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NEWS: Cowboy Bebop & Tokyo Godfathers Writer, Wolf's Rain Creator Keiko Nobumoto Passes Away


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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:15 pm Reply with quote
Devastating loss for anime. She wrote for some of the best. RIP to one of the greats.
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ab2143



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:16 pm Reply with quote
that's sad to hear. Rest in peace. My thoughts are with her friends and family. Losing someone to cancer is always devastating Sad
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tintor2



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:24 pm Reply with quote
Sad to hear. Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain wouldn't be the same hits if it wasn't for him.
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residentgrigo



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:25 pm Reply with quote
A huge loss for anime itself. RIP
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KitKat1721



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:26 pm Reply with quote
Wolf’s Rain is still probably my all time favorite anime, and that’s not even getting into all her amazing work on Cowboy Bebop, Tokyo Godfathers, Macross Plus, episodes of Space Dandy, etc… what a devastating loss.
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DamianSalazar



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:29 pm Reply with quote
Rest in Peace to an OG of the industry. She wrote some of the best anime of our lifetimes, and it's a shame that she's gone so soon.
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Marzan



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:41 pm Reply with quote
So young….heartbreaking. She was such a wonderful writer. Anime will be much poorer without her
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Hikaru Hunter



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:43 pm Reply with quote
tintor2 wrote:
Sad to hear. Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain wouldn't be the same hits if it wasn't for him.


Nobumoto was a woman.
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Dovah



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:50 pm Reply with quote
R.I.P.

See you cowgirl, someday, somewhere...
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:51 pm Reply with quote
tintor2 wrote:
Sad to hear. Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain wouldn't be the same hits if it wasn't for him.


He is actually a she.

She was behind many truly amazing titles that countless people enjoy to this day. As big and impactful as her work on the scripts for Wolf's Rain and Bebop may be, one of my personally favorites is the Tokyo Godfathers movie she worked with Satoshi Kon on. I watch that film every holiday season.
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BaronViolet



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:59 pm Reply with quote
May she rest in peace
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donhumberto



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:24 pm Reply with quote
Crying or Very sad Truly devastating news. I loved Cowboy Bebop but Wolf's Rain is truly out of this world on every level... I was always hoping that she would write another anime original ... so sad
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JoelBurger





PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:28 pm Reply with quote
I hope this is the impetus for more people to recognize how important she was to Watanabe's career; without her his entire oeuvre would look very different. She deserves to be celebrated in the same breath as a master of her craft.
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bleachj0j



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:42 pm Reply with quote
One of the greats. It wasn't until recent years where I realized how pivotal she was to Watanabe's shows. Devastating.
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Multi-Facets



Joined: 15 Oct 2019
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:50 pm Reply with quote
"Been a long road to follow, been there and gone tomorrow,
Without saying goodbye to yesterday.
Are the memories I hold still valid?
Or have the tears deluded them?
Maybe this time tomorrow, the rain will cease to follow,
And the mist will fade into one more today.
Something somewhere out there is calling....

Am I going home? Will I hear someone
Singing solace to the silent Moon?
Zero gravity, what's it like?
Am I alone? Is somebody there beyond these heavy, aching feet?
Still, the road keeps on telling me to go on....

Something is calling me:
I feel the gravity of it all."


Goodbye, Nobumoto-san, and thank you so much.
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