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 …Read more »
Sad news this morning, as it has been reported that anime and video game voice actress Miyu Matsuki passed away late last month at the age of 38. Matsuki went on hiatus in July due to pneumonia. Matsuki’s many anime roles included Fate/kaleid liner Prisma …Read more »
Sad news out of Japan today with the passing of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, the legendary manga artist who pioneered gekiga, or manga aimed at adult audiences. He was 79. Tatsumi, born in 1935, coined the term “gekiga” (literally “dramatic pictures”) in 1957 to describe the dark, …Read more »
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