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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. Producer: Super Friends. Iwao Takamoto had recently graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
Iwao Takamoto. 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.
Jan 9, 2007 · Los Angeles, CA - Animator Iwao Takamoto, who worked on some of the most beloved animated movies and TV shows of all time, died Monday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 81.
Apr 29, 2024 · 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.
Iwao Takamoto. Producer: Super Friends. Iwao Takamoto had recently graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
Jan 8, 2007 · (January 8, 2007 – Burbank, CA) — Renowned animator Iwao Takamoto, the designer of such beloved characters as Scooby-Doo, has died at the age of 81 in Los Angeles.At the time of his death, Takamoto served as Vice President of Special Projects for Warner Bros. Animation.
Jan 10, 2007 · Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created Scooby-Doo and directed the 1973 feature toon “Charlotte’s Web,” died Monday of heart failure in Los Angeles. He was 81.
An animator who honed his skills at Disney, Takamoto came into his own when he joined Hanna-Barbera in the early 1960s. Among his personal creations were the characters of Penelope Pitstop, Dick Dastardly and his snickering hound Muttley, and most famously Scooby-Doo.
Jan 9, 2007 · Iwao Takamoto, the US animator who created cartoon dogs Scooby-Doo and Muttley, has died aged 81. He was responsible for characters from The Flintstones and The Jetsons when...
