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Sending off Kondo Yoshifumi Kun

We called him Kon-Chan. He was one of the best among the hundreds of animators I ever met.

When he was young, his drawings were shining with the real admiration towards youthful freedom.

Just as when you climb a slope and finally see a vast blue ocean over the mountain, or like a fine clear sky - his work showed such a sense of freedom.

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I pride myself as someone who appreciated his talent most deeply, and appropriately.

When he was in his 20s, and I was in my 30s, we used to talk about movies we wanted to make, sitting side by side, talking with our hands.

If we have an opportunity, even if it's only a small piece, let's make an animation which can express Kon-Chan's character, his admiration most - something like Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce. Although it was almost impossible considering the situation at that time, I had decided on my own that we would someday realize such a project.

Still, among his achievements, the works