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徳間康快
[Wiki (jp)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/徳間康快) Yasuyoshi Tokuma was a producer and the president of Tokuma Shoten and the Tokuma Group, as well as at a time president of the Daiei Motion Picture Company, [Studio Ghibli](https://anilist.co/studio/21/) and a supervisor at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Tokuma became the president of Tokuma Shoten, the parent company of Studio Ghibli, in 1954. Before becoming president, he had worked as a reporter for the Yomiuri Shinbun and as the president of another printing house. Tokuma produced many films while president, including all of the Studio Ghibli films except [Grave of the Fireflies](https://anilist.co/anime/578/). Tokuma passed away at a Tokyo hospital on Wednesday, September 20, 2000. He was 78 years old.
