りんたろう（1941年生まれ）は、日本のアニメーション監督、漫画家。本名は林重行。東映動画で日本初のカラー長編アニメーション映画『白蛇伝』の制作に参加した後、虫プロダクションに移り、『鉄腕アトム』や『ジャングル大帝』の演出を手がけた。独立後は『宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック』『銀河鉄道999』『幻魔大戦』『メトロポリス』などを監督し、映画的な画面構成と光と影を生かした映像表現で日本のアニメーションを牽引してきた。初の自伝漫画『1秒24コマのぼくの人生』（原題 "Ma vie en 24 images par seconde"）では、戦後の東京で映画に魅せられた少年時代から、手塚治虫や松本零士らと作品を生み出した日々までを描き、第29回手塚治虫文化賞マンガ大賞を受賞した。
Rintaro (born 1941) is a Japanese animation director and manga artist whose birth name is Shigeyuki Hayashi. He began his career at Toei Doga, contributing to “The White Snake Enchantress,” Japan’s first color feature-length animated film, before joining Mushi Production and directing episodes of “Astro Boy” and “Kimba the White Lion.” As an independent director, he went on to make such landmark works as “Space Pirate Captain Harlock,” “Galaxy Express 999,” “Harmagedon,” and “Metropolis,” developing a cinematic visual style distinguished by dramatic compositions and expressive contrasts of light and shadow. His autobiographical graphic novel “Ma vie en 24 images par seconde,” published in Japanese as “1 Byō 24 Koma no Boku no Jinsei,” recounts his childhood fascination with cinema and his work alongside figures including Osamu Tezuka and Leiji Matsumoto; it received the 29th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize’s Manga Grand Prize.
