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Kinji Yoshimoto

Kinji Yoshimoto

Japanese animator, writer, and director (1966–2021)

Kinji Yoshimoto (よしもときんじ, Yoshimoto Kinji, 吉本 欣司) 27 February 1966 – 5 November 2021 was a Japanese animator, producer, writer and director. Some of his major works include Megazone 23 and Plastic Little. He also directed several of the Queen's Blade anime series, as well as anime adaptations for I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job and Unbreakable Machine-Doll, and is known for his manga and anime productions with manga artist Satoshi Urushihara. The two along with Yoshihiro Kimura created their own production company called Earthwork. Yoshimoto died on 5 November 2021.[2]

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  1. Credited under the pseudonym of Jinki Tomoshiyo (ジンキトモシヨ).

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    よしもとのページ [Yoshimoto page]. Earthwork (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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