Mitsutoshi Furuya

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Mitsutoshi Furuya (古谷三敏, Furuya Mitsutoshi^?, born 1936-08-11) is a Japanese manga artist. He started as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka. He is best known for his series Dame Oyaji ("No-Good Dad", 1970–1982), which gained notoriety by parodying Japanese family life with a milquetoast father married to a domineering wife. The series received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen^[1] and was adapted as an anime television series in 1974, broadcast on Adult Swim as Happy Family Planning.

[edit] Selected works

Bar Lemon Heart (ＢＡＲレモンハート, Bar Lemon Heart^?) (19 volumes)
Papasan (パパさん, Papasan^?) (2 volumes)
Obaachan no Daidokoro-hiden (おばあちゃんの台所秘伝, Obaachan no Daidokoro-hiden^? "Granny's Kitchen-secrets") (1 volume)
Dame Oyaji (ダメおやじ, Dame Oyaji^?) (1970-1982, Shonen Sunday)