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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Studio Ghibli are a mainstay of anime film studios, having been working since the 80s. Here's every major film they worked on ...

The world is mourning the loss of one truly talent director today. Not long ago, reports from Japan confirmed Isao Takahata passed away in Tokyo, and the creator’s exit has left a deep wound on fans ...

For more than 50 years, Isao Takahata, who has died aged 82, played an instrumental role in forging the international reputation of Japanese animation. He was one of the two key figures behind Japan’s ...

TOKYO — Isao Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn “manga” look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died. He was 82. Takahata started ...

Between Masaaki Yuasa, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Hayao Miyazaki, there are some absolutely legendary directors who have helmed ...

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 ...

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 ...