Yuuji Oono

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Yuuji Oono was a Japanese jazz musician, composer and arranger.

He was known for his musical scoring of Japanese anime television series, particularly entries in the Lupin III franchise. Most famously the 1977 series Lupin III Part II and the noted Miyazaki feature film titled The Castle of Cagliostro. Later anime series scored by Oono include Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, the 1978 Toei series Captain Future and the 1982 series Space Adventure Cobra. He had composed scores for live-action films, namely Toei's tokusatsu series Seiun Kamen Machineman.

Oono was also a member of a jazz trio with Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous and American drummer Lenny White, The Lupintic Five (later The Lupintic Six) and You & The Explosion Band.

(Source: Wikipedia)