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Iwao Takamoto
Iwao Takamoto (29 April 1925 - 8 January 2007) was a Japanese-Americananimator, television producer, and film director.
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He was a production designer for Hanna-Barbera Productions and the artist/character designer of Scooby-Doo.
Biography
[change | change source]Iwao Takamoto's father moved from Hiroshima to the United States for his health.
He only went back to Japan once, and that was to marry his wife. Iwao Takamoto was born on April 19, 1925 in Los Angeles, California.
Iwao takamoto wikipedia
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Iwao Takamoto's family, like many Japanese-Americans, had to move to an internment camp. They spent the rest of World War II in the Manzanar internment camp. While he was there, Iwao Takamoto received basic illustration training from other people in the camp.
Iwao Takamoto first started doing cartoons professionally after the end of the war. He was hired as an assistant animator by Walt Disney Studios in 1947. Iwao Takamoto eventually became an assistant