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James Baxter (born May 1967) is a British character animator. He was first known for his work on several Walt Disney Animation Studios films, including various characters in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', Rafiki in ''The Lion King'', Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast'', and Quasimodo in ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''. After ''Notre Dame'', Baxter moved over to DreamWorks Animation, where he worked on films such as ''The Prince of Egypt'', ''The Road to El Dorado'', ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', ''Shrek 2'' and ''Madagascar''. Early in 2005, Baxter left DreamWorks and set out on his own as an independent animator. He became the head of his own studio, James Baxter Animation, in Pasadena, California, where he has directed the animation for the 2007 film ''Enchanted'' and the opening credits to ''Kung Fu Panda'', for which he received an Annie Award. As of the summer of 2008, James Baxter Animation has closed and Baxter has returned once again to DreamWorks Animation as a supervising animator. Baxter has also worked on ''Tummy Trouble'', ''How to Train Your Dragon'' and ''The Croods''. In May 2013, Baxter was a guest animator for an episode of ''Adventure Time'' entitled "James Baxter the Horse". The episode's story focused on the lead characters trying to emulate a horse who can cheer everyone up by neighing his name (James Baxter) and balancing on a beach ball. Both the horse's animation (which is visually distinct from the other characters) and voice were provided by Baxter. The episode's title card features a drawing of the horse drawing a horse on a beach ball, while sitting at an animation table. ==Filmography== *''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) (Animator) *''The Little Mermaid'' (1989) (Character Animator: "Ariel") *''DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' (1990) (Animator) *''The Rescuers Down Under'' (1990) (Character Animator: "Joanna") *''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991) (Supervising Animator: "Belle") *''The Lion King'' (1994) (Supervising Animator: "Rafiki") *''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996) (Character Designer, Supervising Animator: "Quasimodo") *''The Prince of Egypt'' (1998) (Animator: "Moses") *''The Road to El Dorado'' (2000) (Senior Supervising Animator: "Tulio") *''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' (2002) (Senior Supervising Animator: "Spirit") *''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'' (2003) (Supervising Animator: "Sinbad") *''Shrek 2'' (2004) (Supervising Animator) *''Madagascar'' (2005) (Additional Supervising Animator) *''Curious George'' (2006) (Animation Supervisor: James Baxter Animation) *''Enchanted'' (2007) (Animation Supervisor: James Baxter Animation) *''Kung Fu Panda'' (2008) (Animation Director - Dream Sequence: James Baxter Animation) *''Monsters vs. Aliens'' (2009) (Animator) *''How to Train Your Dragon'' (2010) (Animator) *''Adam and Dog'' (2011) (Animator) *''Gravity Falls'' (2012) (Animator: Title Sequence; Pterodactyl - Episode: Land Before Swine) *''The Croods'' (2013) (Head of Character Animation) *''Adventure Time'' (TV series - 2013) (Animator: James Baxter - Episode: James Baxter The Horse) *''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' (2014) (Supervising Animator: "Valka") *''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' (2015) (Animation Director) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Baxter (animator)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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