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In this Feb. 12, 2015 photo, Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata speaks about his latest film &quot;The Tale of The Princess Kaguya&quot; with its poster during an interview at his office, Studio Ghibli, in suburban Tokyo. Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn &quot;manga&quot; look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died. He was 82. Takahata, who directed &quot;Grave of the Fireflies,&quot; a tragic tale about wartime childhood, died Thursday, April 5, 2018, of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital, according to a studio statement. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Studio Ghibli co-founder, director Isao Takahata dies at 82

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 photo, Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata speaks about his latest film &quot;The Tale of The Princess Kaguya&quot; with its poster during an interview at his office, Studio Ghibli, in suburban Tokyo. The princess laughs and floats in sumie-brush sketches of faint pastel, a lush landscape that animated film director Isao Takahata has painstakingly depicted to relay his gentle message of faith in this world. But his Oscar-nominated work stands as a stylistic challenge to Hollywood’s computer-graphics cartoons, where 3D and other digital finesse dominate. Takahata says those terms with a little sarcastic cough. The 79-year-old co-founder of Japan’s prestigious animator, Studio Ghibli, instead stuck to a hand-drawn look. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Hand-drawn ‘Princess’ stands apart from other Oscar nominees

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press