Manabe, Hiroshi

Birthplace: Ehime Prefecture, Japan Date of Death: October 31, 2000 Hiroshi Manabe was an artist, illustrator, and animation artist. While working to design manga collections, books, and magazines, as well as a writer, in 1960, Manabe co-found the Three-Person Animation Circle and was one of the earliest ones to carry out experiments in intermedia across animation, music, theater, and performance. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)