Iwao Takamoto had recently graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles when the Japanese bombed Pearl...
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As per our current Database, Iwao Takamoto has been died on 8 January, 2007 at Los Angeles, California, USA.

🎂 Iwao Takamoto - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Iwao Takamoto die, Iwao Takamoto was 82 years old.

Popular As	Iwao Takamoto
Occupation	Producer
Age	82 years old
Zodiac Sign	Taurus
Born	April 29, 1925 (Los Angeles, California, USA)
Birthday	April 29
Town/City	Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality	USA

🌙 Zodiac

Iwao Takamoto’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Iwao Takamoto was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.

Iwao Takamoto had recently graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor; Iwao, his parents and siblings were interned as enemy aliens in the Manzanar internment camp where he learned the rudiments of drawing and animation from two fellow internees who had worked as art directors at Hollywood film studios.

When given a chance to leave the camp to pick fruit in Idaho, Iwao applied to Walt Disney for a job as an animator; he spent the weekend before his appointment drawing and sketching almost everything he saw.

He got the job as an assistant illustrator working as an apprentice under the tutelage of Disney's "Nine Old Men". particularly Bob Carlson and Milt Kahl. While at Disney, Takamoto worked on both short films and features; in 1961 he left Disney for Hanna-Barbera where he would have a hand in developing many well-known and beloved cartoon characters such as Scooby Doo, Astro, George Jetson's dog, and Penelope Pitstop.

He retired as Vice President of Special Prohjects for Warner Brothers.