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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Industry Passings

[Source: aicn.com] Regrettably, Satoshi Kon wasn't the only figure anime has recently lost.

Animator Shojuro Yamauchi passed away on the same day. Yamauchi worked on Ghibli and Miyazaki works including Grave of Fireflies, Cagliostro’s Castle, Spirited Away, and Future Boy Conan
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Puppet master Kihachiro Kawamoto, whose work was featured on experimental anime Shijin no Shougai and Winter Days passed away at age 85

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