Manabu Ōhashi

Prolific Japanese director and animator who began his career at Toei Animation at age 15 with Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru. After leaving Toei in 1968, he worked at Tatsunoko and Mushi Production and joined Madhouse in 1972. He was famous for his distinctive cloud drawings and for directing the Cloud short for the 1987 Robot Carnival anthology. Died Feb. 12, age 73.