Different media report the death of composer Chumei Watanabe at the age of 96. Throughout his prolific career worked on music for animes like Mazinger Z, Getter Robo Go and even the Japanese series of spider-man from the seventies
The passing of Chumei Watanabe It occurred on June 23 due to cardiac arrest due to his age. The composer’s funeral Mazinger Z it was given entirely in private at the request of his family. This was reported by Toshiyuki Watanabe, the eldest of his sons.
The composer graduated from the University of Tokyo, where he studied psychology. Later he took composition and jazz classes which led him to the world of anime and television. Here he stayed for more than 50 years. In the middle of 2022 he was still composing for a television series.
One of his first works was the main theme of Mazinger Z, which became quite iconic. The work of Chumei Watanabe made him the creditor of a couple of awards: the Tokyo Anime Awards Merit Award and a Japan Movie Critic Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.
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There are hundreds of pieces to remember the genius of Chumei Watanabe. His legacy also lives on with his son, Toshiyuki Watanabewho followed in his footsteps. The world of anime lost a great star, but there is no doubt that the memory of him will live on for many years to come.
What other jobs did Chumei Watanabe do besides Mazinger Z?
Yes ok Mazinger Z was one of his best-known works, Chumei Watanabe remained very active. His music accompanied several iterations of the series of super sentaiwhich gave rise to the popular power Rangers. She also musicalized several tapes of Space Sheriff Gavan.
In an interview about his life, he revealed that composing was very good for his imagination. Many times he only had the scripts to compose his pieces, so he created in his head what would happen on screen and made the music according to it.
Chumei Watanabe assured that Mazinger Z It is one of the jobs he is most proud of., but that all his music was made with love. So she invited everyone to listen to more of her music. Rest in peace.
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