{"data":{"mal_id":5579,"url":"https:\/\/myanimelist.net\/people\/5579\/Isao_Takahata","website_url":"http:\/\/www.nausicaa.net\/miyazaki\/takahata","images":{"jpg":{"image_url":"https:\/\/myanimelist.net\/images\/voiceactors\/3\/49363.jpg"}},"name":"Isao Takahata","given_name":"\u52f2","family_name":"\u9ad8\u7551","alternate_names":[],"birthday":"1935-10-29T00:00:00+00:00","favorites":3861,"about":"Date of death: April 5, 2018\n\nIsao Takahata is one of the most famous directors of anime, or Japanese animated films. Born in Ujiyamada (now Ise), Mie prefecture, Japan, he is a long-term colleague of Hayao Miyazaki and co-head at Studio Ghibli.\n\nHis five animated films at Studio Ghibli have spanned a remarkable range of genres: war-film (Hotaru no Haka), romantic drama (Omoide Poroporo), comedy (Tonari no Yamada-kun), ecological adventure (Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko), and historical fantasy (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari). Of these, Hotaru no Haka, in particular, is widely considered one of the greatest animated films ever made.\n\n(Source: Wikipedia)"}}