Takagi worked with both as animation director of the recent Uchū Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi films.
He worked as animation director and key animator on Patlabor, and provided the character designs for the Patlabor WXIII film.
Patlabor co-creator Masami Yuuki revealed on Thursday that animator Hiroki Takagi passed away last week on February 2.
Yamato 2202 assistant director Makoto Kobayashi also posted earlier this week that the anime will now be a posthumous work for Takagi.
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