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Animator Isao Takahata, Co-Founder of Studio Ghibli, Dies at 82
Isao Takahata, a highly influential Japanese animator and filmmaker, and a co-founder of Studio Ghibli alongside longtime collaborator Hayao Miyazaki, died Thursday after a brief hospitalization. He was 82.Takahata died following a battle with lung cancer, according to a statement Studio Ghibli provided to TheWrap.Takahata directed the animated wartime drama “Grave of the Fireflies,” “Pom…