Legendary animator Yoshinori Kanada passed away this past Wednesday after suffering a sudden heart attack. He was 57 years old. He was the Key Animator on a number of our favorite animes including Kiki’s Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Porco Rosso, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke. His work in Galaxy Express 999 and Harmagedon has influenced almost all of Japanese animation and helped spawn Takashi Murakami’s Superflat movement. Read more at Kotaku.
