http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43664515

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404 -- Mr. Takahata not found


ADD: I had no problems following the link. I meant that he is nowhere to be found in person anymore.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2018/04/06/studio-ghibli-isao-takahata-brought-indescribable-beauty-everyday/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/06/studio-ghibli-co-founder-isao-takahata-dies-aged-82

https://kotaku.com/grave-of-the-fireflies-director-isao-takahata-dies-at-8-1825028531

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17204958/isao-takahata-studio-ghibli-dies

Whoosh

I will personally murder any french journalist titling their article "Takahata t'a quitté".

No speaky French. Is it something that can be misunderstood?

My written French is 3 decades old but to me and Google translate, it comes out as "Takahata left you".

Possible suicide reference?

it is a bad play on words, typical of tabloids (here in UK at least). read it aloud and see - Takahata sounds a bit like t'a quitté.

I can't pronounce his name. I was just mumbling it when I was working it out. Thank you for the explanation.

edit: Just as long as that mother keeping the frozen body of her son from the article linked to at the bottom isn;t included.....

Just a predictible pun on an old (comically alliterative) french song called "Ta Katie t'a quitté" ("your kathy has left you"). Word puns in articles titles are a bit of a (tedious) journalistic tradition in France. Sometimes they feel truly out of place.

To be fair, I think it's starting to be considered a bit outdated. So we'll see.