The director and animator left us Kinji Yoshimoto, 55, died last November 5th but only made public this week. At the moment, the causes of his death are not known.
In addition to dealing with the history of the manga Plastic Little together with Satoshi Urushihara, and having directed the OVA adaptation and made the storyboards, Yoshimoto he also served as animation director for the videogame Growlanser.
Among the many souls he served as director we find Genshiken 2, Queen’s Blade: Beautiful Warriors, Queen’s Blade: The Exiled Virgin, Queen’s Blade: Grimoire, Unbreakable Machine-Doll, Seven Mortal Sins, Legend of Lemnear, Kekko Kamen, and others.
He also supervised the script for such anime Arifureta – From Commonplace to World’s Strongest, Seven Mortal Sins, Queen’s Blade: Grimoire, And Queen’s Blade: The Exiled Virgin.
Throughout his career, Yoshimoto he also held the role of key animator, storyboard artist, and character designer.
Source: Katsuyuki Tamura Twitter Street Anime News Network
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