[Interview] Anpanman's creator, Takashi Yanase, died

It turned out that manga artist Takashi Yanase died at a hospital in Tokyo at 3:08 am on Sunday, October 13th. I was 94 years old.

Cartoonist Takashi Yanase dies NHK News
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20131015/k10015283981000.html

Current affairs dot com: Takashi Yanase dies = 'Anpanman', 94 years old
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc_30&k=2013101500548

Takashi Yanase Profile
http://www.anpanman-museum.net/html/greet.html

Takashi Yanase was born in Kochi Prefecture in 1919. After graduating from the old junior high school, he graduated from the Tokyo College of Industrial Arts, Department of Design (currently Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University). Dispatched in 1941. After the end of the war, Kochi Shimbun, then moved to Tokyo in 1947 and became a graphic designer of the Mitsukoshi Advertising Department (mitsukoshi characters of Mitsukoshi's wrapping paper 'Hanahiraku' by Takashi Yanase ), and became independent in 1953. The picture book 'Anpanman', which triggered the birth of Anpanman, was published in 1973 when he was 54 years old. The TV anime 'Soreike! Anpanman' started broadcasting in 1988. He is also the lyricist of 'Palm to the Sun,' and was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1990 and the Minister of Education Award of the Japan Cartoonists Association in 1995.

Regarding 'Anpanman,' he answered an interview at the age of 92 and said as follows.

NEWS Post Seven ｜ Takashi Yanase Japanese justice is to give bread to people in need
http://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20110503_18844.html

Yanase: My strong motivation for creating 'Anpanman' is 'what is justice?' Justice is actually easy. Helping those in need. The act of presenting a piece of bread to a person who is feeling sick is called 'justice.' You don't have to shoot a missile into the other country or make a big attempt to overthrow the nation. America has American 'justice' and Hussein has Hussein's 'justice'. Both Arab and Israel have mutual 'justice'. In other words, these 'justices' change depending on the position. However, the act of offering food to people in need or hunger does not change to the 'right thing' regardless of their position or country. It is absolute justice.

Yanase: Yeah. That's why justice doesn't mean defeating the other person. Anpanman wouldn't kill Baikinman either. Because Baikinman may have Baikinman's own justice. And justice is what ordinary people do. It's not just for great people like politicians and strong people. It is the act of an ordinary person jumping into a river to help a child drowning in front of him. However, since he is an ordinary person, he may go to help and drown himself instead. Still, I have no choice but to help.

In other words, those who practice justice must be prepared to hurt themselves. In the analogy now, there are people who are facing the nuclear accident in protective clothing. Even though we may be exposed to radiation, we head to a facility full of radioactivity with the thought that we must manage the accident. That is what we call 'justice.' Not the superheroes who defeat the monsters, but the ordinary people who stand up to restore the city destroyed in the fight against the monsters are the heroes and justice.

He also talks about the secret story behind the birth of Anpanman's picture books as follows.

1994 of 'Grandfather in a box'. Takashi Yanase x Shigesato Itoi-Hobonichi Itoi Shimbun
http://www.1101.com/yanase_takashi/2013-08-07.html

Yanase
I went to the soldiers and came back,
After being in Kochi for a year, I moved to Tokyo in 1947.
You joined the Mitsukoshi Advertising Department.
I was thinking of working independently,
At that time, I got to know various people.
For Taku Izumi and Rokusuke Ei
Takehiko Maeda or Yukio Aoshima.

Itoi
It's broadcast people.

Yanase
The same is true at that time.
I thought, 'I can't do it all, this is no good.'
So is yours.
Read on, the feeling is different.
I can't fight these guys.
I have to go somewhere else.
While looking for this and that
At last, I settled down on my child's work.
However, as my decision,
I thought I would never do something for children.

Itoi
Originally?

Yanase
The reason is,
The infant picture books at that time were
'Kuma-chan came around', isn't it?
'I'm glad to hang out'
It's like that. I can't draw something like this.

Itoi
That's a child's deception, isn't it?

Yanase
So if you think you'll never do this,
Really strangely
I started working at a bookstore called Froebel-kan.
This has a long story,
In the end, I decided to draw Anpanman there.
At first, it was very unpopular in the Froebel-kan,
'Mr. Yanase, please don't draw such a thing anymore.
Even though I have a good talent
I'm in trouble if I draw such a silly book. '
I was told.
However, a 3-year-old child in kindergarten admitted it.
When you go to kindergarten, your children make noise.
Then I finally decided to go to a toddler picture book.

He also talked about Anpanman's anime broadcast as follows, which is impressive.

1994 of 'Grandfather in a box'. Takashi Yanase x Shigesato Itoi-Hobonichi Itoi Shimbun

Yanase
I haven't thought about it at all.
On TV, 'Go for it! When Anpanman starts,
This kind of crap is probably 2 cool
I expected it to end.
That's why NTV has no sponsors
Do it with Suspro (produced by the station at your own expense)
Broadcasting is also the worst in the Kanto area
It started in the time zone.
That was 25 years ago, just at the end of the Showa period.
It started in October at the end of the Showa period,
After that, His Majesty died.
For that purpose, a promotional song
I decided that I couldn't do it at all
It started quietly.

Itoi
It was a dull departure.

Yanase
Collected at the Chofu photo lab,
'This time, Anpanman's animation will start,
It ’s a suspension pro, and it ’s probably going to end in 2 cools, so
I can't expect it. '
'Still, for the time being, the opening at Korakuen
I do something like a show. '
I was told,
It was also canceled after His Majesty died.
It started quietly.

In addition, I talk about how much I had illness on the following page.

Takashi Yanase What were you born for? | Lifestyle | PHP Business Online Public Knowledge | PHP Institute
http://shuchi.php.co.jp/article/1339

I'm 93 years old, but my eyes are bad, my ears are bad, my heart is bad, and I said 'I want to retire'. But my friends don't forgive me.

And after the earthquake in eastern Japan, I couldn't say that I was retired. So I stopped and put it off a little.

After all, I couldn't see well, so when I said, 'I can't draw a picture,' the editor said, 'OK, please give me five by the end of the month.' I haven't heard my story at all. So, I still come to ask for work. I'm really in trouble.

I have cancer and I haven't removed the kidney on this side (left side). Also, the pancreas is cut out from the top by doing a pancreatic flame. I have no courage. During this time, I had an ileus and cut the intestine by 45 cm. I have a pacemaker in my heart, so it's already tattered.

In addition, because it was matter of fact the preparation of 'living funeral', already memorial tablet also be pre-designed tomb in the completed, Buddhist name is ' clean Institute Shingariga Homaredo KasamiMasaru Cosi seems'.