These are the members of the anime industry who passed away in 2018. May they rest in peace.
- Koji Yamada, founder of Studio Wanpack, passed away on January 2, 2018.
- Hiroki Takagi, animator, passed away on Fberuary 2, 2018 after being diagnosed with influenza.
- Makiko Nitta, voice actress, passed away on February 8, 2018 from aortic dissection.
- David Ogden Stiers, English voice actor for some of Studio Ghibli’s films, passed away on March 3, 2018 at the age of 75 from bladder cancer.
- Isao Takahata, director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, passed away on April 5, 2018 at the age of 82 from lung cancer.
- Chuck McCann, voice actor, passed away on April 8, 2018 at the age of 83 due to congenital heart failure.
- Yukiji Asaoka, voice actress, passed away on April 27, 2018 at the age of 82.
- Osamu Shoji, composer, passed away on April 30, 2018 at the age of 85 due to malignant lymphoma.
- Hideki Saijo, voice actor and theme song performer, passed away on May 16, 2018 at the age of 63 due to heart failure.
- Takao Asaga, producer, passed away on June 16, 2018 at the age of 61.
- Denis Akiyama, voice actor, passed away on June 28, 2018 at the age of 66.
- Utamaru Katsura, voice actor, passed away on July 2, 2018 at the age of 81.
- Fujio Tokita, voice actor, passed away on July 18, 2018 at the age of 81 due to a brain hemorrhage.
- Unsho Ishizuka, voice actor, passed away on August 13, 2018 at the age of 67 due to esophageal cancer.
- Kunihiro Abe, mecha animator, passed away on August 15, 2018 at the age of 50.
- Miyoko Asou, voice actress, passed away on August 25, 2018 at the age of 92 due to senility.
- Kirin Kiki, voice actress, passed away on September 15, 2018 at the age of 75.
- Hikaru Miyata, voice actor, passed away on September 23, 2018 at the age of 87 due to an acute aortic dissection.
- Karyn Dwyer, voice actress, passed away on September 25, 2018 at the age of 43.
- Ko Takashina, writer, passed away in October 2018 at the age of 76.
- Nobuo Tanaka, voice actor, passed away on October 17, 2018 at the age of 83.
- Kouji Tsujitani, voice actor, passed away on October 17, 2018 at the age of 56 due to a stroke.
- Keiichiro Kimura, animation director and character designer, passed away on October 19, 2018 at the age of 80 due to a heart attack.
- Tetsuo Goto, voice actor, passed away on November 6, 2018 at the age of 68 due to esophageal cancer.
- Fred Patten, anime and manga essayist, passed away on November 12, 2018 at the age of 77.
- Ken Narita, theme song singer, passed away on November 13, 2018 at the age of 73 due to pneumonia.
- Akira Miyazaki, screenwriter and director, passed away on November 25, 2018 at the age of 84 due to bile duct cancer.
- Yu Yamamoto, scriptwriter, passed away on November 25, 2018 at the age of 71.
- Mahito Tsujimura, voice actor, passed away on November 27, 2018 at the age of 88.
- Mayumi Hirota, animator, passed away in December 2018.
- Masato Suga, anime music producer, passed away on December 11, 2018 at the age of 59 due to pneumonia.
- Toshiko Fujita, voice actress, passed away on December 28, 2018 at the age of 68 due to breast cancer.
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