Michiyo Yasuda, a longtime animator and color designer for Studio Ghibli, has passed away at age 77. Her credits at the vaunted animation studio span decades, from its very first release in 1986 (“Castle in the Sky”) to Hayao Miyazaki’s final film (“The Wind Rises”) three years ago; it would be easier to list the revered projects made by both Ghibli and Miyazaki that she did not contribute to.
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Yasuda’s collaboration with Miyazaki dates back to her tenure at Toei Animation. “I have worked with Mr. Miyazaki since the 1976 television series ‘3000 Leagues in Search of Mother,'” she told the Los Angeles Times in 2009. “I have respected Mr. Miyazaki since our days at Toei Doga, and I have always loved his way of thinking.” In addition to her other projects with him — “My Neighbor Totoro,...
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Yasuda’s collaboration with Miyazaki dates back to her tenure at Toei Animation. “I have worked with Mr. Miyazaki since the 1976 television series ‘3000 Leagues in Search of Mother,'” she told the Los Angeles Times in 2009. “I have respected Mr. Miyazaki since our days at Toei Doga, and I have always loved his way of thinking.” In addition to her other projects with him — “My Neighbor Totoro,...
- 10/11/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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