death_date death_place nationality |birth_place name field birth_date article_title birth_name bgcolour
5 september 1977 tokyo , japan japanese kyoto , japan tatsuo yoshida character design , illustration 6 march 1932 tatsuo yoshida
 吉田 竜夫 #fbf 5df
tatsuo yoshida

born in 1932 , yoshida grew up in the hardship of war-torn japan .
a self-taught artist , his first job was as working for local newspapers in kyoto .
after finding success as a manga artist in tokyo , including winning the shogakukan manga award in 1972 for `` minashigo hutch '' , in 1962 he founded tatsunoko with his two younger brothers , kenji -lrb- who took over tatsuo 's position as producer after he died -rrb- and toyoharu -lrb- a.k.a. ippei kuri -rrb- .
the studio 's name has a double japanese meaning of `` tatsu 's child '' and `` sea dragon '' which was the inspiration for its seahorse logo .
yoshida made the jump from print to the screen and found modest success with the anime racing series `` mach go go go '' .
once adapted to the english language market , it achieved resounding , worldwide success as `` speed racer '' .
yoshida also created the action series `` gatchaman '' -lrb- also known as `` battle of the planets '' -rrb- , `` casshan '' -lrb- also known as `` neo-human casshern '' , now remade as the live-action film `` casshern '' and the continuity reboot `` casshern sins '' -rrb- , `` hurricane polymar '' and '' '' .
though tatsuo yoshida 's career was cut short by his untimely death from liver cancer in 1977 , tatsunoko productions has continued to partner with top creators to create additional hit series such as `` macross '' , `` mospeada '' , `` robotech '' , `` generator gawl '' , `` time bokan '' , and `` karas '' .
