U-Iwao Takamoto ungumdwebi wekhathuni nomdwebi wemifanekiso oqale ukulungiselela njengochwepheshe wakusasa lapho ehlangana nomndeni wakhe ekamu lokuhlushwa eManzanar, impela ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe II.
Eminye yemisebenzi yakhe ifaka phakathi ukusebenzisana namafilimu esici iCinderella, Sleeping Beauty neDisney's 101 Dalmatians; ukuze ukwazi uqonde kangcono ikhwalithi engemuva kweTakamoto nokuthi kwakufanele yakhelwe kanjani endaweni engafanele neze.
Wazalwa ngo-1925 futhi eyinzalo yabafuduki baseJapan abazinzile E-United States, wazibumba njengomdwebi wamakhathuni ngaleyo minyaka ayesekamu lokuhlushwa eManzanar. Lapho wafunda ukudweba namasu wokugqwayiza kanye nabanye abadwebi bamakhathuni okwathi kamuva basebenzela e-United States kuma-studio ahlukahlukene wokugqwayiza.
Ngemuva kwempi, UTakamoto waqala ukusebenza kwaDisney Studios lapho aqala khona njengomsizi wezithombe "ongagunyaziwe". kuMilt Kahl, oyilungu lalabo abaziwa ngokuthi ama-Old Old Men noma i-Nine Elders futhi abayingxenye yomlando we-Disney ngokuba ngamaphayona emikhiqizweni yenkampani; Empeleni, ngenxa yabo, uWalt Disney ukwazile ukunweba ama-horizons ngokunikeza imikhiqizo kubo ngawo-50; ungalahleki Ungadweba kanjani imickey igundane.
Lapho wayesebenzisana namafilimu esici iCinderella, Sleeping Beauty nama-Dalmatians ayi-101. Bekuyi ngo-1961 ngesikhathi eshiya istudiyo futhi waba yilungu lohlu lukaHannah-Barberah, futhi kulapho imisebenzi yakhe nokwakheka kwakhe kwaziwa khona ngochungechunge oludumile lweScooby Doo.
Un umdwebi wamakhathuni nomenzi we-animator odlule kuma-studio aqashelwa kakhulu, yakhelwe ezikhathini ezinzima njengakulelo kamu lokuhlushwa futhi kamuva yaklama ezinye zezinhlamvu ezipholile kulolo chungechunge olukhulu lwe-TV.