Iwao takamoto biography definition

Iwao Takamoto (29 April - 8 January ) was a Japanese-Americananimator, television producer, and film director. He was a production designer for Hanna-Barbera Productions and the artist/character designer of Scooby-Doo.

Biography

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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, in Los Angeles, California.

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.

Iwao Takamoto was born in to Japanese immigrants and graduated at 15 from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles.

Iwao Takamoto was born in to Japanese immigrants and graduated at 15 from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles.

The Japanese-American animator Iwao Takamoto, who has died aged 81, made a significant contribution to the work of the Hanna Barbera studio.

Iwao Takamoto (April 29, – January 8, ) was an.

Iwao Takamoto was a legendary artist in the field of animation who had such dynamic and authoritative drawing skills that he defined the look of Hanna-Barbera.

He was a columnist for a variety of animation magazines.

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 Iwao Takamoto eventually became an assistant animator for the leg