In the present day we study that the gaming and anime business has misplaced one other beloved artist and creator. Mutsumi Inomata has handed away.
The well-known character designer, illustrator, and animator was aged 63 when she handed away on March 10.
The announcement was made on Inomata-sensei’s official X (previously Twitter) account by her sister, as you possibly can see under.
The message does not clarify the reason for Inomata-sensei’s passing, however mentions that it was so sudden that she nonetheless had a sketch within the works. Her sister provides that she is optimistic that she’s nonetheless drawing in heaven, surrounded by her beloved cats, creating an increasing number of characters with cute, intense eyes.
She expresses her heartfelt gratitude to everybody who supported and beloved Mustumi Inomata, hoping that they are going to proceed loving her.
The funeral was held in non-public type, with solely her shut family members.
In a follow-up Tweet, Inomata-sensei’s sister mentions that her passing was so sudden that she nonetheless cannot consider many issues. She’s going to maintain the account open for some time, and he or she’s assured that if followers despatched messages through reply, they’d attain her sister.
Mutsumi-Inomata is understood amongst online game followers for her work as one of many most important character designers of the Tales of JRPG collection by Bandai Namco. Her characters seem in Tales of Berseria, Zestiria, the Xillia collection, Graces, Hearts, Innocence, The Tempest, Rebirth, Eternia, and the Future collection.
She additionally labored as an animator, animation director, and character designer, and in different roles on many beloved anime together with Urusei Yatsura, Metropolis Hunter, Cellular Swimsuit Gundam SEED, Windaria, The Weathering Continent, Future GPX Cyber Formulation, and Sacred Seven.
The information comes solely days after we realized of the passing of one other big of Japanese animation, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. JRPG followers additionally lately mourned the dying of Suikoden and Eiyuden Chronicle Creator Yoshitaka Murayama.
