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Mecha Animator Kunihiro Abe es Away at 50
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Animator Twitter s on Saturday. Ayumi Abe shared the illustration by Kunihiro Abe seen right, and said that his father "could not live except as an animator." She further shared that while her father had disagreeable moments and that she was sometimes envious of him, she knew that he loved to draw.
Abe was known for his mechanical animation, in particular his animation for various projects in Blue Gender, among numerous other credits.
Fellow animator and director mecha could draw, and that Tomino later itted to Matsuo that he had not thought someone could draw swaying like that, and that he had made the request as a bluff.
Animator and director Daimaju Gekito Hagane no Oni — with Obari as key animator and Abe as in-between animator — allowed Obari to draw his key animation to the best of his ability.
