Grandson of background artist and art director Ryō Kōno (real name: Hiromi Kо̄no) revealed on Kо̄no’s X/Twitter account on October 26 that he died suddenly on October 23 due to suspected gastrointestinal bleeding.

Kо̄no has served as art director for anime such as Mob Psycho 100 (all three seasons), Agent Paranoia, Space Dandy (both seasons), Super Crooks, Carole & Tuesday, The Rolling Girls, Kaiba, Kemonozumeand Weeping DEVILMAN.

Kо̄no has also served as a background artist for such anime as Children on the slopes, Psycho-Pass film, Perfect blue, Scroll Ninja film, A wind called Amnesia, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, The X movieand Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Cardamong many others.

Kōno’s grandson said in the announcement that each of her works was a source of pride for the family.

Sources: @konoryo, Annex Sponichi by @shounencorner