He also provided the original character designs for the Beyblade, Beyblade: V-Force, and Beyblade G Revolution television anime series.
The official Twitter account for Konami’s Bomberman franchise announced on Tuesday that artist Shoji Mizuno recently passed away.
Mizuno is perhaps most famous for re-designing the titular character of Hudson Soft’s Bomberman series when the game was released for the NES/Famicom.
Takahashi especially highlighted Mizuno’s work with the Bomberman Jetters anime, saying that Mizuno worked on storyboards, world setting, and character designs for the anime.