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KanjiiZ



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:10 pm Reply with quote
While all the deaths were bad, Kazuhiko Katoh's was the most important in my life. I thought the guy did amazing work in Macross.
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:15 pm Reply with quote
Yoshito Usui's death is the one I remember the most. The poor guy fell off a damn cliff! That's no joke.

Hike with a partner, folks.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:33 pm Reply with quote
KanjiiZ wrote:
While all the deaths were bad, Kazuhiko Katoh's was the most important in my life. I thought the guy did amazing work in Macross.
Just listened to akino arai's "Yakusoku" composed by him earlier today for no reason. great composer.
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mangaka-chan



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:33 pm Reply with quote
Wow, we had quite a few people leave us this year. Crying or Very sad It didn't really struck me 'til I saw this.
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Pero



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:04 am Reply with quote
2 people from that list worked in Princess Mononoke
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Kalessin



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:37 am Reply with quote
Well, they're all sad, naturally. But personally, the two who I wish had lived longer are Kaoru Kurimoto and Takahiro Yamato. I hate it when authors die with unfinished work. It's that much sadder and highly irritating to those who wanted to read the rest. It sounds insensitive, I suppose, but it's true nonetheless. I particularly liked Kaze no Stigma. And now we'll never know how it was supposed to end. This is just sad all around, though some of these folks were old enough that it's pretty normal and not to be unexpected.
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Kit-Tsukasa



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:40 am Reply with quote
KanjiiZ wrote:
While all the deaths were bad, Kazuhiko Katoh's was the most important in my life. I thought the guy did amazing work in Macross.


No more Oboete Imasu ka Anime cry. That was a Macross classic.
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Weazul-chan



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:43 am Reply with quote
Kalessin wrote:
Well, they're all sad, naturally. But personally, the two who I wish had lived longer are Kaoru Kurimoto and Takahiro Yamato. I hate it when authors die with unfinished work. It's that much sadder and highly irritating to those who wanted to read the rest. It sounds insensitive, I suppose, but it's true nonetheless. I particularly liked Kaze no Stigma. And now we'll never know how it was supposed to end. This is just sad all around, though some of these folks were old enough that it's pretty normal and not to be unexpected.
ditto. I really liked Guin Saga especially. I was hoping the series would keep going, or at least more would get translated (and right now it still looks like unless some fans start working on it that won't happen). she also should have at least lived to see the completion of the anime adaption of the first arc of the Guin Saga series, as that's her most popular work.

but really, all the deaths were pretty sad. more than one of the announcements left me teary eyed.
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jvowles
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:26 am Reply with quote
Thanks for putting me in the Captain's Chair, Endo-san. Glad you had fun making our silly little video. Cheers.
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vashthekaizoku



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:36 am Reply with quote
Didn't the VA who did Grandpa Mutou on the Original Yu-Gi-Oh dub die this year? Or was it 2008?
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Sorraffy



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:33 am Reply with quote
vashthekaizoku wrote:
Didn't the VA who did Grandpa Mutou on the Original Yu-Gi-Oh dub die this year? Or was it 2008?


that was last December

*Of those who passed this year I'll most remember Yoshito Usui
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The Mask



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:08 pm Reply with quote
In terms of deaths in the anime world, the death of Yoshito Usui in 2009 would be the one I'll remember the most. It was sad that a creator of a popular manga like Shin-Chan would die in such a gruesome death.

In general, Michael Jackson's death is the one I'll remember the most in 2009. And considering his use of anime in his music video for "Scream", his death might be considered as part of the deaths in the anime world after all.

May all of their souls rest in peace.
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wOrLdIsMiNe



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:22 pm Reply with quote
And farewell to BT of 07th Expansion.
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DragonsRevenge



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:33 pm Reply with quote
Looks like the anime/manga world had it pretty easy. I have no idea who any of those people are.

2009 was quite a year for celebrity deaths. I was honestly expecting someone huge (like MJ huge) to die on NYE just to top it off.
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The Unknown 24



Joined: 07 Jan 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:19 pm Reply with quote
When you get my age, and you hear about all these deaths of people that have been around for years, it makes you feel really old.

But at the same time it makes you think about and appreciate life a little bit better, even though the news of deaths is always sad.

All these people will be missed.




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