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Fumi Kitahara Dies: Veteran Animation Publicist Was 56
Fumi Kitahara has died at the age of 56, her family announced on her Facebook page on Monday.
Fumi Kitahara, a widely respected animation publicist who helped steer award-winning campaigns for studios including DreamWorks, Aardman, Laika, Netflix, and Disney, passed away on Monday due to complications from a rare form of blood cancer, her family announced. Her work included campaigns for multiple Shrek films, Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Coraline, How to Train Your Dragon, Kubo and the Two Strings, Over the Moon, and The Sea Beast. She also pent four years with Google Spotlight Stories, helping to promote titles such as Pearl, Duet, and Age of Sail; collaborated with Baobab Studios on projects including Baba Yaga and Namoo; and worked on documentary films such as Walt & El Grupo, Waking Sleeping Beauty, and Tyrus.
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