▲ “Ninja Hartley” author An Sunzi Suxiong passed away at the age of 88. (Picture / Retrieved from YouTube)
Reporter Zhang Xiaohan / Comprehensive Report
Fujiko Fujio (real name: An Sunzi Suo), a well-known Japanese cartoonist, passed away today (7th) at home at the age of 88. He and Fujimoto Hiroshi (pen name: Fujiko·F·Fujio) shared the pseudonym “Fujiko Fujio” for a long time to publish works, and authored works such as “Ninja Hartley” and “Monster Prince”.
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▲An Sunzi Suxiong began to create in 1951. (Picture / Retrieved from Twitter / ooyama_doraemon)
According to comprehensive Japanese media reports, the police revealed that the famous cartoonist An Sunzi Suxiong died at his home in Kawasaki this morning. The detailed cause of death is still under investigation. He was 88 years old. An Sunzi Suxiong and the author of “Doraemon” Hiroshi Fujimoto have known each other since childhood, and shared the dream of being a cartoonist. After graduating from high school, they went to Tokyo to develop in order to become a cartoonist. First of all, they began to serialize “Ninja Ha” in the juvenile comic magazine “Shounen”. “Terry”, followed by “Monster Prince”, “Q Taro” and other works.
An Sunzi Suxiong and Fujimoto Hiroshi shared the pseudonym “Fujiko Fujio” for a long time during their lifetimes to publish their works. Until 1987, they officially split the pseudonym due to different styles, namely “Fujiko FujioⒶ” and “Fujiko FujioⒻ”, A and F are their surnames Initial letter. An Sunzi Suxiong experienced the death of his close friend Hiroshi Fujimoto in 1996. He was asked by many Japanese reporters at the funeral of the other party: “Will you continue to write “Doraemon”?” At that time, he responded: “That’s something I can’t draw. The type of work.” Later, he was awarded the Rising Sun Badge in 2008, and has a huge influence in the Japanese manga industry.
▲ Fujimoto Hiroshi (left) and An Sunzi Suxiong have a good relationship. (Photo/Visual China CFP)
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