Yay… More deaths…
On August 24, we lost another great mastermind, Kon Satoshi. The famed director of such works as the psychological thriller Perfect Blue as well as Tokyo Godfathers, and Millennium Actress, lost his fight with pancreatic cancer.
Satoshi is survived by his wife Kon Kyoko. He was 46-years-old. The good ones always die young. He was working on his next movie, Yume-Miru Kikai.
Trailers for his works, below:
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Peter Keefe, best known as the producer of the 1980s anime, Voltron, passed away on May 27, succumbing to throat cancer. He was only 57.
Voltron was an adaptation of two different anime series — Hyakujuu Ou Golion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV, redubbed and edited. I’m sure some of my fellow writers probably grew up watching it in the mid-80s. I watched it a decade later.
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And the deaths continue. This time, we’ve lost Japanese hip-hop producer and DJ, Nujabes.
On March 19, it was announced that the 36-year-old had been in a car accident in Tokyo on February 26. He died later at a hospital in Shibuya.
Nujabes, who real name was Seba Jun, was best known for his prolific contributions to the anime series, Samurai Champloo. However, he also collaborated with underground American hip-hop acts CYNE, Cise Starr, Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, CL Smooth, Terry Callier, as well as British rapper Funky DL and R&B singer Dwele, and Japanese artists such as Uyama Hiroto, Shing02 and MINMI. He also owned the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records, and was the founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions.
Samples of his work, below:
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