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* When [[Osamu Tezuka]] died, he left his life's work ''[[Phoenix]]'' unfinished. Which is an absolute shame, as he quite clearly had great plans for it. Had he stayed alive to finish it, the separate stories of each time period in each volume would eventually converge at a central point, the "present", and tying all the loose ends of the Phoenix's story together. Now we can only wonder...

* Although Kentaro Miura is still quite alive and healthy, many fans fear that he will eventually die before completing ''[[Berserk]]'' due to the fact that only a handful of chapters are released every year.

* Ken Ishikawa, the creator of ''[[Getter Robo]]''. Though he did leave some notes behind, they were apparently only for Getter Robo Hien - a prequel. The cliffhanger ending of ''Getter Robo Āḥ'', the latest series chronologically, has yet to be resolved.

* The director of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]'', Takeyuki Kanda, died while the OVA was still being produced. One effect of that was that it took over three years to finish it, making it the longest-running single [[Gundam]] production until [[Gundam Unicorn]], except the long running period for that has been planned from the start.

* Yasuo Yamada, most recognizable as the voice of ''[[Lupin III]]'', died of a brain hemorrhage in 1995, a month before the release of ''Farewell to Nostradamus'', the movie that would mark the series' return to the big screen in ten years. Fortunately, his will stated that, if he were to pass away, the baton should be passed to [[The Other Darrin|Kan'ichi Kurita]] (a popular comedian and impersonator), who currently voices him from that movie onwards. In honor of Yamada, a message was placed at the end of the film's credits: "To Yasuo Yamada, Eternal Lupin the Third: Thank you!".

* Similarly, fellow seiyuu [[Tomoko Kawakami]] spoke to [[Kunihiko Ikuhara]] to see if they'd [[Revolutionary Girl Utena|work together again]] in his latest series, ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]''. Sadly, Mrs. Kawakami succumbed to ovarian cancer in 2011.

 

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