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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.
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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 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...
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...
Jan 10, 2007 · Iwao Takamoto, an animator whose most celebrated creation was the endearingly klutzy canine Scooby-Doo but who also left his mark on dozens of other Hanna-Barbera classics, including “The...
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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.