Cherished Tales of character designer Mutsumi Inomata has handed away as confirmed by her sister on social media Monday. Her legacy consists of engaged on a number of beloved Tales of RPG entries and anime collection, with roles as an animation director and character designer.

As translated by Siliconera, the social media message from Inomata’s sister defined her passing was a “very sudden demise.” No trigger has been given. Sadly, Inomata has unfinished drafts she was engaged on. She added that Inomata is “in all probability surrounded by cats and creating extra characters with sturdy eyes.”

The top of the message provides due to the followers for appreciating Inomata’s work through the years. The open letter additionally asks to not ship flowers to the grieving household.

Inomata has been related to the Tales of collection since its second entry, Tales of Future. She has labored on 12 of the collection titles and has actually left a mark on the RPG style, together with each Tales of Xillia video games. She’s identified for her imaginative fantasy designs and watercolour-inspired artwork — a hanging piece followers within the West could also be most conversant in embrace her sensible design on the Tales of Graces cowl. The artist additionally labored on Mind Energy and Metropolis Hunter anime collection amongst many others.

“I admired Inomata-san’s lovely work, and ultimately grew to become part of the business, and was lucky sufficient to have the chance to work together with her on The Continent of the Wind,” mentioned Area Battleship Yamato 2199 character designer Nobuteru Yūki on social media.

“I’m who I’m in the present day as a result of I used to be fascinated by Inomata’s work, and she or he gave me lots of encouragement,” mentioned Slayers character conceptual designer Rui Araizumi. “Thanks very a lot for all of your great works.”

The final recreation Inomata labored on was 2017’s Tales of Berseria. As of the time of writing, the sport is presently 90% off on Steam till March 21.