Shimokawa, Hekoten

Shimokawa, Hekoten

Given name: 凹夫
Family name: 下川
Alternate names: Outen Shimokawa
Birthday: May 2, 1892
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Birth place: Miyako-jima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Date of Death: May 26, 1973

Shimokawa Hekoten is considered to be one of the founding artists and pioneers of anime. He was a political caricaturist and cartoonist, who worked for the magazine Tokyo Puck. He was hired by Tenkatsu to do an animation for them. Being a first generation animator, he only managed to do five movies after withdrawing due to medical reasons.

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