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Kunio Okawara, Osamu Kobayashi, More Win TAAF's Lifetime Achievement Award
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The staff of the Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) event announced the winners of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday:
Character Designer
Kunio Okawara (Time Bokan series, Yatterman, Mobile Suit Gundam, Armored Trooper Votoms)
Animator
Osamu Kobayashi (Shin Dokonjo Gaeru, Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi, Magical Angel Creamy Mami)
Scriptwriter
Akiyoshi Sakai (Casshan, Cyborg 009, Kerokko Demetan)
Voice Actress
Kazuko Sugiyama (Gatchaman's Jun the Swan, Heidi - A Girl of the Alps' titular character, Urusei Yatsura's Ten)
Production Founder/Producer
Shigehito Takahashi (Moomin, Yama Nezumi Rocky Chuck, Heidi - A Girl of the Alps)
Director of Photography
Hirokata Takahashi (Aim For The Best! film, Ashita no Joe 2, Space Adventure Cobra)
Director
Hisayuki Toriumi (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, Gatchaman, Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou, Toriumi passed away in 2009)
Animator
Tsuneo Ninomiya (Inakappe Taisho, Nanako SOS, Maple Town Stories)
Scriptwriter
Kazuo Fukazawa (Horus - Prince of the Sun, Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow, Marco - From the Apennines to the Andes)
Singer
Mitsuko Horie (Judo Boy, Voltes V, Himitsu no Akko-chan)The Tokyo Anime Award Festival will be held from March 8 to 11.
Last year's winners included Tsutomu Shibayama, Gisaburō Sugii, Kumiko Ohsugi, Shôhei Kawamoto, and more.
Source: TAAF
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