GONDO has been working on research on global animation after graduating from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Tokyo. In addition to writing animation-related articles for animation and film journals, he has also served as an adjunct instructor of the history of animation at Tokyo Zokei University since the 2001 academic year. His major written works include Euro Animation (coeditor, Film Art Inc., 2002), Sekai to nihon no animeshon besuto 150 (Best 150 World and Japanese Animation Films Selected by Professionals, supervising editor, Fusion Product, 2003), and Itaria animeshon no sekai (The World of Italian Animation, content contributor, PetitGlam Publishing, 2004).