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Studio Pierrot Founder Yūji Nunokawa es Away

posted on by Egan Loo
Animator, director worked on Bleach

Yūji Nunokawa, ed away on December 25. He was 75. His close family will hold a service, followed by a memorial service by the studio.

Nunokawa was born in Sakata city in Yamagata prefecture. After graduating from the Nihon Design School in 1967, he worked as an animator and a technical director on many works at Time Bokan.

Nunokawa founded Studio Pierrot in 1979, and he served as its chair and chief adviser just before his ing. Early on, the studio worked on series such as Black Clover, among others.

Japan's gave its Commissioner for Cultural Affairs award to him in 2019.

Source: Comic Natalie


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