Anime, film, and tokusatsu producer Takao Asaga passed away on June 16. He was 61. Director and manga creator Hikari Hayakawa and anime scriptwriter Chiaki J. Konaka reported on a farewell ceremony held for Asaga held on Friday last week.

Hayakawa posted a photograph from the filming of his 1985 direct-to-video film Ubawareta Shinzō , for which Asaga served as producer. Asaga is pictured third from the left in the back row.

Asaga primarily worked as producer on such anime as Guyver: Out of Control , Riki-Oh: Tōkatsu Jigoku , Oh My Goddess! , Battle Angel , Wedding Peach , Golden Boy , Legend of Basara , To Heart , Dangaizer 3 , Comic Party , Godannar , The Qwaser of Stigmata , GATE , Monster Musume , In This Corner of the World , Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale , and Sword Oratoria: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side .

Source: Hikari Hayakawa's blog, Chiaki J Konaka's Twitter account