Jinzo Toriumi Dead at 78

Novelist and screenwriter Jinzo Toriumi died of liver cancer on Thursday morning at a hospital in Shinjuku. He was 78. A funeral service will be held on the 20th.

Toriumi will be best known to anime fans as a screenwriter for classic anime television series including Gatchaman, Mach Go Go Go, Time Bokan, Yattaman, Mister Ajiko, and Armored Trooper Votoms.

Source: Tokyograph