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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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's uncompromising realism and stylistic boldness that elevate his films, making him the greatest director the ...

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” ...

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 ...

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, which stuck to a hand-drawn "manga" look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died. He was 82. Subscribe to read ...