventures ever! Traveling the globe on their ongoing quest to trip up crooks (and chow down on munchies), Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Daphne, Fred and Velma tangle with a supernatural assortment of eerie adversaries. Facing multiple monsters, ghouls galore and gobs of ghosts, our top-dog detective and those "meddling kids" will stop at nothing to get their ghoul as they confront SCOOBY-DOO'S CREEPIEST CAPERS!
Hägar the Horrible
Creative Director (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6.3
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Made-for-TV special of popular comic strip.
Tom and Jerry: The Karate Guard
Storyboard (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 6.5
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The cartoon starting scene starts outside of the house and then goes to Tom, who was taking a nap but was woken up by Jerry. Tom peeks through the mouse hole to see what the noise was and sees Jerry smacking a punching bag that looks like a cat. After Jerry finishes with the punching bag, his spiritual mentor appears and asks him if he's ready to take on the cat, which is Tom. Jerry nods yes. After Jerry walks out of his mouse hole he sees Tom at the end of a hallway and becomes afraid of him, until Tom starts to mock Jerry. He then laughs at the thought of Jerry defeating him. Jerry then decides to go and fight Tom until Tom pulls out a flyswatter and hits Jerry with it a couple of times. After the beating, Tom then slingshots Jerry with the flyswatter back into his mouse hole where he runs into one of his walls. Jerry's spiritual mentor appears again and gives Jerry a gong to ring that summons a "Karate Guard" named Momo-sumo (played by Spike) to aid him whenever he needs help.
The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't
Production Design (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 8
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A talking squirrel must save the holiday by rescuing a young Pilgrim boy and a young Native American boy that has gone missing in the woods on Thanksgiving day.
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Creative Producer (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 9.3
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The special is hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership in animation. This is the first animated project to be broadcast in Dolby Surround sound system.
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Creative Consultant (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 7.7
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After going their separate ways, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred reunite to investigate the ghost of Moonscar the pirate on a haunted bayou island, but it turns out the swashbuckler's spirit isn't the only creepy character on the island. The sleuths also meet up with cat creatures and zombies... and it looks like for the first time in their lives, these ghouls might actually be real.
A Christmas Story
Production Design (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 3
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The special is set in a town almost like in Disney's Lady and the Tramp, and it was Christmas Eve. In one house, a little boy named Timmy was read a Christmas story and tucked into bed. The resident mouse Gumdrop , while admiring the house all decorated for Christmas, noticed Timmy's letter to Santa on the floor. The letter must of have fallen off the table and never got mailed. So he and the family dog Gobber set outside to deliver the letter to Santa and save Christmas for Timmy.
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
Art Direction (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 4.7
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A loose adaptation and parody of the Lewis Carroll tale by Hanna-Barbera Productions. A modern-day teenager doing a book report on Alice is accidentally sucked into her television set and ends up in a wacky version of Wonderland.
Yogi's Ark Lark
Production Design (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 6.8
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Yogi, Boo Boo and many of his friends including Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Magilla Gorilla among others decide to build an ark to look for the mythical Perfect Place which is peaceful and hasn't been affected by man and pollution. They hire the Jellystone's janitor Noah Smith to act as captain and travel throughout the world looking for such a place. Even though they think every place they land is a "Perfect place", they soon find out that there is definitely no place like home.
Cyrano
Producer (1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 9
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Long-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves in this animated version of Edmond Rostand's play.
The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible
Creative Director (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 8.2
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The three protagonists listen to a storyteller recount the creation as well as the Fall. At the same time, they learn their own lessons in honesty after tricking a gardener into giving them fruit for free.
The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik
Production Design (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 10
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An all-animal retelling of the classic Robin Hood.
A Flintstone Christmas
Creative Producer (1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 6.9
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Santa has an accident at Fred's house on Christmas Eve, Fred and Barney have to continue his run for him.
Monchhichis
Creative Producer (1 ep.)
event1983
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The Monchhichis are monkey-like creatures living in the forest land of Monchia. The tribe leader is a magical wizard called Wizzar, who can make up spells and potions to defeat their enemy, Horrg, and the evil Grumplins of Grumplor.
Oliver and the Artful Dodger
Production Design (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 6.6
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An animated sequel to the story of "Oliver Twist". Oliver is adopted by Mr. Brownlow. When Mr. Brownlow dies, his will cannot be found so his nephew Sniperly tries to just take the money. Oliver has to stop him. Meanwhile, Artful Dodger now helps children escape from workhouses.
I Yabba Dabba Do!
Producer (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 5.9
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A grown-up Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm decide to get married.
The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby
Producer (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 6.4
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Newlyweds Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm Bamm Rubble are expecting a newborn, so Fred and Wilma head for Hollyrock to help them cope.
Hong Kong Phooey
Producer (31 ep.)
event1974 star_border 6.3
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Penrod Pooch leaps into action as Hong Kong Phooey to fight villains.
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
Producer (39 ep.)
event1974 star_border 6.8
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Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch is a 30-minute cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired for one season on NBC from September 7, 1974 to August 30, 1975. It aired on Saturday morning from 8:30-9:00 am, opposite the popular The Bugs Bunny Show. 39 six-minute installments of the show were made. In the 80s, repeats were shown on USA Cartoon Express and later resurfaced on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Since the show aired on NBC, Wheelie sometimes "imitated" the network's trademark "chimes". This was the first and only Hanna-Barbera series that has no humans and animals in it.
Jabberjaw
Producer (16 ep.)
event1976 star_border 6.6
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Jabberjaw (a 15-foot air-breathing great white shark) and The Neptunes (a rock group made up of four teenagers — Biff, Shelly, Bubbles and Clamhead) travel to various underwater cities where they encounter and deal with assorted megalomaniacs and supervillains who want to conquer the undersea world.
Devlin
Producer (16 ep.)
event1974 star_border 5
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Devlin is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera for ABC in 1974.
Sky Commanders
Animation Director (13 ep.)
event1987 star_border 7.6
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Deep in the South Pacific, a tumultuous and untamed new continent has erupted, spawned by a highly unstable new element, known as Phaeta-7. If this powerful new element could be controlled, whoever possessed it would be the undisputed ruler of the world! One man, General Lucas Plague, is determined to hold that title. And it's up to a rugged team of mountaineering experts, led by Commander Mike Summit, to stop him.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Production Design (25 ep.)
event1969 star_border 7.8
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Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and the talking dog, Scooby-Doo, travel on the Mystery Machine van, in search of weird mysteries to solve.
Super Friends
Production Design (109 ep.)
event1973 star_border 7.6
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The most powerful heroes ever--Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman and Robin--join forces with teenagers Wendy and Marvin and their dog, Marvel the Wonderdog, to defend justice and guard the innocent.
Speed Buggy
Producer (16 ep.)
event1973 star_border 7.6
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Set in an assortment of locations around the world, the series follows three teenagers (Mark, Debbie, and Tinker) and a talking dune buggy as they partake in various adventures.
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
Production Design (89 ep.)
event1969 star_border 7.1
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Dick Dastardly and his snickering canine co-pilot Muttley plot to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon aboard their World War I flying machines.
Droopy, Master Detective
Character Designer (39 ep.)
event1993 star_border 5.4
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Droopy, Master Detective is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera in association with Turner Entertainment. The show is a spin-off from Tom & Jerry Kids and was dropped from Fox's Saturday morning schedule on January 1, 1994. Months later, the series was aired on weekday afternoons in August and September 1994.
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Storyboard Artist (195 ep.)
event1990 star_border 6.2
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Tom and Jerry in their childhood days, playing cat-and-mouse games even then.
The Scooby-Doo Show
Creative Director (16 ep.)
event1976 star_border 7.7
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Join Scooby-Doo and the gang in their various adventures in this compilation series including episodes from The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, Scooby's All Star Laff-a-Lympics, and Scooby's All-Stars!
Yogi's Space Race
Creator (16 ep.)
event1978 star_border 7.1
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Yogi Bear and other Hanna-Barbera figures match wits as they race around the galaxy.
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