R.I.P Yoshinori Kanada

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This Wednesday, animator Yoshinori Kanada passed away after suffering a sudden heart attack. He was 57 years old. A "Superanimator" since the 1970s, Kanada left his mark on Square Enix as well.

After working at Toei, he moved on to become the Key Animator on a number of Studio Ghibli's biggest titles: Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbour Totoro, Porco Rosso, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke.

He later went on to work for Square Enix as a layout artist on movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and also was an animation director for Final Fantasy XI and did story boards for Final Fantasy IV on the DS.

The Spirits Within was a commercial failure; however, it was the first photorealistic 3D animated feature film. Critic Roger Ebert called the film a "technical milestone".
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Very sad news. I'm not all that familiar with his work but I'm sure some of you here have at least heard of him. 57 is no age to go. Thoughts and well wishes to his family.
 
Sigh. Another death? And they're all in the entertainment industry too. Stil, I doubt that this means anything. My thoughts go out to this guys family.
 
This is the worst day of my life, first the Taco Bell Chihuahua, now him...
 
he also made Howls moving Castle Dx Im gunna miss him!!!

-reminisces of nostalgic memories of Kiki's Delivery Service- TT~TT
 
Yoshinori Kanada's contributions to the world of animation and video games were great. This is a sad day for both industries.
 
Aww, he made all those games?
This is horrible.
 
RIP to him, this is a bad year for a pop culture addict like me. :(

Many who died over the few weeks are the talented ones too.
 
As a huge Studio Ghibli fan, this is a pretty sad loss. He'll surely be missed. His animation was beautiful.
 
I'm I late to express my condolences? What a sad event, I wasn't aware of that.
Indeed the world of animation lost someone very impirtant. Pest in Peace.
 
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