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Prolific Anime Writer Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Dies
Date: 2/15/2007
Animation script writer Hiroyuki Hoshiyama died on February 7th, he was 62 years old. He had his start in anime in 1962 and really got his foot in the door after drafting screenplays for Moomin and Sunrise's Zanbot 3. He's probably best known for writing 1979's original Mobile Suit Gundam TV series. Afterwards, Hoshiyama handled scribe duties for many popular Sunrise works, with directors Ryosuke Takahashi (Vifam / Dougram) and Kanda Takeyuki.
Source: Anime News Service