Kimura joined Toei Animation in 1961 and worked as animation director and character designer on films and series such as Cyborg 009 and Tiger Mask.
Animation director and character designer Keiichiro Kimura passed away on Friday due to a heart attack.
Kimura’s son Takahiro Kimura directed and edited the work with about 2,000 frames of hand-drawn pencil sketch animation done by his father.
He expressed his eternal respect for his father’s animation, and said that his father will live on inside him.
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