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Noriyoshi Ohrai, Illustrator of Many Hollywood Movie Posters, Has Died

Posted by samzenpus on from the rest-in-peace dept.

AmiMoJo writes: While far from a household name, Noriyoshi Ohrai painted some of the most well known Hollywood movie posters, as well as numerous posters and covers for Western and Japanese media alike. His most famous work is probably the Empire Strikes Back international poster, but he also did paintings for Godzilla, The Goonies, Spiderman comics, numerous games and more.

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  1. Re:Fuck you, Slashdot by wardrich86 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm sorry to hear that Kotaku doesn't cut it for you. Please pick from one of these other sources.

  2. or the original source by MoFoQ · · Score: 2
    or the original source: http://mrt.jp/localnews/?newsi...

    1027 1749

    "Obiturary: World-famous illustrator and Miyazaki City resident, Noriyoshi Ohrai passed away due to pneumonia on the 27th at a hospital in Kunitomi (town). He was 79 years old. Working out of Miyazaki City, Mr. Ohrai was a world-famous illustrator having created posters for "Star Wars" and "Godzilla" series and had won a prefectural culture award a year before last. Wake will be held on the 28th from 7PM and funeral services will be on the 29th from 12:10PM, both at the Priere-Group Hall in Miyazaki City." note, wiki seems to reference cgmagonline.com anyways. also, /. seems to not support Japanese input that well.