[Old News] Manga artist Fujio Fujiko A died, and his representative works include 'Ninja Hattori-kun,' 'Laughing Salesman,' and 'Mataro Comes !!'

Fujiko Fujio Ⓐ (real name: Motoo Abiko), who worked as 'Fujiko Fujio' with Hiroshi Fujimoto and released many popular works such as 'Obake no Q-Taro' and 'Ninja Hattori-kun', was released on April 7, 2022. I found out that I died on the morning of the day. I was 88 years old.

[Old News] Fujiko Fujio A died at home ｜ TBS NEWS
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Cartoonist Fujio Fujiko A died 88 years old | NHK | Obituary
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Fujiko Fujio Ⓐ died Kitanippon Shimbun
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According to media reports, Mr. Azumako was found lying down on the premises of his house at around 8:40 am on the 7th, and was confirmed dead on the spot. The story is under investigation, but there is no noticeable trauma.

Azumako was born in 1934 and is from Himi-cho, Himi-gun, Toyama Prefecture (currently Himi City). After moving to Takaoka City, I met Hiroshi Fujimoto at a national school (elementary school). Both of them have been aspiring to be manga artists since they were young, and made their debut in 1951 at the age of 17 with 'Tenshi no Tama-chan' published in the elementary school newspaper every day.

After graduating from high school, I joined the Toyama Shimbun, but two years later, I retired and moved to Tokyo with a strong invitation from Mr. Fujimoto. Around this time, the joint pen name of the two was 'Fujiko Fujio' because it was not as good as Osamu Tezuka's longing, but it was renamed to 'Fujiko Fujio', which was taken from their surnames one by one. I created the work at Tokiwa -so in Toshima Ward, where Mr. Tezuka once lived.

The work was announced under the name of Fujiko Fujio, but the work in charge is divided except for 'Obake no Q-taro'. Fujimoto's works include 'Perman,' '21-Emon,' 'Doraemon,' 'Kiteretsu Daihyakka,' 'Pokonyan,' 'Esper Mami,' and 'Chimpui,' and Yasuko's works include 'Ninja Hattori-kun,' 'Kaibutsu-kun,' and 'Laughing Salesman.' 'The Laughing Salesman', 'Billy Inu', 'Mataro ga Kuru !!', 'Pro Golfer Monkey', 'Ultra B', etc. are famous, and many works have been animated for each.

In 1987, 'Fujiko Fujio' canceled the combination by saying 'It would be interesting to try what you want to do as a new development', Mr. Yasuko was 'Fujiko Fujio Ⓐ', and Mr. Fujimoto was 'Fujiko F. Fujio'.・ I came to work under the name of 'Fujio'. However, it wasn't a disagreement, and the friendship continued after that. Mr. Fujimoto died in 1996 at the age of 62 due to liver failure.

In addition, in the autobiographical work 'Manga Michi' by Mr. Yasuko, the twists and turns as a cartoonist from the encounter with Mr. Fujimoto, the amount of work exceeded the limit while gaining popularity, and 6 of the 8 works serialized at that time The episode that dropped the manuscript is drawn in detail.