What!?

Again!?

At least he had lived a good long life.

Kotaku - Beloved Manga Artist Shigeru Mizuki Has Died:

The man behind the spooky manga GeGeGe no Kitaro passed away this morning in Tokyo, reports Nikkan Sports. Mizuki was 93.

Also, just this past Friday.

ANN - Doraemon, Sazae-san Voice Actress Sumiko Shirakawa Passes Away

The agency of Doraemon and Sazae-san voice actress Sumiko Shirakawa (real name Sumiko Shirato) announced on Friday that she has passed away. She was 80.

2015 has not been a good year.

This year is becoming more and more brutal ...

Konekochan said:

This year is becoming more and more brutal ...

Yeah. Not only many people died, some of anime also seems would cancelled after one season.

This is getting a bit ridiculous, granted I never watched Doraemon, but what is up with all of these deaths in the anime industry?!

79248cm/s said:

This is getting a bit ridiculous, granted I never watched Doraemon, but what is up with all of these deaths in the anime industry?!

people are getting old.

mutopis said:

people are getting old.

Well if you want one unrelated to age, can pull up one from not long after my previous post.

ANN - Producer Takamasa Sakurai Passes Away at 49

According to police, Sakurai was at Nishi-Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo at around 12:30 a.m., when he accidentally stepped off the platform and fell onto the rail track, and the oncoming train caught his leg. He was rushed to the hospital, but was proclaimed dead on arrival. Sakurai lived in the nearby Higashi-Nippori neighborhood.

An eyewitness on the platform purportedly saw Sakurai intoxicated as he fell onto the tracks. The police are investigating the incident.

Sakurai was a producer, writer, journalist, and research professor at Digital Hollywood University. He had been involved in multiple events as a cultural spokesman, having traveled through 140 countries around the world. He had been called upon as an expert on committees by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and produced its "Kawaii Amabassador" project, which elected three girls to lecture on fashion and Japanese culture in events in 2009. He served as the executive office director for The International Otaku Expo Association (IOEA). He had written books such as Sekai Kawaii Kakumei (World Cute Revolution), and Anime Bunka Gaiko (Anime Cultural Diplomacy).

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