Beloved Anime Director Osamu Kobayashi died at 57 years old after battling kidney cancer for two years, according to a post on his Twitter profile.
“I regret that I still had something I wanted to do and work I wanted to make. I’m sure I’ll be reborn and make good work!” the post said (translated from Japanese). “Adios. From the eternal 23-year-old.”
小林治 57歳 昨夜
天国へ旅立ちました。
2年前から腎臓癌と闘ってきましたが、ここにきて残念ながら力尽き…
まだまだやりたい事、作りたい作品があったのが心残りです
きっとまた生まれ変わって良い作品を作るぞ！
アディオス。永遠の23歳より pic.twitter.com/GLP1qEq7Co— 小林治 (@osamukoba) April 18, 2021
Kobayashi was best known as the director of BECK and Paradise Kiss, while also directing individual episodes for Naruto: Shippuden.
Here’s everything you need to know.
1. Kobayashi Was Influenced by Hayao Miyazaki and Yoshinori Kanada Growing Up, But The Film that Inspired Him the Most was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
In an interview with Otaku USA, Kobayashi said that Yoshinori Kanada, a legendary animator responsible for such classic shows as Galaxy Express 999 and Toward the Terra, was one of his biggest influences. Future Boy Conan, a show by Ghibli Co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, was another huge influence on Kobayashi.
He was also influenced by a number of live-action movies, such as those by Akira Kurosawa, John Ford and Howard Hawks. In fact, he said that the one film that inspired him above all others was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
“It’s an old movie, yeah, but I cried in the theater when I saw it,” Kobayashi said.
Kobayashi got his start as
RIP Osamu Kobayashi. He was not only a unique & talented director (ParaKiss, Beck, etc) but an AMAZING artist & designer. His mechanical designs for Dragon's Heaven still blow me away, I still hope it may get licensed someday so more folks can see it. pic.twitter.com/B6DOIsXjoF
— ⚡Bubblegum Midlife Crisis⚡ (@bunnycartoon) April 18, 2021
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