[7] After reading a feature about Future Boy Conan from Animage magazine, Inoue decided to become an animator.
Subsequently he became known for his freelance work as a key animator on feature films like Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987), Akira (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and Ghost in the Shell (1995).
[10] The characters in the scene are described as moving "with a verisimilitude that appears wholly natural and spontaneous, a level of realism which of course can only be achieved by painstaking attention to detail.
Works, including The Eccentric Family (2013), Shirobako (2014) and Kuromukuro (2016), being brought in by studio founder and director Masayuki Yoshihara.
[16] Anime News Network reviewer Kim Morissey credits Inoue as the reason why scenes depicting war are "striking and hyper-detailed.
"[3] Iso referred to Inoue as "the person that I regard as my teacher" who influenced how he animates movements.
[23] In the first episode of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, the character Tsubame rushes home to watch a fictional anime by "the dream team, Inoue-san, Iso-san and Ohira-san" referring to Toshiyuki Inoue, Mitsuo Iso and Shinya Ohira.