Toyoo Ashida was a Japanese anime character designer, animator and director. He was most notable for directing the original Vampire Hunter D anime, as well as for providing character designs for Vifam, Mashin Hero Wataru, Minky Momo and F-Zero GP Legend. He is the founder of the anime production studio, Studio Live and as well as the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) along with Satoshi Kon.
- Occupation
- film director, animator, character designer
- Citizenship
- Japan, Empire of Japan
- Born
- April 21, 1944
- Died
- July 23, 2011
