Toshio Masuda, the director behind Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Space Battleship Yamato) movies, died on August 26 due to natural causes. He was 98. The Directors Guild of Japan announced the news on Thursday, stating that Masuda died at a hospital in Tokyo. A private funeral service has been held by his close relatives. Born in Kobe in 1927, Masuda was expelled from a technical training school in July 1945 due to a mismatch with its military indoctrination. He later attended the Osaka University of For...