Thoughts and Expressions of Tadahito Mochinaga in His Handwritten Notebook “Animator’s Jobs” (Ⅰ)

Tadahito Mochinaga was the first Japanese animator to produce full-length puppet animation films. In particular, the nine puppet animation films which he made at Ningyo Eiga Seisakusho (Puppet Film Factory) between 1954 and 1959 are outstanding works based on educational culture in post-World War II Japan. Before his death in April 1999, he left many personal memoirs. This report describes the handwritten notebook in order to understand the internal process of his animation production.