{"id":643107,"date":"2024-11-01T21:26:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T18:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/background-art-director-shigemi-ikeda-has-died\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T21:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T18:26:31","slug":"background-art-director-shigemi-ikeda-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/background-art-director-shigemi-ikeda-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"#Background Art Director Shigemi Ikeda Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shigemi Ikeda<\/strong>, the background art director for anime<\/a> like Mobile Suit Gundam Char\u2019s Counterattack<\/em> and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom<\/em>, has passed away at the age of 69.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ikeda\u2019s family made the announcement on his X (formerly Twitter<\/a>) account on October 26 JST, saying that the veteran died on October 13 JST. A cause of death was not given.<\/span><\/p>\n

A private funeral will be held for Ikeda.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a reply to the post, Masami Obari<\/strong> (Brave Bang Bravern! <\/em>director, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture <\/em>director and character designer) paid his respects<\/a> and recalled the positive experience of working with Ikeda on the 1992 Bastard!!<\/em> OVA. Obari was a storyboard artist and episode director on the OVA, while Ikeda was its background art director.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ikeda joined the industry in 1974 and received his first background art director credit in 1980. In 1986, he founded the background art company Atelier Musa<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the aforementioned anime, some of Ikeda\u2019s other credits include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Sentou Mecha Xabungle<\/em> (background artist)<\/span>
\u2022 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ<\/em> (background artist)<\/span>
\u2022 SOL BIANCA<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Mobile Suit Gundam F91<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Street Fighter 2<\/em> (mechanical stage design)<\/span>
\u2022 Turn A Gundam<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 GANTZ<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Black Cat<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Bokurano<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Shangri-La<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Mysterious Girlfriend X<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Rozen Maiden<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 Bayonetta Bloody Fate<\/em> (background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 One-Punch Man<\/em> (co-background art director)<\/span>
\u2022 My Hero Academia<\/em> (co-background art director)<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom<\/em> (co-background art director)<\/span><\/p>\n

During the 61st Emmy Awards in 2009, Ikeda was honored with the Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation for his background art director role in Afro Samurai: Resurrection<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>@rgoRcTW1sMPMWBb<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n