RIP Toren Smith

[robkelk]

One of the pioneer manga translators passed away Tuesday:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... asses-away

You may have heard of a few of the titles he translated over the years - Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, Gunsmith Cats, Lone Wolf and Cub, Nausicaä, Oh My Goddess...

And he founded Studio Proteus, too.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Ebony]

One of the pioneer manga translators passed away Tuesday:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... asses-away
You may have heard of a few of the titles he translated over the years - Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, Gunsmith Cats, Lone Wolf and Cub, Nausicaä, Oh My Goddess...
And he founded Studio Proteus, too.

And had a "cameo" in the original Gunbuster.
  
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

[Sweno]

Well I didn't know who he was, but I certainly benefited from his work.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

[Star Ranger4]

Same.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

[Logan Darklighter]

DAMNIT. 

STOP taking all the GOOD guys away! 

Seriously, I met the guy a couple of times at early Project Akons and attended some panels where he spoke. Maybe that's not much to base an opinion on, but I also followed Studio Proteus back in the day and read his editorials. Toren was seriously one of the nicest, most gracious people in the business, while at the same time being one of the most driven. 

[Pyeknu]

Loved his early Dirty Pair work with Adam Warren.
Sad day, indeed . . .