What is Isao Takahata?
{{Infobox person | name = Isao Takahata | image = Isao Takahata.jpg | caption = Takahata at the 2014 [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|10|29}} | birth_place = [[Ise, Mie|Ujiyamada]], [[Mie Prefecture]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|4|5|1935|10|29|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan | alma_mater = [[University of Tokyo]] | spouse = | occupation = Film director, screenwriter, producer | years_active = 1961–2018 }} {{nihongo|'''Isao Takahata'''|高畑 勲|Takahata Isao;|October 29, 1935 &ndash; April 5, 2018}} was a Japanese [[movie director]], [[animator]], [[screenwriter]] and [[movie producer|producer]]. Takahata was the co-founder of [[Studio Ghibli]] along with long-time collaborative partner [[Hayao Miyazaki]]. He has directed movies such as ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'', ''[[Only Yesterday (1991 movie)|Only Yesterday]]'', ''[[Pom Poko]]'', and the comedy ''[[My Neighbors the Yamadas]]''. Takahata's most recent movie is ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]''. On April 5, 2018, Takahata died at a hospital in [[Tokyo]] of [[lung cancer]] at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180406-00000503-sanspo-ent|title=高畑勲氏が死去…昨年夏頃に体調崩し入退院を繰り返す（サンケイスポーツ） - Yahoo!ニュース|work=Yahoo!ニュース|access-date=2018-04-05|language=ja-JP|archive-date=2018-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405202518/https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180406-00000503-sanspo-ent|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0847223}} * [http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series?utf8=✓&asf%5Bkeyword%5D=高畑+勲&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_a&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_sp&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=movie&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=ova&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=event&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=personal&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=etc&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=blank Isao Takahata anime]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchi