Umanosuke Iida
Umanosuke Iida was a Japanese anime creator, director and screenwriter. Iida died due to lung cancer.
Iida was born in Urakawa, Hokkaido and graduated from Hokkaido Urakawa High School. He was a member of the Japan Animation Creators Association.
He died of lung cancer at a hospital in Kiyose, Tokyo on November 26, 2010, at the age of 49. At the farewell ceremony, Hayao Miyazaki read a eulogy. He passed during production of the anime Towa No Quon, which he had been set to direct. After his death, production was taken over by Takeshi Mori, who was credited as co-director.
Filmography
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – In-between animationLupin III Part III – Key animation Legend of the Gold of Babylon – Key animationCastle in the Sky – Assistant directorDevilman: Tanjou Hen – Director, screenwriterDevilman: Yocho Sirène Hen – Director, screenwriterCB Chara Nagai Go World – Director, storyboardGin Rei – Storyboard Mighty Space Miners – DirectorMobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Director, storyboard, unit director, key animation Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team: Miller's Report – Director, storyboard, animation directorBlue Submarine No.6 – Planning cooperationCowboy Bebop – Storyboard The Big O – Storyboard Vandread – Planning associationThe King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final – Storyboard Hellsing – Director, storyboard Vandread the Second Stage – Planning cooperationYukikaze – Planning associationThe King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final -Grand Glorious Gathering- – StoryboardTide-Line Blue – Director, storyboard, original creatorOrigin: Spirits of the Past – Storyboard, conceptMobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team U.C.0079+α – Story, artBlassreiter – Storyboard Birdy the Mighty: Decode – Storyboard Shangri-La – Storyboard, designTowa no Quon – Director, planning