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Signalstar on 05 April 2018

He is best known for directing Grave of the Fireflies a movie that many here, including myself hold in high regard. According to Yahoo Japan he died at age 82 and his health had been declining steadily. He also directed the films Only Yesterday, My Neighbor the Yamadas, and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, for which he received an Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Film. I think Miyazaki is more famous but Takahata's film were special in their own right.

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/isao-takahata-dead-dies-studio-ghibli-grave-of-the-fireflies-1201949581/

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180406-00000503-sanspo-ent

R.I.P.



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Ultrashroomz on 05 April 2018

There was one period of my life where I watched My Neighbor the Yamadas every day for a month.

May he rest in peace.



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Thechalkblock on 05 April 2018

rip



MasterThief on 05 April 2018

I don't trust the new Japanese generations to continue what their elders did in the anime genre. anime went from quality to quantity since like 1999.



VGPolyglot on 06 April 2018
Ultrashroomz said:
There was one period of my life where I watched My Neighbor the Yamadas every day for a month.

May he rest in peace.

Ah, that's what I think I may have seen at a restaurant before.



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pokoko on 06 April 2018
MasterThief said:
I don't trust the new Japanese generations to continue what their elders did in the anime genre. anime went from quality to quantity since like 1999.

I disagree completely.  Every generation has had its share of classics.  If anything, average quality has probably risen.

Mar1217 said:
Always sad to see someone quitting this wicked world.

I'll always remember Grave of the Fireflies as the only movie which has made me cry legit and feel a palet of emotions I've never felt while watching a movie before that day. And you also watch it only once for obvious reasons.

I doubt I'll probably feel this way again someday.

I watched it twice.  I think I cried harder the second time.  I bought the DVD after that but I never intend to watch it a third time.

Only Yesterday was really good, too.  Very down to earth and genuine.



Faelco on 06 April 2018

RIP :(
I only saw Grave of the fireflies (a sad masterpiece), but the other movies are very famous too. Very sad news... And it also remind us that Miyazaki is pretty old too...



PwerlvlAmy on 06 April 2018

rip good sir. thanks for the memories



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Porcupine_I on 06 April 2018

Rest in peace Takahata-San

I'm going to watch "My Neighbors the Yamadas" in your memory tonight.



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

WolfpackN64 on 06 April 2018

Oh no... Requiescat in pace Mr. Takahata, you will be missed.