| According to Sponichi News, animator Araki Shingo passed away on December 1st due to acute heart failure. He was 72 years old. Araki entered Mushi Production in 1964 and established Gekiga art style in Kyojin no Hoshi and Ashita no Joe. Araki's major works Ashita no Joe (Graphic director) Rose of Versailles (Character design and graphic director) Cutey Honey (Character design and graphic director) Majokko Megu-chan (Character design and graphic director) Saint Seiya (Character design and graphic director) Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (Character design) Yu-Gi-Oh! (Character Design) Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Character Design) Source: Sponichi Annex |
myanimelistllcMar 5, 2016 5:23 AM
| Unfortunate news. I love the character designs for Yu-Gi-Oh!. RIP |
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| It's time to s-s-s-s-s-s-say good bye. Glad he at least lived up to 72, that's a rather good age. |
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| The Character design on Saint Seiya was awesome. 72 you Lived a long life, now rest in peace |
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| A sad sad thing. Yu-Gi-Oh is the best. R.I.P. |
| The character and graphic designs were awesome for Saint Seiya, Yu-Gi-Oh and Ashita No Joe.....RIP |
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| Hope he rests in peace. Yu-Gi-Oh was the first ever anime I watched in my life, and the character designs were great. |
| That's a respectable list of works right there. |
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| RIP, Hero. |
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| Good bye ... I will remember always him for Saint Seiya & YGO ... :( |
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| Sad that the legends of animation are leaving us in the last few years. I konw a lot of people that will be saddened by the news in France, where he's considered a hero by thousands of Saint Seiya fans. |
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| Its sad when someone dies but its even sadder when they die close to the holidays. RIP |
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| Another legend passes away. May you rest in peace. |
Napul said: Character design for Yu-Gi-Oh! did the original manga creator Kazuki Takahashi. Araki only adapted it for the anime. Yeah, but the anime originals were still some well-designed characters: Noah, Vivian Wong, Raphael. |
| :c Sad stuff |
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| RIP |
| May he rest in peace, I loved his work on Rose of Versailles, he was a truly wonderful artist. |
| Rest in peace. |
| He was one of my favorite character designers. May he rest in peace, I'll definitely miss you! |
| RIP. Yu-gi-oh was one of my favorite pastime :D |
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| R.I.P. |
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| One of the best designers, no doubt. I'll always love Rose of Versailles and it's character design. ♥ |
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| Never watched anything that he did but... RIP |
| Sad news indeed especially since he's the original Yu-Gi-Oh character design, RIP. |
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| Saint Seiya & Yu-Gi-Oh! Those have been around me for all my chilodhood. Thanks for your characters. R.I.P. |
| You will be miss RIP |
| Noooo T_T RIP |
| Were it only for the anime adaptation or not, Yu-Gi-Oh!'s character designs were always very distinct. Huge loss for the anime industry. |
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| Thanks for designing the characters of Saint Seiya, one of my favorite shounen and anime of all time. R.I.P. |
| omg.I loved character designs in Saint Seiya.That is really a big loss for the anime history. R.I.P †... i will remember him forever, since Saint Seiya is part of my childhood. |
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| This is so sad I used to like play Yu Gi OH all the time when I was in middle school |
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| Classic. RIP. |
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| Rest in Peace. Cutey Honey and Rose and Versailles are classics, and the ridiculous hair in Yu-Gi-Oh was kind of cool in a cheesy way too. |
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| My heart just dropped, I feel like I just lost a piece of my childhood;-; It's always awful when a member of the anime/manga industry passes away, but its just all the worse when you've watched and loved their anime since you were a child. It doesn't really feel real. I wish his family the best, so close to Christmas...>': |
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| Wow...two great series. I remember watching Yu-Gi-Oh every Saturday morning as a young kid. Loved that show in its entirety. Rest in peace. |
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dtshyk said: Araki entered Mushi Production in 1964 and established Gekiga art style in Kyojin no Hoshi and Ashita no Joe. Araki's major works Ashita no Joe (Graphic director) Rose of Versailles (Character design and graphic director) Cutey Honey (Character design and graphic director) Yu-Gi-Oh! (Character Design) Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Character Design) No way! >< Someone as awesome as this... Q_Q RIP... |
| He was been doing his job well. R. I. P. -_- |
| W-WHAT...? D8...MY YGO..? ;;;;......they have some of the most craziest character designs ever! .....;_;.....RIP.... |
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| Rest In Peace |
| A shame most of his works were shit. Still, saint seiya is part of many of our childhoods. |
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