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Arrietty Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi Hospitalized for Heart Attack

posted on by Alex Mateo
Yonebayashi directed Studio Ghibli's The Secret World of Arrietty, Studio Ponoc's Mary and The Witch's Flower

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Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty, When Marnie Was There, Mary and The Witch's Flower) revealed on Twitter on Wednesday that he had a heart attack and has been hospitalized. He added that he had been transferred to the hospital's general ward and that his condition is progressing well.

Yonebayashi made his directorial debut with Studio Ghibli's The Secret World of Arrietty. He also directed When Marnie Was There.

Yonebayashi left the staff of Studio Ghibli at the end of 2014, and then started at Studio Ponoc with other former Ghibli members. There, he directed the Mary and The Witch's Flower anime film and the short "Kanini & Kanino" in Modest Heroes.

Source: Hiromasa Yonebayashi's Twitter account

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