Renowned Japanese anime director Osamu Kobayashi has passed away due to kidney cancer on April 17. He was 57 years old.
Kobayashi’s death was announced via his official Twitter account on April 18, which posted in Japanese, “I left for heaven last night,” as translated into English on the website.
“I left for heaven last night. I’ve been fighting kidney cancer for two years, but unfortunately I’m exhausted,” the tweet read.
It was also noted in the post that while it is regretful that Kobayashi was still planning to do more work, he will surely make great ones once he is “reborn,” as per Anime News Network on the same day.
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