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Yasuo Otsuka, Influential Japanese Animator And Mentor, Dies At 89
Yasuo Otsuka, a towering figure in anime history, died on Monday aged 89. The cause was a heart attack, his family have told Japanese media.
Coming of age at the same time as Japan’s animation industry, Otsuka lent his prodigious talents to famous and groundbreaking productions in the postwar era, starting with
Hakujaden (a.k.a.
Yasuo Otsuka
Along the way, he mentored many future luminaries of anime. His most famous protégés were Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, who would go on to co-found Studio Ghibli. Otsuka collaborated with them on projects including Takahata’s feature directorial debut
Posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 by Hoai-Tran Bui
Yasuo Otsuka, a legendary figure of Japan’s animation industry and mentor to anime titans such as Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, has died. He was 89.
Otsuka’s incredible 50-year career in the anime industry which started with the country’s very first color animated feature
Hakujaden (AKA
The White Snake Enchantress from 1958) was paid tribute by Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki, who announced his death Monday. The cause was a heart attack, his family have told Japanese media, per Cartoon Brew.
Otsuka came of age with Japan’s young anime industry, joining Toei Doga (now Toei Animation), which aspired to establish itself as the Disney of the East, in 1956. At Toei, he would work as an animator on groundbreaking postwar productions such as