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Love Live! Character Designer Yūhei Murota Welcomes Baby

posted on 2017-05-02 13:45 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

Character designer and key animator Yūhei Murota announced on May 1 that he became a father to an "adorable" son.

実はパパになってました
可愛いぞマイサン… pic.twitter.com/lg10Hjs8e4
— 室田雄平(犬画像bot?) (@muromuromurota) May 1, 2017

Murota is the character designer and lead animator for the popular Love Live! franchise. He has also worked as an animator on Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096, Interviews with Monster Girls, Valvrave the Liberator, and others.

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