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...

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...

Nikkatsu reported today that Seijun Suzuki died on Monday, February 13 at the age of 93. The cause of death was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The funeral has since been held by his family. Born in 1923 as Seitarou Suzuki, Seijun Suzuki debuted as a director for the movie...

It was announced that color designer Michiyo Yasuda has died at age 77 on October 5. The cause of death was an illness. A private funeral with her husband and relatives has already been held. Yasuda debuted as a color designer in 1976, working on Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri, and in...

According to the twitter of Gintama director Takamatsu Shinji, there were personnel changes in TV Tokyo that led to anime producer Azuma Fukashi leaving the anime production department and being promoted to the counselor of the management strategy office. Azuma had been in charge...