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FloydBishop

01-09-2007, 01:27 AM

From Cartoon Brew (http://www.cartoonbrew.com):

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/iwao-takamoto.jpg

We've just heard that Iwao Takamoto passed away today. Takamoto is best known for his design work at Hanna Barbera during the 1960s for such characters as Scooby Doo, The Jetsons' dog Astro, and Penelope Pitstop. He entered the business after World war II, hired as an assistant animator by Walt Disney Studios, where he worked as an assistant for Milt Kahl. He was an animator on such films as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and Lady and the Tramp.

Takamoto left Disney in 1961 and joined Hanna-Barbera Productions where he worked in several positions there, including direction of several feature length animated films, including Charlotte's Web (1973) and Jetsons: The Movie (1990). Along with the late Ed Benedict and Joe Barbera, Takamoto was responsible for some of the greatest television characters of out generation. They will be missed.

motoxpress

01-09-2007, 03:14 PM

Alas, the old guard is turning in. Fair well my old friend and thank you for your contributions - which were great.

-gl

Cig74

01-10-2007, 12:51 AM

Thank you for all your hard work, Mr. Takamoto. Your characters and animations contributed to my childhood being that much more enjoyable. May whatever paths lie ahead be pleasant ones.

RobertoOrtiz

01-10-2007, 06:13 PM

Quote:

"Iwao Takamoto was the artist who created the mystery-solving Great Dane, Scooby-Doo, among many other indelible cartoon characters"

>>LINK<< (http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9htfMKgLKVFX38BgyDQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHZkMjZyBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=12lil8je2/EXP=1168539168/**http%3a//www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/arts/television/10takamoto.html)

-R

gruvsyco

01-10-2007, 06:41 PM

Just a heads up (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=449041)

nuclearfessel

01-10-2007, 06:55 PM

:(

he may be gone but he will always live with us in memory...

Papa Lazarou

01-10-2007, 08:56 PM

To assist with Milt Kahl, you had to be pretty top of the line.

And to have designed Scooby Doo, which for many years had been the longest running cartoon of all time(prior to the Simpsons). Extraordinary. I wonder how much of those megabucks he ever saw. He is estimated to have designed 80% of the characters created at Hanna Barbara over the years. He may be gone, but I reckon his character designs will continue to sell merchandise for many years to come.

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