Hiroshi Sasagawa | |
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Born | Aizuwakamatsu, Japan | July 9, 1936
Nationality | Japanese |
Known for | Character design, illustration |
Notable work | Time Bokan |
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Hiroshi Sasagawa (笹川 ひろし, Sasagawa Hiroshi, born July 9, 1936) is a Japanese creator of several anime and manga series. His name is romanized in some sources as Hiroshi Sasakawa.
Born in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, he is well known as one of creators of Time Bokan series (with Ippei Kuri, Mitsuki Nakamura and Yoshitaka Amano), he has directed several animation works in the fantasy and science fiction genre, many (though not all) of them with Tatsunoko Production.
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