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| Montage of scenes from Spirited Away , one of Yamauchi's crowning achievements. |
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Another Loss in the Anime World: RIP Shojuro Yamauchi
As I am still fighting the horrid Blue Screen of Death, I checked Twitter and saw that Shojuro Yamauchi has passed away. Although he is not a famous director , he was a key animator in popular and memorable movies like Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, Future Boy Conan, and Lupin III , just to name a few of his works. These are not just some ordinary anime films; these are classics which carry a great clout with excellent animation under Yamauchi. May he rest in peace and may his work in films continue to be acknowledged. However , with the death of Kon yesterday, I'm starting to wonder if this is death by three kind of thing or a deeper kind of conspiracy...
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