Toshitsugu Saida

An old-time animator behind many of [Oh! Production](https://anilist.co/studio/234/)'s works and arguably the studio's most famous animator. Saida joined the studio soon after it was established in 1970. There he studied under [Kazuo Komatsubara](https://anilist.co/staff/129558/) and [Kouichi Murata](https://anilist.co/staff/191548/), quickly becoming one of the studio's star animators. [Gauche the Cellist](https://anilist.co/anime/1049/) was in part a vehicle for his skills, in which Saida single-handedly drew all of the key animation for the 63-minute film. Afterwards he was involved as character designer and animation director in many of the '70s and '80s series that were imported to Europe, including World Masterpiece Theatre classics [Shoukoujo Sara](https://anilist.co/anime/2547/) and [Haha o Tazunete Sanzenri](https://anilist.co/anime/1663/). He is still active to this day, working near exclusively on the long-running [Chibi Maruko-chan](https://anilist.co/anime/6149/) series.