. "2007-01-08"^^ . . . . "1925-04-29"^^ . . . "2007-01-08"^^ . . "Los Angeles, California, United States"@en . . . . . "Artist, creative producer"@en . "Male"@en . . . . . . . "Animator, television producer, and film director"@en . . . "Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese American animator, television producer, and film director. He created the designs of the five members of Mystery Inc. from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Scrappy-Doo for Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, and the Great Gazoo from The Flintstones. Before that, he had worked as production and character designer on Walt Disney films, such as Sleeping Beauty. Takamoto died of heart attack in 2007, at the age of 81."@en . . "1925-04-29"^^ . . . "Brown"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 - January 8, 2007) was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director who did work for both Disney and Hanna-Barbera along with Charles A. Nichols. Takamoto first entered the cartoon world after the end of the war. He was hired as an assistant animator by Walt Disney Studios in 1945. Takamoto eventually became an assistant for the legendary Milt Kahl. He worked as an animator on such titles as Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, and 101 Dalmatians."@en . "Iwao Takamoto"@en . "Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese American animator, television producer, and film director. He created the designs of the five members of Mystery Inc. from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Scrappy-Doo for Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, and the Great Gazoo from The Flintstones. Before that, he had worked as production and character designer on Walt Disney films, such as Sleeping Beauty. Takamoto died of heart attack in 2007, at the age of 81."@en . . . . . . "Write the first section of your page here."@en . "Iwao Takamoto had recently graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He, his parents and his 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."@en . . . . "Iwao Takamoto"@en . . "__NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Iwao Takamoto Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown"@en . "Iwao Takamoto had recently graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He, his parents and his 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, Takamoto 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 animated 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 Astro, George Jetson's dog; Dick Dastardly and Muttley; Penelope Pitstop, and Scooby-Doo. Shortly before his death, he retired as vice president of special projects for Warner Bros."@en . . "Gray"@en . . "Los Angeles, California, United States"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Los Angeles, California, United States"@en . . . . "__NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Iwao Takamoto Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown"@en . "Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 - January 8, 2007) was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director who did work for both Disney and Hanna-Barbera along with Charles A. Nichols. Takamoto first entered the cartoon world after the end of the war. He was hired as an assistant animator by Walt Disney Studios in 1945. Takamoto eventually became an assistant for the legendary Milt Kahl. He worked as an animator on such titles as Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, and 101 Dalmatians. He left Disney in 1961 for Hanna-Barbera along with Charles A. Nichols. He later return for one time to help animate The Fox and the Hound with Joseph Barbera."@en . . "Write the first section of your page here."@en . . . . "Barbara Takamoto"@en . . . . . . . "Michael and Leslie"@en . . . .