Matt Schley
April 13, 2017 
Takanashi promoting the Blu-ray release of Macross II.Minoru Takanashi, a Bandai Visual producer who worked on hit series like Escaflowne, Macross, Gundam and others, has died, animator Nobuteru Yuki reported Wednesday.
Takanashi’s impressive list of credits also includes series and films such as 3×3 Eyes, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Jin-Roh, Wolf’s Rain and Gunbuster.
Yuki, who reported the news on Twitter, wrote the following about Takanashi:
Without [Takanashi’s] project-planning powers, I don’t think Escaflowne would’ve been made… he did everything with a “let’s do it!”-style glint in his eye.
Takanashi was a frequent presence on the North American anime convention circuit, where he could be seen promoting Bandai Visual projects.
バンダイビジュアルのプロデューサー高梨実氏が亡くなりました。
エスカフローネというタイトルは彼の企画力抜きには実現し得なかったと思います。
2199も高く評価して頂き、色々なグッズ展開など「やりましょう！」と目をキラキラさせていたのが昨日の事のようです。
ご冥福お祈りいたします。 pic.twitter.com/WNZ5XPjTin— 結城信輝 (@nobuteruyuuki) April 12, 2017
Source: ANN
Correction: an earlier version of this article referred to Takanashi as Takahashi. We apologize for the error.
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