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English Memorial Project Launched for Osamu Kobayashi
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Octas to send submitted memorials to Kobayashi s family
Patrick Macias of Octas, Inc. launched a memorial form on Tuesday for animator and director
Osamu Kobayashi (pictured right in image at right), who recently passed away on April 17. Overseas fans who wish to write a memorial to Kobayashi s family can do so through the form. Octas will send the memorials to Kobayashi s family.
57-year-old Kobayashi passed away on April 17 after battling kidney cancer.
Kobayashi directed such anime as
Mitsuo Iso also posted about Kobayashi s death on Twitter, stating Kobayashi was a benefactor who looked after me during tough times. He taught me that I should draw what I want to draw, and make the story I want to tell without worrying about how others might judge me. He had the crystalization of a creator s soul. Please draw whatever you want to your heart s content where you are now. May you rest in peace.
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Osamu Kobayashi born in 1945 with the same name kanji is also an animator and director in the anime industry, and worked on anime such as