Hitoshi Takagi
Encyclopedia
was a Japanese voice actor
. He died at age 78 due to partial ischemic heart disease.
He was most well known for providing the voice of Totoro
.
Seiyu
Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...
. He died at age 78 due to partial ischemic heart disease.
He was most well known for providing the voice of Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
, is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan...
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Anime
- Galaxy Express 999Galaxy Express 999is a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, as well as various anime films and TV series based on it. It is set in a space-faring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.The manga won the...
(Narrator) - Gregory Horror ShowGregory Horror ShowGregory Horror Show is a 3D CGI animated television series created by Naomi Iwata and televised by the Asahi National Broadcasting Co.-Story:...
(Mummy Papa) - Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Narrator)
- Moomin and New Moomin (MoominpappaMoominpappaMoominpappa - is a character in the Moomin series of books by Finnish author Tove Jansson.Orphaned in his youth, Moominpappa is a somewhat restless soul who left the orphanage to venture out into the world but has now settled down, determined to be a responsible father to his family: his wife...
) - NoirNoir (anime)is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2001 by the Bee Train animation studio. Kōichi Mashimo directed Noir, it was written by Ryoe Tsukimura, and the soundtrack was composed by Yuki Kajiura...
(Edringer)
Films
- Chirin no SuzuRinging Bellis the 1978 anime film adaption of the book of the same name written by Takashi Yanase. It is most notable by fans and critics as a G-rated children's film which makes a sharp-sudden turn into a Dark and Violent story. It is also recognized as one of the only Japanese shock films directed towards...
(Narrator) - Dōbutsu TakarajimaDobutsu Takarajimais a 1971 Japanese animated feature film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.The film was produced by Toei Animation and released on the studio's 20th anniversary....
(Ossan) - Kinnikuman: New York Kiki Ippatsu! (Big Apple)
- Pikachu's Rescue Adventure (Kabigon)
- Pink - Water Thief Rain Thief (Silver)
- Tonari no TotoroMy Neighbor Totoro, is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan...
(Totoro, Catbus)
Notable live action roles
- Lady SnowbloodLady Snowbloodis a manga written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Kazuo Kamimura, and serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Playboy. It was translated into English and published in four volumes by Dark Horse Comics between 2005 and 2006....
(Matsuemon) - TampopoTampopois a 1985 Japanese comedy film by director Juzo Itami, starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first ramen western, a play on the term Spaghetti Western .-Plot summary:Tampopo begins when a pair of truck drivers, an experienced one named...
(Restaurant owner)