Macross/Gunbuster Producer Minoru Takanashi Passes Away

In case you just joined us, veteran Bandai Visual anime producer Minoru Takanashi passed away. He served on most Macross projects, including Macross II, Macross Plus, Macross 7, Macross Zero, and the proposed but unproduced live-action Macross movie. He was also Bandai Visual's producer or project planner behind such popular anime as Gundam 0080, Gundam 0083, Gunbuster, Giant Robo, Vision of Escaflowne TV, and Escaflowne movie, Cowboy Bebop movie, Dirty Pair, Shamanic Princess and Space Battleship Yamato 2199.