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In Memoriam

Saki Aida
Novelist
Deadlock, S

Yū Asai
Manga creator
Hoshi no Kazu dake Dakishimete, Kimagure Short Cut

Erica Ash
Voice actress
Bloody Roar 4

Hinako Ashihara
Manga creator
Sexy Tanaka-san, Sand Chronicles, Piece - Kanojo no Kioku

Pierre Christin
Writer
Valerian & Laureline

José Delbo
Comic book artist
Transformers comics

Nicholas Dupree
ANN Editorial Contributor

Greg Finley
Voice actor
Robotech, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

David Graham
Voice actor
Thunderbirds, Doctor Who

Andrew C. Greenberg
Co-creator of Wizardry franchise

Doc Harris
Voice actor
Dragon Ball Z, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Dan Hennessey
Voice actor and director
Slam Dunk, Saint Seiya, X-Men: The Animated Series

Shōhei Hino
Actor
The Boy and the Heron, Nippon Jūdan Kokoro Tabi

Junko Hori
Voice actor
Ninja Hattori, Cat Eyed Boy

Shigemi Ikeda
Art director
My Hero Academia, Gundam Seed

Hiroki Ikeshita
Animator and Director
Shangri-La Frontier, Handyman Saitō in Another World

Mutsumi Inomata
Artist
Tales of series

Bon Ishihara (real name Sumio Ishihara)
Voice actor
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Samurai Champloo

"Indy Jones" (Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light project's real-life father)
Father of "Maidy"

Masayuki Katō
Founder of Nihon Falcom

Noboru Kimura
Singer
Barefoot Gen, Lupin III: Part II theme songs

Michie Kita
Voice actress
A Dog of Flanders, Don Dracula

Ryō Kōno
Art director
Mob Psycho 100, Paranoia Agent

Yōji Kuri
Director and Manga creator
Gokiburi-chan, "Tragedy on the G-String," "Clap Vocalism"

Shinsuke Kurihashi
Manga creator
Maniac Road, Infinite Ryvius

Jon Landau
Producer
Alita: Battle Angel, Titanic, Avatar

Rachael Lillis
Voice actress
Pokémon, Revolutionary Girl Utena

Morgan Lofting
Voice actress
Transformers, G.I. Joe

Masaaki Maeda
Actor
Ken-chan, Jiken Kisha, Mobile Suit Gundam F91

Toshiyuki Manabe
Voice actor
A Couple of Cuckoos, Date A Live IV

Danny Mandia
Philippine dubbing director
Magic Knight Rayearth, Voltes V

Tomohiro Marukawa
Manga creator
The World of Narue, Mahō Shōjo Yon-gō-chan

Eiko Masuyama
Voice actor
Lupin III, Cutie Honey

Taiki Matsuno
Voice actor
The File of Young Kindaichi, Inuyasha

Mark Merlino
Cartoon/Fantasy Organization co-founder

Kazuhiko Midō
Manga creator
Ultra Ninpōchō, Radical Dreamin'

Katsue Miwa
Voice actress
Perman, The Fantastic Adventures of Unico

Yasuo Muramatsu
Voice actor
One Piece, Detective Conan

Yoshitaka Murayama
Game creator
Suikoden, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

Rieko Nakagawa
Children's book author and Songwriter
My Neighbor Totoro songwriter, Guri and Gura author

Akira Nakao
Actor
Judgement, Yakuza/Like a Dragon, live-action Great Teacher Onizuka

Miho Nakayama
Actress and Singer
Love Letter, Tokyo Biyori, Be-Bop Highschool

Tarō Nami (real name Shigeyuki Chiba)
Manga creator
Eleven, Hakkeyoi

Toshiyuki Nishida
Actor
A Letter to Momo, Igokochi Manten, 2010 live-action Space Battleship Yamato film

Noriko Ohara
Voice actress
Doraemon, Future Boy Conan

Christian Oliver (real name Christian Klepser)
Actor
Live-action Speed Racer, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Hiroyuki Ōmori
Producer
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, When They Cry - Higurashi

Nobuyo Ōyama
Voice actress
Doraemon, Danganronpa

Reita
Bassist for rock band the GazettE
Black Butler II theme song

Peter Renaday
Voice actor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Leonard Riggio
Founder of Barnes & Noble

Nobuhiro Sakata
Manga creator
DAN DOH!!, Kaze no Daichi

William Samples
Voice actor
Master Keaton, Inuyasha

Nanaeko Sasaya
Manga creator
Okamehachimoku, Kōritsuita Me

Sayuri
Singer-songwriter
Lycoris Recoil, Scum's Wish theme songs

Jan Scott-Frazier
Producer and Former president of Production I.G USA
Panzer Dragoon OAV, Susie-chan & Marvy

Takaaki Seki
Voice actor
Mōryō no Hako, Sōten Kōro

Yukihiro Shibutani
Art director
Natsume's Book of Friends, Patlabor

Akira Shigino
Director
Crayon Shin-chan: Otakebe! Kasukabe Yasei Ōkoku, 1988 Osomatsu-kun

Emi Shinohara
Voice actor
Sailor Moon, Naruto Shippūden

Osamu Sōda
Novelist
Seven Days War

Donald Sutherland
Actor
2009 Astro Boy film, The Dirty Dozen, The Hunger Games

Syroh
Illustrator
Namaiki Delation, Ore to Mamono no Isekai Restaurant

Haruo Takahashi
Manga creator, animator
Tensai Bakabon, Lupin the 3rd, Iwayuru Hitotsu no Chō-san Shugi

Macoto Takahashi
Manga creator
Arashi o Koete, Petit La

Rieko Takeishi
Manga creator
Reiko-san ga Iku, Tengoku-teki Saijitsu

Atsuko Tanaka
Voice actor
Ghost in the Shell, A Certain Scientific Railgun

Shuntarō Tanigawa
Writer and lyricist
Astro Boy, Howl's Moving Castle lyricist

TARAKO
Voice actress
Chibi Maruko-chan, Danganronpa

Minori Terada
Actor
Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Blue Thermal

Tony Todd
Actor
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Candyman

Akira Toriyama
Manga creator
Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, Dragon Quest

Hideyuki Umezu
Voice actor
One Piece, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season

Kazuo Umezu
Manga creator
The Drifting Classroom, Cat Eyed Boy, My Name Is Shingo

Dave Underwood (David Kent Underwood II)
Voice actor
You're Under Arrest, Crusher Joe

Tom Wyner
Voice actor
Digimon Adventure, Wolf's Rain

Shiro Yadama
Novelist
Hare Tokidoki Buta

Hiroshi Yamamoto
Novelist
Project Piano, The Stories of Ibis, MM9

Keiko Yamamoto
Voice actress
Chibi Maruko-chan, Sazae-san

Keisuke Yamashita
Voice actor
Tico and Friends, UFO Senshi Daiapolon

Eiji Yanagisawa
Voice actor
Getter Robo: Armageddon, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Aki Yashiro
Enka singer
Tottemo! Luckyman, The Gokusen

Chicchi Yukinaga
Manga creator
Satsudou, Rocopon

Denji Yūtai
Writer
Yōsei no Butsirigaku: PHysics PHenomenon PHantom