For those who don't know, Go Nagai was one of the biggest and strongest OG pillars of manga (and by extension this affects anime ofc) and influenced a hell of a lot of things.
He's the reason some of your favorite things in anime might exist and especially had a role in ensuring they were popular.
Things like transforming and piloted mecha, sexy girls/eroticism, and copious amounts of violence/weaponry/guns and hot blooded men fighting and demon slaying were all hugely popularized and made massive steps in Japan thanks to him, and his works influenced a hell of a lot of things, a lot without people even realizing it.
If you like things like Persona (really any supernatural high school setting), Transformers, Fist of the North Star/Dragon Ball, almost any mecha at all, magical girls, ecchi/fanservice, he had some part in influencing them all.
He's an absolute legend (and doesn't get nearly the amount of credit he deserves compared to some in the industry) and its horrible this happened.
For those who don't know, Go Nagai was one of the biggest and strongest OG pillars of manga (and by extension this affects anime ofc) and influenced a hell of a lot of things.
He's the reason some of your favorite things in anime might exist and especially had a role in ensuring they were popular.
Things like transforming and piloted mecha, sexy girls/eroticism, and copious amounts of violence/weaponry/guns and hot blooded men fighting and demon slaying were all hugely popularized and made massive steps in Japan thanks to him, and his works influenced a hell of a lot of things, a lot without people even realizing it.
If you like things like Persona (really any supernatural high school setting), Transformers, Fist of the North Star/Dragon Ball, almost any mecha at all, magical girls, ecchi/fanservice, he had some part in influencing them all.
He's an absolute legend (and doesn't get nearly the amount of credit he deserves compared to some in the industry) and its horrible this happened.
Not to mention Devilman, without which we would never have SMT.
The island nation is no stranger to terrors like this, but it still sucks that this happened. I wish them the best in that regard.