Rest In Peace.

[swestrup]

EDIT: This has now turned out not to be true. I'm including the original post below, for historical reasons.

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I just learned that Hayao Miyazaki died this weekend, of a stroke. He was a Grand Master of the art of animation, and he will be sorely missed.

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[labyrinthman.livejournal.com]

Yeah, not seeing any confirmation yet... and usually my google-news-fu is strong.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Why am I stuck on a computer with no Japanese input? Argh.

I really hope this isn't true.

[swestrup]

It was an announcement by philfoglio. He's a joker, but I don't think he would joke about THAT. Maybe he was misled as well. I go check his blog again.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

hoshizora just searched the Japanese websites and got nothing. I hope Foglio was misinformed.