Art Director Kazuo Ebisawa Passes Away

Background art by Ebisawa from The Garden of Sinners , via ufotable President Hikaru Kondo's X (formerly Twitter) account Anime studio ufotable announced on April 30 that Kazuo Ebisawa, an art director who worked at the studio, passed away on April 14. A service was held by ufotable on April 20. The studio notes on their website that they “respectfully decline any condolences, floral tributes,or visits.” Ebisawa was one of the longest-serving art directors in the anime industry. Born in 1953 , he started in the industry on The Secret of Akko-chan in 1969, then went on to work as art director a...

Ebisawa worked in the anime industry for over 50 years