Anime director & designer Toyoo Ashida passed away...

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Animators Atsuko Watanabe and Hiroshi Koujina reported that anime director and character designer Toyoo Ashida passed away on Saturday, July 23. He was 67.

Ashida served as the series director for the two Fist of the North Star television anime series, Kuso Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy, and Sōten Kōro. He also directed the Fist of the North Star Movie, the Vampire Hunter D video anime, and The World of Narue. His many character design credits include UFO Senshi Daiapolon, the 1979 Cyborg 009 television anime, several Fairy Princess Minky Momo projects, the Ginga Hyōryū Vifam titles, the Chō Mashin Eiyūden Wataru anime franchise, and Gulliver Boy.

In addition to his animation career, Ashida co-founded the labor group Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) in 2007, and served as its president since its establishment. He founded Studio Live in 1976, and as the studio's president, he became the mentor of Watanabe, Koujina, and many other animators.

A private service for family members was held on Monday.
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RIP.
 
Doraemon666 said:
This sucks they really are dropping like flies,really sad news.RIP. :cry:
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you got that right.......................(moment of silence) RIP
while were on the subject why is it the good ones that die.
there are people out there thats not doing anything with there lives and some with a career like this guy dies............... it sucks man
 
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