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Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 – January 8, 2007) was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He began his career as a production and character designer for Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959).
Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese-American animator who worked for Disney, Hanna-Barbera and Warner Brothers. He created or co-created many popular cartoon characters such as Scooby Doo, George Jetson and Penelope Pitstop.
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography. Iwao Takamoto first learned animation skills during his teenage years, as a prisoner in the Manzanar internment camp, which held over 110,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. At the end of the war, he joined the Disney animation studio where he became the key assistant to one of Disney’s legendary Nine Old Men, Milt Kahl.
Jan 10, 2007 · Iwao Takamoto, the artist who created the mystery-solving Great Dane, Scooby-Doo, among many other indelible cartoon characters, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 81. The cause was a heart ...
Jan 9, 2007 · Iwao Takamoto was an animator who worked for Disney and Hanna-Barbera and created the iconic cartoon character Scooby-Doo. He also directed Charlotte's Web and other shows and movies.
Iwao Takamoto, a renowned animator who created Scooby-Doo and many other characters for Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros., passed away in 2007. He was a Disney apprentice, a Lifetime Achievement Award winner and a Japanese American pioneer in animation.
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Iwao Takamoto was an American animator who worked for Disney, Hanna-Barbera and Warner Brothers. He created Scooby Doo, Astro and Penelope Pitstop, and was interned in a Japanese camp as a child.
