It brings us great sadness to write that Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli co-founder has passed from this world to the yesterday after a short battle with lung cancer
Isao Takahata was born on October 29, 1935 in Ise, Mie, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Grave of the Fireflies (1988), The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) and Only Yesterday (1991).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM6hcHp0_kU
Takahata very much believed that digital art just did not hold a candle to true hand drawn or painted works
“It is about the essence that’s behind the drawing”
animation was a true love and passion for him saying ”
“We want to express reality without an overly realistic depiction, and that’s about appealing to the human imagination.”
RIP you will be missed