Top Anime Directors and Studios To Hold Kanada Yoshinori's Funeral

Animator Kanada Yoshinori's funeral will be held by Anido, JAniCa and the anime studios on August 30th. Almost all the people working in the anime industry will attend it. The organizers of the funeral are as follows; Directors: Miyazaki Hayao Tomino Yoshiyuki Takahata Isao Anno...
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Animator Kanada Yoshinori's funeral will be held by Anido, JAniCa and the anime studios on August 30th. Almost all the people working in the anime industry will attend it.

The organizers of the funeral are as follows;

Directors:
Miyazaki Hayao
Tomino Yoshiyuki
Takahata Isao
Anno Hideaki
Rintaro
Takahashi Ryosuke
Morimoto Koji
Kousaka Kitarou
Katabuchi Sunao ("Black Lagoon")
Ohbari Masami ("Gravion" series)
Ashida Toyoo ("Hokuto no Ken")
Iida Umanosuke ("Hellsing")
Watanabe Hiroshi ("You're Under Arrest! (1996)", "Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae")
Habara Nobuyoshi ("Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor")
Kamegaki Hajime ("Naruto Shippuuden: Gekijouban Naruto Shippuuden")
Iijima Masakatsu ("Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Meikai Shitou Hen - Honoo no Kizuna")
Sadamitsu Shinya ("Dragon Half")
Nakamura Takashi ("Fantastic Children")
Fukutomi Hiroshi ("Captain Tsubasa J")
Hirokawa Kazunori ("Space Warrior Baldios")
Takabayashi Hisaya ("Blue Remains")
Ochi Kazuhiro ("Tenshi no Shippo")

Art Directors:

Presidents of anime companies:
Suzuki Toshio (Studio Ghibli, Producer)
Wada Youichi (Square Enix)
Takahashi Hiroshi (Toei Animation)
Nunokawa Yuuji (Studio Pierrot)
Matsutani Takamasa (Tezuka Production)
Matsumoto Tadahito (TMS Entertainment)
Maruyama Masao (MAD HOUSE studio, COO)
Tanaka Eiko (Studio4℃)
Simoji Yukinao (XEBEC)
Inoue Shintaro (Kadokawa Shoten)
Iwabuchi Toru (Tokuma Shoten)
Hara Yasuharu (Columbia Music Entertainment)
Sato Toshihiko (Production REED)
Takeuchi Kouji (Telecom Animation)
Namiki Takashi (OH! Production)
Oguro Yuuichiro (Studio You)

Others:
Yasuhiko Yoshikazu
Murakami Takashi
Hikawa Ryuusuke
Katayama Masahiro (Japan Animation Association chairman)

Source: Anido
Animator Kanada Yoshinori Passes Away
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