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Animator Norio Shioyama Dies
News reports in Japan reported that animator Norio Shioyama died with his wife from the fire burning his house on Thursday early morning. He was 77 years old and his wife was 85 years old. Shioyama debut in drawing illustrations to Harris no Kaze, he became a popular animator an...
9 years ago
Composer Yuushi Matsuyama Dies
News reports in Japan reported that composer Yuushi Matsuyama died the afternoon of Friday April 7 from the fire burning his house. He was 79 years old. Born Shigeru Matsuyama, it is said that he was born either in 1937 or 1938. He is one of the composers to compose music of the...
9 years ago
Seiyuu Yuka Terasaki Announces Marriage and Pregnancy
Seiyuu Yuka Terasaki has announced via her blog that she got married last year and is now pregnant. She wrote that she is sorry for the late announcement regarding her marriage, but that she will try her best to tend to her family while continue to work as a seiyuu. She mentioned...
9 years ago
Seiyuu Duo YuiKaori to Pause Activity
The official website of Seiyuu Duo YuiKaori has announced that they will pause their music activities on June 30, 2017 and go solo. Composed of seiyuu Yui Ogura and Kaori Ishihara, YuiKaori is a seiyuu unit that formed in September 2009 singing ending theme song of Kiss x Sis (T...
9 years ago
Mangaka Daisuke Satou Dies
Daisuke Satou, a novelist, game designer and manga story writer passed away on March 22 at the age of 52. He died from ischemic heart disease. The family already held a funeral for him in these past four days. Satou wrote Highschool of the Dead, which has been on hiatus since 201...
9 years ago
Seiyuu Rie Yamaguchi Retires
Seiyuu Rie Yamaguchi has announced via her blog that she has retired from 81 produce as of February 28, and decided to retire completely from being a seiyuu as well as a singer. She is very blissful to be able to work in the job she had been admired since her junior high school y...
9 years ago
Seiyuu Unit Sphere Enters Hiatus
The official website for the seiyuu unit Sphere has announced that the unit will enter a "recharging mode" (taking a break / hiatus) and will suspend group activities, which will take place after their live tour in summer, to prepare for their upcoming 10th anniversary. Sphere co...
9 years ago
Illustrator Torishimo Dies
It has been confirmed in a tweet posted by an August Soft employee that illustrator Torishimo died on February 20, 2017. A funeral was held four days later, on February 24. The reason for his death has not been revealed. Torishimo was an illustrator and was mostly known for illus...
9 years ago
Anisong Singer AKINO Married
It has been announced via bless4's "SAYONARA ~Saikai no Yakusoku~" digital single release event held on Saturday that AKINO has been married. Born Akino Kawamitsu, AKINO debuted in 2003 with her brothers, Akashi and Aiki, and her sister, Kanasa, in the band bless4. Akino made her...
9 years ago
Hayao Miyazaki Returns to Make a New Feature Length Movie
Toshio Suzuki has announced at an event in the US on Thursday that a new feature length movie by Hayao Miyazaki is in production. Hayao announced that he would retire from making feature-length movies in September 2013. Hayao was a director for Studio Ghibli until 2013, where Kaz...
9 years ago
