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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).
Born: April 29, 1925 | Died: January 8, 2007. 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.
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.
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
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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...
Apr 29, 2024 · The Scooby Gang, art by Iwao Takamoto. Iwao Takamoto, born today on 29th April 1925, who passed 8th January 2007, spent a lifetime in the animation industry and was influential in the creation of some of the most beloved characters in the medium’s history. During World War Two, Takamoto was forcibly incarcerated in the Manzanar concentration ...
Jan 29, 2007 · The Japanese-American animator Iwao Takamoto, who has died aged 81, made a significant contribution to the work of the Hanna Barbera studio for more than 40 years, playing a number of roles,...
Jan 9, 2007 · Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created the beloved Scooby-Doo and directed the cartoon classic Charlotte's Web, has died. He was 81. Takamoto died Monday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai...
