Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animator Isao Takahata, Co-Founder of Studio Ghibli, Dies at 82 Isao Takahata, a highly influential Japanese animator and ...

But for animation scholars, critics and fans, Takahata’s films always had the same resonance, and foregrounded their own style and preoccupations. Takahata, unsung in many respects, defines the Ghibli ...

Isao Takahata, renowned Japanese director, screenwriter, and producer and co-founder of the celebrated animation house Studio Ghibli, died on Thursday. He was 82. Takahata, who was most well known for ...

Isao Takahata, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of 'Grave Of The Fireflies', has died at age 82. Photo: Filepic Legendary Japanese director Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli with ...

JAPANESE anime pioneer Isao Takahata has died aged 82. Takahata, who was famous for developing a hand-drawn “manga” look, died of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital, it has been confirmed. Isao Takahata ...

Isao Takahata, the director of contemporary classics like Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, and My Neighbors the Yamadas, was notoriously difficult to work with, and his harsh treatment of film ...

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In 1988, three years after they founded Japan’s celebrated Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata and his friend Hayao Miyazaki unveiled one of the oddest double bills in animation history: “My Neighbor Totoro” ...

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Isao Takahata, who founded Japan's film and animation house Studio Ghibli alongside Hayao Miyazaki, has died at age 82. The cause of death was lung cancer, the studio said on Friday. His work often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But for animation scholars, critics and fans, Takahata’s films always had the same resonance, and foregrounded their own style and ...