Fujiko Fujio

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Fujiko Fujio (藤子 不二雄, Fujiko Fujio^?) was the pen name of a duo of Japanese manga artists. In 1987, they broke up, and became known as "Fujiko F. Fujio" and "Fujiko Fujio (A)". He was most famous for writing Doraemon.

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• Fujiko F. Fujio (藤子・F・不二雄 Fujiko Efu Fujio, b. December 1, 1933 - d. September 23, 1996). His real name was Hiroshi Fujimoto (藤本 弘 Fujimoto Hiroshi). [1]
  • 1963 - Shogakukan Manga Award for Susume Robot and Tebukuro Tecchan^[1]
  • 1973 – Japanese Manga Artist Association’s prize for excellence for Doraemon (日本漫画家協会優秀賞)
  • 1981 – Kawasaki City’s Cultural Prize (川崎市文化賞)
  • 1982 – Shogakukan’s Children Manga Award, for Doraemon^[1]
  • 1989 – Film Special Meritorious Prize (映画特別功労賞), and Golden Gloss Prize (ゴールデングロス賞)
  • 1992 – Japanese Manga Artist Association’s prize of the Minister of Education (日本漫画家協会文部大臣賞)
  • 1997 – the first Osamu Tezuka Manga Grand Prize for Doraemon^[2]

• Fujiko Fujio (A) (藤子不二雄A Fujiko Fujio Ēi, b. March 10, 1934 - ) His real name is Motoo Abiko (安孫子 素雄 Abiko Motoo).
  • 1990 – Prize of Masumi Fujimoto (藤本真澄賞) and Special Prize of Fumiko Yamaji (山路ふみ子特別賞) for the film Shonen Jidai (映画「少年時代」)
  • 2005 – Japanese Manga Artist Association’s prize of the Minister of Education (日本漫画家協会文部大臣賞)

[edit] Biography

Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko were both born in Toyama, Japan (Fujimoto, 1933; Abiko, 1934). When Fujimoto was an elementary school student (1944), Abiko transferred to the school where Fujimoto attended. They found they both liked drawing. After entering junior high school, they remained friends although they went to different schools. While they were junior high school students (1946 – 1948), they were shocked by reading a comic book written by Osamu Tezuka [2], Shin-Takarajima [3]. They published their own manga coterie magazines. They were also impressed by Tezuka’s Lost World [4] and Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and they wrote fan letters to them. When they became high school students, they started writing manga for the readers' columns of various publishers. They made their debut in Tenshi no Tama-chan. They earned money from this, so they visited Tezuka’s house in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, before they graduated from high school.

Because both Fujimoto and Abiko were both eldest sons, they decided to enter a company after graduating from high school (1952). Fujimoto entered a confectionery company, and Abiko entered a local newspaper publishing company. However, Fujimoto quickly quit the job because of injury. Abiko managed to be consistent with manga. While Abiko was working for the company, Fujimoto took a central role in contributing serial manga. At this time, their pen name was Ashizuka Fujio. In 1953 they published Utopia: The Last World War (UTOPIA—最後の世界大戦 UTOPIA: Saigo no Sekai Taisen [5]). The next year (1954), they decided to go to Tokyo in order to become mangaka. They made a group of mangaka called New Manga Party (新漫画党 Shin Manga-to): the first period, 1954 – 1955; the second period, 1955 – ?), with Hiroo Terada [6] and others. At first, Fujimoto and Abiko lodged at Ryōgoku; however, afterwards they moved to an apartment of Tokiwa-so [7] where Hiroo lived.

They continued to draw manga day after day. A lot of editors of manga publishers visited and asked Fujiko Fujio to write serial manga. They became a popular mangaka. However, they lost their job during 1955 through the early 1956 because at the New Year of 1955 they returned home to Toyama, and they relaxed so much that they missed the deadlines of nearly all their manga. After this, they only barely recovered their credibility. In 1959, they left Tokiwa-so, and moved to Usagi-so, and then to Kawasaki, Kanagawa. Fujimoto got married in 1962 (at the age of 28). The next year, Fujiko Fujio received the Shogakukan Manga Award for their manga Susume Robot and Tebukuro Tecchan.

Fujimoto and Abiko established Studio Zero [8] with Shin’ichi Suzuki [9], Shotaro Ishinomori [10], Jiro Tsunoda [11], Kiyoichi Tsunoda, and one employee. Later Fujio Akatsuka [12] joined, and at its peak the studio employed about 80 people. They produced several animated films, for example, Astro Boy [13]. Fujiko Fujio revived their popularity as mangaka again with Qtaro the Ghost in 1964. Both of them continued to write popular manga, for example Hattori the Ninja, Kaibutsu-kun, Pāman, 21-emon, etc. Abiko got married in 1966 at the age of 32.

Fujimoto started writing Doraemon in 1970, and at the same time he started writing complete manga for young people. Doraemon at first did not attract children’s attention very much. However, three years later, Doraemon became an animated series on TV, and he became a popular character nationwide. Fujimoto was awarded a prize for Doraemon by Nihon Mangaka Association in 1973. On the other hand, Abiko wrote Black Salesman (later re-entitled Warau Salesman), autobiographical Manga-michi, etc. Abiko’s manga were aimed at young adults while Fujimoto's were aimed at children.

Both Fujimoto and Abiko travelled around the world. Abiko wrote manga [14] about Mao Zedong based on a trip to China. A lot of trips helped Fujimoto to write manga, especially T.P. Bon [15].

In 1988, Fujimoto and Abiko ended their partnership, and after that, they worked independently.

From 1980 until he died, Fujimoto wrote a series of long manga of Doraemon every year. The manga series were animated on the screen, and every year the animated films were a gold mine for the movie industry. In 1989, Fujimoto won two awards for Doraemon movies. Abiko’s Hattori the Ninja and Pro Golfer Saru were also animated with Doraemon on the screen.

Despite their works being highly popular among people who only speak english, such as tourists who buy Doraemon DVD's that are available with english subtitles, their works never came to any english-speaking countries.

[edit] Works

[edit] Fujiko Fujio's major works

• Obake no Q-tarō‎ [16] (オバケのQ太郎 Obake no Qtarō), 1964-1969, 1971-1974

[edit] Fujiko F. Fujio's major works

• Pāman (パーマン), [17], 1966-1968, 1983-1986
• 21-emon (21エモン), 1968-1969, 1981
• Moja-ko (モジャ公), [18], 1969-1970
• Ume-boshi Denka (ウメ星デンカ), [19], 1969
• Doraemon (ドラえもん), [20], 1970-1996
• Kiteretsu Daihyakka (キテレツ大百科), [21], 1974-1977
• Esper Mami (エスパー魔美), [22], 1977-1982
• Chimpui (チンプイ), [23], 1985, 1987-1988

[edit] Fujiko Fujio (A)'s major works

• Hattori the Ninja (忍者ハットリくん Nijna Hattori-kun), [24], 1964-1968, 1981-1988
• Kaibutsu-kun (怪物くん), [25], 1965-1969, 1980-1982; 1972
• Warau Salesman (笑ゥせぇるすまん), [26], 1968-1971, 1989-1996
• Manga-michi (まんが道), [27], 1970-1972, 1977-1982, 1986; 1986-1988; 1989-1990, 1995 to the present
• Mataro ga Kuru!! (魔太郎がくる!!), [28], 1972-1975
• Parasol Henbē (パラソルへんべえ), [29] 1989-1991
• Pro Golfer Saru (プロゴルファー猿), [30], 1974-1980; 1982-1988; 1989; 1999-2005
• Shadow Shōkai Henkiro (シャドウ商会 変奇郎), [31], 1976-1977
• Shōnen Jidai (少年時代), [32], 1978-1979

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Yahoo! カテゴリ – 漫画家 藤子不二雄
• Amazon.co.jp 藤子不二雄

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