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Iwao Takamoto (1925–2007)

Producer | Art Department | Production Designer

Iwao Takamoto had recently graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor; Iwao, his parents and siblings were interned as enemy aliens in the Manzanar internment camp where he learned the rudiments of drawing and animation from two fellow internees who had worked as art directors at Hollywood film studios... See full bio »

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(age 81) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1993 Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (TV movie) (producer)
 
1993 I Yabba-Dabba Do! (TV movie) (producer)
 
1981-1985 Smurfs (TV series) (creative producer - 144 episodes)
– All Work and No Smurf/Gargamel's Time Trip (1985) (creative producer)
– Brainy's Smarty Party (1985) (creative producer)
– They're Smurfing Our Song (1985) (creative producer)
– Have You Smurfed Your Pet, Today?/Unsound Smurfs (1985) (creative producer)
– Smurfette's Rose/The Mr. Smurf Contest (1985) (creative producer)
See all 144 episodes »
 
1984 Snorks (TV series) (creative producer - 13 episodes)
– The King of Kelp/Whale Tales (1984) (creative producer)
– Me Jo-Jo, You Daffney/The Old Shell Game (1984) (creative producer)
– Fine Fettered Friends/Time Out for Sissies (1984) (creative producer)
– A Snork on the Wild Side/Allstar's Double Trouble (1984) (creative producer)
– Snorkin' Surf Party/The Snorkness Monster (1984) (creative producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1984 The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (TV series) (creative producer - 13 episodes)
– The Nutcracker Scoob (1984) (creative producer)
– A Scarey Duel with a Cartoon Ghoul/E*I*E*I*O (1984) (creative producer)
– Sherlock Doo (1984) (creative producer)
– Showboat Scooby/The 'Dooby Dooby Doo' Ado (1984) (creative producer)
– A Night Louse at the White House (1984) (creative producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1984 Challenge of the GoBots (TV series) (creative producer - 5 episodes)
– The Final Conflict (1984) (creative producer)
– Earth Bound (1984) (creative producer)
– Conquest of Earth (1984) (creative producer)
– Target Earth (1984) (creative producer)
– Battle for Gobotron (1984) (creative producer)
 
1984 SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (TV series) (creative producer - 8 episodes)
– The Village of Lost Souls/The Curator (1984) (creative producer)
– The Case of the Dreadful Dolls/The Royal Ruse (1984) (creative producer)
– Darkseid's Golden Trap (1984) (creative producer)
– Island of the Dinosoids/Uncle Mxyzptlk (1984) (creative producer)
– The Case of the Shrinking SuperFriends/The Mask of Mystery (1984) (creative producer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1983 Monchhichis (TV series) (creative producer - 1983)
 
1983 The Biskitts (TV series) (creative producer - 13 episodes)
– Turnaround Hound/A Dark and Stormy Knight (1983) (creative producer)
– The Swamp Monster/May the Best Biskitt Win (1983) (creative producer)
– The Moonpond/Fly Me to the Goon (1983) (creative producer)
– The Trojan Biskitt/Snatched from Scratch (1983) (creative producer)
– The Golden Biskitt/The Bone in the Stone (1983) (creative producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1983 The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (TV series) (creative producer - 13 episodes)
– Wedding Bell Boos! (1983) (creative producer)
– Where's Scooby-Doo? (1983) (creative producer)
– Who's Minding the Monster?/Scooby ala Mode (1983) (creative producer)
– The Fall Dog/The Scooby Coupe (1983) (creative producer)
– Scooby and the Minotaur/Scooby Pinch Hits (1983) (creative producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1982-1983 Pac-Man (TV series) (creative producer - 21 episodes)
– Pac-Van-Winkle/Happy Pacs-Giving (1983) (creative producer)
– Super-Pac vs. Pac-Ape/P.J. Goes Pac-Hollywood (1983) (creative producer)
– Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Pac-Man/Around the World in 80 Chomps (1983) (creative producer)
– The Greatest Show in PacLand/Pac-A-Lympics (1983) (creative producer)
– The Genie of Pacdad/Computer Packy (1983) (creative producer)
See all 21 episodes »
 
1980-1983 Super Friends (TV series) (creative producer - 22 episodes)
– Playground of Doom/Space Racers/The Recruiter (1983) (creative producer)
– Attack of the Cats/One Small Step for Superman/Video Victims (1983) (creative producer)
– Prisoners of Sleep/An Unexpected Treasure/The Malusian Blob (1983) (creative producer)
– Return of the Phantoms/Bully for You/SuperClones (1983) (creative producer)
– The Revenge of Doom/A Pint of Life/Day of the Dinosaurs (1983) (creative producer)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1983 The Dukes (TV series) (creative producer - 7 episodes)
– A Hogg in the Foggy Bogg (1983) (creative producer)
– The Dukes in Hollywood (1983) (creative producer)
– The Canadian Caper (1983) (creative producer)
– A Dickens of a Christmas (1983) (creative producer)
– The Kid from Madrid (1983) (creative producer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1982 The Gary Coleman Show (TV series) (creative producer - 1982)
 
1982 Laverne & Shirley with Special Guest Star the Fonz (TV series) (creative producer - 1982)
 
1982 Ri¢hie Ri¢h (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1982-1984 Shirt Tales (TV series) (creative producer - 23 episodes)
– Bogey Goes Ape/Digger's Three Wishes (creative producer)
– Brass Bogey/The Forbidden Island (creative producer)
– Digger Runs Away/Wingman (creative producer)
– Dinkel's Ark/The Duke of Dinkel (creative producer)
– Dinkel's Buddy/The Big Set-up (creative producer)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1982 Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (TV series) (creative producer - 1982)
 
1982 Heidi's Song (associate producer)
 
1982 The Little Rascals (TV series) (creative producer - 1 episode)
– Rascal's Revenge (1982) (creative producer)
 
1981 Trollkins (TV series) (creative producer - 13 episodes)
– Dr. Frankentroll, I Presume/Agent Double-O-Troll (1981) (creative producer)
– Trolltown Trollympics/The Troll Cat in the Hat (1981) (creative producer)
– The Abominable Trollman/The Moth That Ate Trolltown (1981) (creative producer)
– Supertroll/Flooky and the Troll Burglar (1981) (creative producer)
– Bermuda Trollangle/Fine Feathered Lumpkin (1981) (creative producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1981 The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (TV series) (creative producer - 11 episodes)
– Give Me a Hand: Something's Afoot (1981) (creative producer)
– All This and Timbuktu (1981) (creative producer)
– Around the World in 80 Ways (1981) (creative producer)
– Perilous Pauline (1981) (creative producer)
– There's No Place Like Rome (1981) (creative producer)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1981 Laverne & Shirley in the Army (TV series) (creative producer - 1 episode)
– Invasion of the Booby Hatchers (1981) (creative producer)
 
1981 The Kwicky Koala Show (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1979 The New Shmoo (TV series) (creative producer - 1979)
 
1979 Casper and the Angels (TV series) (creative producer - 1979)
 
1979 Buford and the Galloping Ghost (TV series) (creative producer - 1979)
 
1979 The Super Globetrotters (TV series) (creative producer - 13 episodes)
– The Super Globetrotters vs. Attila the Hun (1979) (creative producer)
– The Super Globetrotters vs. Merlo the Magician (1979) (creative producer)
– The Super Globetrotters vs. Bullmoose (1979) (creative producer)
– The Super Globetrotters vs. Transylvania Terrors (1979) (creative producer)
– The Super Globetrotters vs. The Time Lord (1979) (creative producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1978-1979 Godzilla (TV series) (creative producer - 26 episodes)
– The Deadly Asteroid (1979) (creative producer)
– Island of Doom (1979) (creative producer)
– Valley of the Giants (1979) (creative producer)
– The Macro-Beasts (1979) (creative producer)
– The Golden Guardians (1979) (creative producer)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1979 The World's Greatest SuperFriends (TV series) (creative producer - 8 episodes)
– The Planet of Oz (1979) (creative producer)
– The Superfriends Meet Frankenstein (1979) (creative producer)
– Terror at 20,000 Fathoms (1979) (creative producer)
– Universe of Evil (1979) (creative producer)
– The Lord of Middle Earth (1979) (creative producer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1979 The All-New Popeye Hour (TV series) (creative producer - 1 episode)
– I Wouldn't Take That Mare to the Fair on a Dare (1979) (creative producer)
 
1979 Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1978 Galaxy Goof-Ups (TV series) (creative producer - 1978)
 
1978 Jana of the Jungle (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1978 Yogi's Space Race (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1978 Challenge of the SuperFriends (TV series) (creative producer - 16 episodes)
– The History of Doom (1978) (creative producer)
– SuperFriends: Rest in Peace (1978) (creative producer)
– Doomsday (1978) (creative producer)
– Fairy Tale of Doom (1978) (creative producer)
– The Final Challenge (1978) (creative producer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1978 Dinky Dog (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1978 The Robonic Stooges (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1978 Dynomutt Dog Wonder (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1977 The Skatebirds (TV series) (creative producer - 1977)
 
1977 The All-New Super Friends Hour (TV series) (creative producer - 15 episodes)
– The Protector/Stowaways/The Ghost/Rampage (1977) (creative producer)
– The Marsh Monster/Runaways/Will the World Collide?/Time Rescue (1977) (creative producer)
– Frozen Peril/Dangerous Prank/The Mummy of Nazca/Cable Car Rescue (1977) (creative producer)
– Man-Beasts of XRA/Prejudice/Tiny World of Terror/Tibetan Raiders (1977) (creative producer)
– Forbidden Power/Pressure Point/The Lion Men/The Day of the Rats (1977) (creative producer)
See all 15 episodes »
 
1977-1978 Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (TV series) (creative producer - 13 episodes)
– Quebec and Baghdad (1977) (creative producer)
– The Grand Canyon and Ireland (1977) (creative producer)
– Africa and San Francisco (1977) (creative producer)
– India and Israel (1977) (creative producer)
– Spain and the Himalayas (1977) (creative producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1977 A Flintstone Christmas (TV movie) (creative producer)
 
1977 C B Bears (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1977 Fred Flintstone and Friends (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1976 The Mumbly Cartoon Show (TV series) (creative producer - 1976)
 
1976 Clue Club (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1976 Jabberjaw (TV series) (creative producer - 16 episodes)
– There's No Heel Like El Eel (1976) (creative producer)
– The Piranha Plot (1976) (creative producer)
– The Fast-Paced Chase Race (1976) (creative producer)
– Malice in Aqualand (1976) (creative producer)
– The Bermuda Triangle Tangle (1976) (creative producer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1976 The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (TV series) (creative producer - 16 episodes)
– The Spirits of '76/The Prophet Profits (1976) (creative producer)
– The Ghost of the Bad Humor Man/The Lighter Than Air Raid (1976) (creative producer)
– The Ghost That Sacked the Quarterback/The Injustice League of America (1976) (creative producer)
– Scooby Doo, Where's the Crew?/The Blue Falcon vs. the Red Vulture (1976) (creative producer)
– There's a Demon Shark in the Foggy Dark/The Awful Ordeal with the Head of Steel (1976) (creative producer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1976 Davy Crockett on the Mississippi (TV movie) (creative producer)
 
1975 The New Tom & Jerry Show (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1975 The Great Grape Ape Show (TV series) (producer)
 
1974 These Are the Days (TV series) (creative producer - 1974)
 
1974 Devlin (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1974 Valley of the Dinosaurs (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1974 Partridge Family 2200 AD (TV series) (creative producer - 1974)
 
1974 Hong Kong Phooey (TV series) (creative producer - 16 episodes)
– Comedy Cowboys (1974) (creative producer)
– Dr. Disguiso/The Incredible Mr. Shrink (1974) (creative producer)
– Mr. Tornado/The Little Crook Who Wasn't There (1974) (creative producer)
– The Great Choo Choo Robbery/Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Bakery Man (1974) (creative producer)
– From Bad to Verse/Kong and the Counterfeiters (1974) (creative producer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1974 Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1974 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– The Crazy Comedy Concert (1974) (producer)
– Cyrano (1974) (producer)
 
1973 Speed Buggy (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1973 Jeannie (TV series) (producer)
 
1973 Goober and the Ghost Chasers (TV series) (creative producer - 11 episodes, 1973) (producer - 5 episodes, 1973)
– Old MacDonald Had a Ghost: Ee II Eeyow (1973) (creative producer)
– Inca Dinka Doo (1973) (creative producer)
– That Snow Ghost (1973) (creative producer)
– Is Sherlock Holme? (1973) (creative producer)
– A Hard Day's Knight (1973) (creative producer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1973 Super Friends (TV series) (creative producer - 14 episodes, 1973) (producer - 2 episodes, 1973)
– The Watermen (1973) (creative producer)
– The Planet Splitter (1973) (creative producer)
– Gulliver's Gigantic Goof (1973) (creative producer)
– The Mysterious Moles (1973) (creative producer)
– Menace of the White Dwarf (1973) (creative producer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1973 Yogi's Gang (TV series) (creative producer - 3 episodes)
– Mr. Hothead (1973) (creative producer)
– Lotta Litter (1973) (creative producer)
– Mr. Bigot (1973) (creative producer)
 
1972-1973 The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– Lost in Space (1973) (producer)
– Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection (1972) (producer)
 
1973 Butch Cassidy (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1973 Inch High, Private Eye (TV series) (creative producer)
 
1973 The Addams Family (TV series) (producer)
 
Show ShowArt Department (57 titles)
2005 The Karate Guard (short) (storyboard artist)
 
1996 Cave Kids (TV series) (design consultant - 2 episodes)
– Soap Bubble Dreams (1996) (design consultant)
– Beanstalk Blues (1996) (design consultant)
 
1993 Droopy: Master Detective (TV series) (designer - 1993, storyboard artist - 1993)
 
1993 Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (TV movie) (storyboard artist)
 
1991-1993 The Pirates of Dark Water (TV series) (creative designer - 13 episodes)
– The Living Treasure (1993) (creative designer)
– The Soul Stealer (1993) (creative designer)
– Sister of the Sword (1993) (creative designer)
– The Pandawa Plague (1993) (creative designer)
– The Game Players of Undaar (1992) (creative designer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1993 I Yabba-Dabba Do! (TV movie) (storyboard artist)
 
1988-1991 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (TV series) (creative designer - 27 episodes)
– Catcher on the Sly/The Ghost of Mrs. Shusham/The Wrath of Waitro (1991) (creative designer)
– The Were-Doo of Doo Manor (1991) (creative designer)
– Mayhem of the Moving Mollusk (1991) (creative designer)
– Horror of the Haunted Hairpiece (1990) (creative designer)
– Wrestle Maniacs (1990) (creative designer)
See all 27 episodes »
 
1990-1993 Tom & Jerry Kids Show (TV series) (creative designer, 1990-1993) (storyboard artist, 1990-1993)
 
1990 The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (TV series) (creative designer - 1990)
 
1990 The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (short) (storyboard supervisor)
 
1990 Timeless Tales from Hallmark (TV series) (creative designer - 6 episodes)
– Rapunzel (1990) (creative designer)
– Rumpelstiltzkin (1990) (creative designer)
– The Elves and the Shoemaker (1990) (creative designer)
– The Emperor's New Clothes (1990) (creative designer)
– The Ugly Duckling (1990) (creative designer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1989 Paddington Bear (TV series) (creative designer - 1989)
 
1986-1989 Smurfs (TV series) (creative designer - 76 episodes)
– The Golden Rhino/Hearts 'N' Smurfs (1989) (creative designer)
– Wild Goes Cuckoo/Brainy's Beastly Boo-Boo (1989) (creative designer)
– Bananas Over Hefty/The Smurfs of the Round Table (1989) (creative designer)
– Painter's Egg-Cellent Adventure/Small Minded Smurfs (1989) (creative designer)
– Big Shot Smurfs/No Reflection on Vanity (1989) (creative designer)
See all 76 episodes »
 
1989 Hägar the Horrible (TV short) (creative designer)
 
1989 A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration!: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (TV documentary) (creative designer)
 
1988 The New Yogi Bear Show (TV series) (creative designer)
 
1988 The Flintstone Kids' Just Say No Special (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1988 Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1988 Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1988 The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1988 Rockin' with Judy Jetson (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1988 The Creation (video short) (creative designer)
 
1988 Yogi & the Invasion of the Space Bears (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1987 Popeye and Son (TV series) (creative designer - 1987)
 
1987 Sky Commanders (TV series) (creative designer - 1987)
 
1986-1987 Pound Puppies (TV series) (creative designer - 26 episodes)
– Cooler, Come Back (1987) (creative designer)
– Peter Pup (1987) (creative designer)
– Garbage Night: The Musical (1987) (creative designer)
– Bright Lights, Bright Eyes/Dog and Caterpillar (1987) (creative designer)
– Where's the Fire?/The Wonderful World of Whopper (1987) (creative designer)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1986-1987 Foofur (TV series) (creative designer - 26 episodes)
– Annabell Gets Framed/Scary Harry (1987) (creative designer)
– Look Homeward, Foofur (1987) (creative designer)
– Fencer Gets Soul/You Bet Your Life (1987) (creative designer)
– Rocki's Big Fib/Bye, Bye, Birdie (1987) (creative designer)
– Annabell Goes Punk/Puppy Love (1987) (creative designer)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1987 The Little Troll Prince (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1987 The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1987 The Jetsons (TV series) (creative designer - 1 episode)
– Invisibly Yours, George (1987) (creative designer)
 
1987 Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1987 Yogi's Great Escape (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1987 Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1986-1987 Jonny Quest (TV series) (creative designer - 13 episodes)
– Creeping Unknown (1987) (creative designer)
– Temple of Gloom (1986) (creative designer)
– Skulduggery (1986) (creative designer)
– The Scourge of Skyborg (1986) (creative designer)
– Warlord of the Sky (1986) (creative designer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1987 Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1987 Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1986-1988 The Flintstone Kids (TV series) (creative designer)
 
1986 Wildfire (TV series) (creative designer - 13 episodes)
– Wildfire: King of the Horses (1986) (creative designer)
– Where the Dreams Come From (1986) (creative designer)
– King for a Day (1986) (creative designer)
– Dragons of Dar-Shan (1986) (creative designer)
– Strangers in the Night (1986) (creative designer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1986 The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (TV documentary) (creative designer)
 
1986 GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (creative designer)
 
1986 Paw Paws (TV series) (creative designer - 3 episodes)
– The Zip Zap 4-D Trap (1986) (creative designer)
– S'no Business (1986) (creative designer)
– Totem Time Trap (1986) (creative designer)
 
1986 Moses (video short) (creative designer)
 
1986 Joshua and the Battle of Jericho (video short) (creative designer)
 
1986 Daniel and the Lion's Den (video short) (creative designer)
 
1986 Samson and Delilah (video short) (creative designer)
 
1986 Noah's Ark (video short) (creative designer)
 
1986 David and Goliath (video short) (creative designer)
 
1985-1987 Yogi's Treasure Hunt (TV series) (creative designer)
 
1985-1987 Snorks (TV series) (creative designer)
 
1985 The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (TV series) (creative designer - 8 episodes)
– The Death of Superman (1985) (creative designer)
– Escape from Space City (1985) (creative designer)
– Brainchild/The Case of the Stolen Super Powers (1985) (creative designer)
– The Wild Cards (1985) (creative designer)
– The Fear (1985) (creative designer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1985 The Pound Puppies (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1985 Star Fairies (TV movie) (creative designer)
 
1985 CBS Storybreak (TV series) (creative designer - 1 episode)
– Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (1985) (creative designer)
 
1985 Galtar and the Golden Lance (TV series) (creative designer)
 
1979 The New Fred and Barney Show (TV series) (creative designer)
 
1976 Davy Crockett on the Mississippi (TV movie) (storyboard artist)
 
1970 Where's Huddles? (TV series) (story director - 10 episodes)
– One Man's Family (1970) (story director)
– A Sticky Affair (1970) (story director)
– The Odd Trio (1970) (story director)
– Get That Letter Back (1970) (story director)
– To Catch a Thief (1970) (story director)
See all 10 episodes »
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (27 titles)
1993 Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (TV movie)
 
1993 I Yabba-Dabba Do! (TV movie)
 
1972-1974 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (TV series)
– Car 54 (1974)
– Marriage Counselor (1974)
– Model Alice (1974)
– Rich Little, Supersleuth (1974)
– Maude Loves Papa (1974)
See all 48 episodes »
 
1972-1973 The New Scooby-Doo Movies (TV series)
– Scooby-Doo Meets Dick Van Dyke (1973)
– The Haunted Candy Factory (1973)
– The Weird Winds on Winona (1973)
– The Exterminator (1973)
– The Spirited Spooked Sports Show (1973)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1972 Sealab 2020 (TV series)
 
1972 Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (TV series)
 
1972 The Flintstone Comedy Hour (TV series) (1972)
 
1972 The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (TV series)
– The Chan Clan at Scotland Yard (1972)
– The White Elephant (1972)
– The Greek Caper (1972)
– The Gypsy Caper (1972)
– The Mardi Gras Caper (1972)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1972 A Christmas Story (TV movie)
 
1972 The Roman Holidays (TV series)
– Cyrano deHappius (1972)
– Hectic Holiday (1972)
 
1972 The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (TV series)
– The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park (1972)
– The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik (1972)
– Oliver and the Artful Dodger: Part 2 (1972)
– Oliver and the Artful Dodger: Part 1 (1972)
– Yogi's Ark Lark (1972)
 
1972 The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't (TV movie)
 
1972 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
– The Last of the Curlews (1972)
 
1971 The Funky Phantom (TV series)
 
1971 Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (TV series)
– Gobs of Gobaloons (1971)
 
1971 The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (TV series)
 
1970 Josie and the Pussycats (TV series)
 
1970 Harlem Globe Trotters (TV series)
 
1970 Where's Huddles? (TV series)
– One Man's Family (1970)
– A Sticky Affair (1970)
– The Odd Trio (1970)
– Get That Letter Back (1970)
– To Catch a Thief (1970)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1969-1970 Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (TV series)
– Plane Talk/Happy Bird Day/Boxing/Runaway Rug/Super Muttley (1970)
– Have Plane Will Travel/Windy Windmill/Tough Break/The Ice Cream Tree/Astromutt (1969)
– Balmy Swami/Camouflage Hop-Aroo/Mop Up/Left Hanging/Wild Mutt Muttley (1969)
– Too Many Kooks/Ice See You/Echo/Rainmaker/Professor Muttley (1969)
– Medal Muddle/Go South Young Pigeon/The Window Washer/Beach Blast/Admiral Bird Dog (1969)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1969-1970 Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (TV series)
– A Night of Fright Is No Delight (1970)
– A Tiki Scare Is No Fair (1970)
– Don't Fool with a Phantom (1970)
– Haunted House Hang-Up (1970)
– Jeepers, It's the Creeper (1970)
See all 25 episodes »
 
1969 The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (TV series)
– The Boardwalk Booby Trap (1969)
 
1969 Cattanooga Cats (TV series)
 
1968-1969 The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (TV series)
– Mission of Captain Mordecai (1969)
– Menace in the Ice (1968)
– The Curse of Thut (1968)
– Castle of Evil (1968)
– The Last Labor of Hercules (1968)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1968-1969 Wacky Races (TV series)
– Race to Racine/The Carlsbad or Bust Bash (1969)
– The Ski Resort Road Race/Overseas Hi-Way Race (1968)
– Ballpoint, Penn., or Bust/Fast Track to Hackensack (1968)
– Speeding for Smogland/Race Rally to Raleigh (1968)
– Dopey Dakota Derby/Dash to Delaware (1968)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1968-1970 The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (TV series)
– A Fair Day for Tooly (1969)
 
1968 The Adventures of Gulliver (TV series)
– The Forbidden Pool (1968)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (27 titles)
1998 Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (video) (creative design consultant)
 
1993 Jonny's Golden Quest (TV movie) (character designer)
 
1991 Tom & Jerry Kids Show (TV series) (character designer)
 
1991 The Last Halloween (TV short) (animation supervisor)
 
1990 Timeless Tales from Hallmark (TV series) (character designer - 1 episode)
– Thumbelina (1990) (character designer)
 
1985-1986 Galtar and the Golden Lance (TV series) (character designer)
 
1984 Challenge of the GoBots (TV series) (character designer - 5 episodes)
– The Final Conflict (1984) (character designer)
– Earth Bound (1984) (character designer)
– Conquest of Earth (1984) (character designer)
– Target Earth (1984) (character designer)
– Battle for Gobotron (1984) (character designer)
 
1982 Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper (TV movie) (character designer)
 
1982 Heidi's Song (character designer)
 
1980 Drak Pack (TV series) (character designer)
 
1978 The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour (TV series) (animation director)
 
1969 The Ruby Eye of the Monkey-God (short) (layout artist)
 
1968 The Night Before Christmas (TV movie) (character designer)
 
1968 The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (TV series) (character designer - 7 episodes, 1968) (layout artist - 1 episode, 1968)
– The Eye of Doorgah (1968) (character designer)
– The Curse of Thut (1968) (character designer)
– Castle of Evil (1968) (character designer)
– The Last Labor of Hercules (1968) (character designer)
– Pirate Island (1968) (character designer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1967 Abbott & Costello (TV series) (layout artist - 1967)
 
1967 Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (TV series) (layout artist)
 
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk (TV movie) (layout artist)
 
1966 Frankenstein, Jr. and the Impossibles (TV series) (layout artist)
 
1966 The Man Called Flintstone (layout artist)
 
1965 The Secret Squirrel Show (TV series) (layout artist)
 
1964-1965 Jonny Quest (TV series) (layout artist - 2 episodes)
– The House of Seven Gargoyles (1965) (layout artist)
– Turu the Terrible (1964) (layout artist)
 
1964 The Magilla Gorilla Show (TV series) (layout artist)
 
1964 The Flintstones (TV series) (layout artist - 1 episode)
– Dr. Sinister (1964) (layout artist)
 
1962 The Jetsons (TV series) (layout artist - 2 episodes)
– Elroy's Pal (1962) (layout artist)
– The Coming of Astro (1962) (layout artist)
 
1962 Rancid Ransom (short) (layout artist)
 
1962 Swash Buckled (short) (layout artist)
 
1961 The Yogi Bear Show (TV series) (layout artist - 1 episode)
– Bear Foot Soldiers/Royal Rodent/Judo Ex-Expert (1961) (layout artist - segment "Bear Foot Soldiers")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
2002-2005 What's New, Scooby-Doo? (TV series) (creative consultant - 13 episodes)
– Block-Long Hong Kong Terror (2005) (creative consultant)
– Uncle Scooby and Antarctica (2004) (creative consultant)
– Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman (2004) (creative consultant)
– The San Franpsycho (2004) (creative consultant)
– A Scooby Doo Halloween (2003) (creative consultant)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1990 Jetsons: The Movie (supervising director)
 
1987 The Nativity (video short) (creative supervisor)
 
1979 C.H.O.M.P.S (title designer: main title)
 
Show ShowArt Director (3 titles)
Show ShowSpecial Effects (1 title)
1990 The Dreamer of Oz (TV movie) (special effects consultant)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1973 Charlotte's Web
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2007 Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (video) (dedicated to the memory of)
 
2005 Scooby Doo in Where's My Mummy? (video) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2005 First Family of the Stone Age (video)
Himself
 
2004 Carved in Stone: The Flintstones Phenomenon (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Scooby Doo: Unmasking the Mystery (video documentary short)
Himself - Production Designer of the Original TV Show
 
2001 The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (TV special)
Himself (as Iowa Takamoto)
 
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Alternate Names:

Iowa Takamoto
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

A Great Dane breeder "talked [to me] about the important points of a Great Dane, like a straight back, straight legs, small chin and such. I decided to go the opposite and gave [Scooby-Doo] a hump back, bowed legs, big chin and such. Even his colour is wrong." See more »

Trivia:

Moved from Disney studios to Hanna-Barbera Studios in 1961. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus