Kunihiro Abe
Japanese animator
Kunihiro Abe (阿部 邦博, Abe Kunihiro; 1968 – 15 August 2018) was a Japanese animator.
Abe was known for his mechanical animation, in particular his animation for various projects in Sunrise's Gundam franchise.
Kunihiro Abe was also a notable animator in various AIC projects, such as Bubblegum Crisis, Dangaioh, Vampire Princess Miyu, Dragon Century, Megazone 23 Part III, Sol Bianca, Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, Armitage III, El Hazard - The Magnificent World, and Blue Genders.
Abe worked also with animator Masami Obari on Fight! Iczer-One, Dangaioh, and Daimaju Gekito Hagane no Oni and with animator Kou Matsuo.
Abe died on 15 August 2018 at the age of 50 of undisclosed cause. Abe's daughter shared one of his illustrations, and noted that "she knew her father loved to draw and could not live as anything other than an animator".
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