Isao Takahata, Director and Co-Founder of Studio Ghibli, Dies at 82

Isao Takahata, co-founder of Japan’s Studio Ghibli, and acclaimed animation director, died on Thursday in a Tokyo hospital. He was 82. According to local media, Takahata had been in declining health since last summer with a weakened heart. Takahata joined Toei Animation after college and made his feature directing debut with the 1968 “Horus: Prince […]

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