Osamu Kobayashi (illustrator)

Osamu Kobayashi (小林 治, Kobayashi Osamu) (January 10, 1964 – April 17, 2021[1]) was a Japanese animator, illustrator, mechanical designer, and animation director primarily known for BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad and Paradise Kiss; his guest appearance as director of episode 4 of Gurren Lagann, and, most recently, episode 15 of Dororo.

[2] After graduating from high school, he worked as a designer and manga artist, but following his participation in Grandia he was mainly active in the field of animation.

[2][better source needed] Kobayashi was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2019, and died on April 17, 2021, at 57 years old, from a colon infection caused by the disease.

[3] His name is occasionally rendered in full katakana to differentiate from Osamu Kobayashi, an unrelated anime episode director.

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Osamu Kobayashi at the Japan Expo Sud 2011 in Marseille