Television producer and distributor Sandy Frank died on October 20 at the age of 97, according to a report by Deadline. Frank, who began his career in the late 1940s, established his own syndication company, Sandy Frank Program Sales, in 1964 before rebranding it as Sandy Frank Entertainment in 1978. Within the anime industry, Frank is recognized for his role in bringing Japanese animation to U.S. audiences. His company produced and distributed the 1978 English adaptation of Tatsunoko Production's Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman, titled Battle of the Planets. He later contributed to the subsequent adaptation, G-Force: Guardians of Space. Beyond his work in animation, Frank's company distributed dubbed Japanese monster films from Daiei Film and produced popular U.S. game shows, including Name That Tune and The Dating Game.