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In Memoriam

posted on 2012-01-01 15:00 AEDT by Egan Loo

To those who left us in 2011

Nobuhiro Aihara
Animator
"Stone," "Private," "Eizō (Kage)," "Line," "Rain"

Kei Aoyama
Manga creator
Yoiko no Mokushiroku, SWWEEET

Shingo Araki
Designer, animator
Saint Seiya, Rose of Versailles, Yu-Gi-Oh!

Toyoo Ashida
Director, designer
Fist of the North Star, Vampire Hunter D, Fairy Princess Minky Momo

Osamu Dezaki
Director
Ashita no Joe, Ace wo Nerae!, Rose of Versailles, Space Adventure Cobra

Jerry Fellows
Co-editor
Space Fanzine Yamato

Michal Friedman
Voice actress, singer
Mobile Suit Gundam UC, Speed Racer: The Next Generation

Yoshio Harada
Actor
Azumi

Cassandra Hodges
Voice actress
Glass Fleet, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hetalia - Axis Powers

Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Actor
Ashita no Joe,

Shinichi Ichikawa
Scriptwriter
Ultraman

Diana Wynne Jones
Author
Howl's Moving Castle

Hiroshi Kakoi
Producer
Macross II

Hiroyuki Kanno
Game creator
Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo YU-NO, EVE burst error

Yōko Kasugai
Flutist
FUNKIST (Fairy Tail)

Masahiro Katayama
Animator, professor

Tomoko Kawakami
Voice actress
La fillette révolutionaire Utena, Hikaru no Go, Sugar, Air

Eriko Kishida
Lyricist
Alps no Shōjo Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, A Dog of Flanders

Sakyo Komatsu
Novelist
Japan Sinks!, Komatsu Sakyo Anime Gekijō

Akinari Matsuno
Light novel author
MM!

Moribi Murano
Designer, director
Dagger of Kamui, Unico

Mitsuki Nakamura
Art director
Speed Racer, Gatchaman, Gundam, Ideon, Nausicaä

Sawako Noma
President
Kodansha

Shigeru Okada
President
Toei

Shōichirō Ōkubo
Screenwriter
Mermaid Forest, Lupin III, Ninja Hattori-kun, Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!

Carlo Peroni
Artist
Calimero

Jerry Robinson
Comic/manga writer
Astra, Batman

Taiji Sawada
Bassist
X Japan/Loudness

Kazuo Takahashi
Manga creator
Minami no Kazoku

Junpei Takiguchi
Voice actor, narrator
Yatterman, Dragon Ball

Hideo Tanaka
Director
Sukeban Deka

Kan Tokumaru
Voice actor
Gundam, Gaiking, Tekkaman, The IDOLM@STER

Mamoru Uchiyama
Manga artist
The Ultraman

Seiichiro Ujiie
Chairperson, film producer
Ghibli, Detective Conan, Inuyasha, Death Note films

Seichiro Uno
Song composer
Moomin

Kazuko Ute
Voice actress
Goku no Daibōken

Shinji Wada
Manga creator
Sukeban Deka, Pygmalio, Crown

Ken Yamaguchi
Voice actor
Fist of the North Star, Sakigake!! Otoko Juku, Saint Seiya

Kazuyoshi Yokota
Animation director
Cosmowarrior Zero, Maetel Legend

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