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Fire kills Japanese manga artist
F F Churchton Started conversation Apr 16, 2004
You may want to read this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3631529.stm
Fire kills Japanese manga artist
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Apr 16, 2004
That's sad. 
There aren't many of that immediate post-war generation left, and Tetsujin 28 was a hugely influential manga, dealing with themes and ideas that more mainstream literature couldn't touch.
It was also amongst the first of the giant robot mangas, which is a huge achievement in itself.
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