The first person who broke the news was Kangguang Takeda, a staff member of Gainax Animation Company. He wrote on his Twitter that he was only 47 years old when he learned of the death of Mr. Jin Min. I feel very sad that I will never be able to meet him in the small bar of Jixiang Temple again. " Masao Maruyama, a leading figure in Japanese animation industry, also said, "Such a great director died like this ..." His tone was full of helplessness and nostalgia.
20 10 On the afternoon of August 25th, Japanese time16: 00, official website, a staff member in Jin Min, updated "Director Jin Min has gone to sleep". The cause of his death has been confirmed to be pancreatic cancer (there was a rumor that it was lung cancer, which is hereby corrected).
Looking through Jin Min's recent online diaries, two articles stand out. 20 10 On July 23rd, he said that he had shaved his head. On August 6, he mentioned that he was sorting out some things around him, dealing with them or giving them away. Maybe he had a bad feeling then. On August 17 and 18, he published the list of 100 excellent films recommended by the crew of Dream Machine in official website, and supplemented the list on the last day of his life, that is, 23rd-perhaps the last gift left by the director to the fans.
Jin Min's new work "Dream Machine" is still in the post-production, and the film is his first animation full of childlike interest for children. 20 10 on August 20th, he also updated on his personal Twitter, praising the two protagonists in the story "Robin and Lilico are very cute". For the sudden death of this animation master, Madhouse Company is very uneasy from top to bottom. Jin Min can be regarded as one of the soul figures of this animation studio, and he is also the second animation master that Madhouse lost in recent 13 months. In July 2009, the director of "Mobile Police Theater Edition" also died suddenly without warning.
After Jin Min's death, his handwritten suicide note was also published on the afternoon of 25th. Among them, I recalled my illness, my family and friends' dribs and drabs, and my animation creation, with thousands of words.