Yoichi Manoda

Yoichi Manoda Born October 6, 1935 Tokyo, Japan Occupation Cinematographer, director of special effects, producer First work Eagle of the Pacific (1953) Notable work Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Yoichi Manoda (真野田 陽一,   Manoda Yōichi) is a Japanese cinematographer, special effects director and television producer.

Manoda studied under Eiji Tsuburaya at the Tsuburaya Special Research Institute before transferring to Toho in 1953. He served as an assistant cameraman on a number of the company's tokusatsu films through the 1960s until his promotion to special effects cinematographer in 1966, succeeding Sadamasa Arikawa. In 1971, Manoda was given the position of director of photography of Godzilla vs. Hedorah, which did not split up its drama and effects crew. He left the film industry shortly thereafter to work as a special effects director on several of Tsuburaya and Toho's television productions.

Selected filmography

Assistant special effects cinematographer

• Godzilla (1954)
• Invisible Man (1954)
• Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
• Half Human (1955)
• Rodan (1956)
• The Mysterians (1957)
• The H-Man (1958)
• Varan (1958)
• The Three Treasures (1959)
• Battle in Outer Space (1959)
• The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
• The Human Vapor (1960)
• Mothra (1961)
• The Last War (1961)
• Gorath (1962)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Matango (1963)
• Atragon (1963)
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
• Dogora (1964)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
• All Monsters Attack (1969)

Special effects cinematographer

• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• King Kong Escapes (1967) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• Son of Godzilla (1967) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• Destroy All Monsters (1968) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• Latitude Zero (1969) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• Space Amoeba (1970) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]

Director of special effects

• Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969)
• Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 39-40, 43-44, 47-51]
• Mirrorman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 19-20, 23-24]
• Jumborg Ace (TV 1973) [episodes 16, 18]
• Diamond Eye (TV 1973-1974) [recurring]
• Flying Saucer War Bankid (TV 1976-1977) [recurring]
  • Flying Saucer War Bankid (1977) [theatrical release]
• Megaloman (TV 1979) [episodes 1-2]

Miscellaneous

• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) - Cinematographer
• Megaloman (TV 1979) - Producer [with Kiichi Shimomura, Etsuo Yamamoto]

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