Osamu Dezaki
After graduating from high school, he began working for Osamu Dezaki and Akio Sugino at their Studio Annapuru. Under the direction of Shinji Ōtsuka, Kondō worked as a key animator of the TV anime series "Cat's Eye". He then worked as a free agent on such shows as "The Mighty Orbots", "Rainbow Brite" and "Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears". His first work with Studio Ghibli was as a key animator on "Castle in the Sky". After working on the Gainax film "The Wings of Honneamise" and the OVAs "Devilman" and "Meikyū Bukken File 538", Kondō began to be known for the high quality of his work.