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Kazuko Nakamura, pioneer of female animators in Japan passed away at the age 86.
@otakucalendarjp:
Animator, Kazuko Nakamura passed away at the age 86. She is a pioneer of female animator in Japan, worked with Osamu Tezuka and a model of Wato in "The Three-Eyed One (Mitsume ga Toru)" by Tezuka. R.I.P.
Source (in JPN)- Hochi, Nikkansports
Kazuko Nakamura is considered as mother of modern anime.
You can read more about her in this old blog- Two pioneers of women animators