http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-09/grave-of-the-fireflies-novelist-akiyuki-nosaka-passes-away/
Akiyuki Nosaka, the Naoki Prize-winning author of Grave of the Fireflies, passed away on Wednesday, December 9. He was 85.
Don't sticky this
>He was 85.
At least he outlived his little sister.
You messed up the link, friend. Here's a working link:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-09/grave-of-the-fireflies-novelist-akiyuki-nosaka-passes-away/.96312
>>134561464
>85
Man, I don't know why, but whenever a Japanese person dies at that age, I consider it being too soon.
>>134561464
May he be reunited with his imouto in heaven. RIP.
>>134561519
What with Japan's population crisis, it's perfectly reasonable.
It's a crime that none of his novels have been translated to English. As popular as Takahata's adaptation of Grave of the Fireflies is, you'd think at least it would have a translation.
＼(゜ロ＼)(／ロ゜)／
(>_<)
Is Grave of the Fireflies autobiographical?
>>134562320
It's fictionalized to some extent, but yes.
>>134561566
>he wanted to feed his little sister when food was obtained, but his survival ultimately took priority and between the two she had to go hungry
>during times when food was especially scarce, it tasted the sweetest but remorse always followed
>her death in the novel was "just as it was in life"
>the protagonist is basically the person he wanted to be at the time, being able to share more with his sister before her passing
Damn.
Nosaka VS Oshima
>>134561668
The Pornographers was apparently translated to english.
>>134562785
Damn
2015 claimed another one
>>134564511
Why does this year suck so much?
>>134564896
Moot left.
He's with his imouto now ;_;
>>134564896
payment in souls for FMP, kizu, guts getting off the boat, etc
>>134564896
I don't know man, 2016 might be the best year to come or the worst year by far in the last 30 years.
>>134564916
Thank fuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bgxI7qBNIE
>>134564896
Greed and ill conceived ideas by shitty producers with limited ideas on how to make money mostly revolving around exploiting established fanatically devoted if limited fanbases. The only anime I'm convinced has actually generated any new fans for the medium in the last little while is Love Live School Idol Project and I'm not sure that's what I want to see anime aspiring to as a model.
I've had grave of the fireflies on my backlog for 2 years now. I guess it's time to watch it. Maybe I'll stream it on Friday and we can all enjoy it together
>>134565163
So far it looks like a complete joke and full of awful shitty ideas for originals, sequels to the same old shit and rebroadcasts of already overexposed anime. Might as well completely right it off. I don't think it's going to be that good outside of the anime scene either.
>>134564916
Who gives a shit? Like is this is a meme or what, what fucking difference does it make if that weird frankly douchey looking man runs the site or not. Sub one weird douchey looking social reject of a person for another only this time they're Japanese.
>>134567815
But I liked moot, he made this place very fun, many fun memories of moot drunkposting here.
>>134564896
More deaths to the death god.
Moot had the worst taste in waifus
>>134567764
the little girl dies
>>134567764
Her brother was dead all along
There's only a few weeks fucking left. Why?
>inb4 sticky
>>134561464
This should be stickied.
>>134561464
>his sister is probably waiting for him
Damn. RIP man.
>>134569865
This
Another life claimed, how wonderful. Shouldn't this be a sticky? Or mods are biased? Tsk tsk.
Rest in peace.
RIP in pieces.
Say hi to your imouto for me. Hope there's plenty of good food up there, including lemon drops.
Rest in Peace.
>>134562785
Damn indeed
