Japanese sci-fi writer Sakyo Komatsu passes away at 80.

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Japanese sci-fi writer Sakyo Komatsu passes away at 80.

Postby Andrew Nguyen » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:33 pm

Japanese Sci-fi author Sakyo Komatsu, who wrote stories that became films such as Nihon Chinbotsu (Japan sinks), Espy, Virus, and Sayanora Jupiter has died at the age of 80 from pneumonia.




RIP: Komatsu-san. :(
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Postby kpa » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:32 pm

We've posted a tribute on SciFi Japan...

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2011 ... 1931-2011/
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