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Yōji Kuri

Japanese animator

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born: 1928
died: 2024
age at death: 96
known for: film director, illustrator, animator

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Yōji Kuri was a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker. An influential figure in Japanese independent animation, he was the unofficial leader and most prolific of the "Animation Association of Three" collective who kick-started the renaissance of modern-styled, independently made, adult-aimed animation in early 1960s Japan.

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