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| Born | September 14, 1935 Rehe, Manchuria |
| Died | August 2, 2008 (aged 72) Tokyo, Japan |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Website Official website |
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Fujio Akatsuka (赤塚 不二夫 Akatsuka Fujio, September 14, 1935–August 2, 2008) was a pioneer Japanese artist of comical manga.
He was born in Rehe, Manchuria, the son of a Japanese military police officer. After World War II, he grew up in Niigata Prefecture and Nara Prefecture. When he was 19, he moved to Tokyo.
While working at a chemical factory, he drew many manga. After that, Tokiwa-so accepted him. He started his career as a shōjo artist, but in 1958, his Nama-chan (ナマちゃん) became a hit, so he became a specialist in comic manga. He won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1964 for Osomatsu-kun.[1] He is said to have been influenced by Buster Keaton and MAD magazine. In 2000, he drew manga in braille for the blind.
From April 2002 till his death, he was bedridden due to intra-axial hematoma.[citation needed]
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Personal information
- Bloodtype A
- Permanent Residence Niigata Prefecture
- Cat Lover
Selected works
- Tensai Bakabon (天才バカボン)
- Osomatsu-kun (おそ松くん)
- Himitsu no Akko-chan (ひみつのアッコちゃん)
Assistants
- Kunio Hase
- Mitsutoshi Furuya
- Kazuyoshi Torii
- Ken'ichi Kitami
- Yoshiko Tsuchida
- Kenichiro Takai
- Tsutomu Adachi
External links
See also
References
- ^ "小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
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