Momoko Sakura started the 'Chibi Maruko-chan' series in the August 1986 issue of the monthly manga magazine Ribbon. Momoko Sakura, the creator of the much-loved Chibi Maruko-chan manga and anime ...

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The world of anime and manga felt a heavy blow this month with the death of Momoko Sakura, a manga artist who delighted generations of children with her cute semi-biographical antics of her own ...

You can check out Crunchyroll’s trailer for Chibi Maruko-chan here: Chibi Maruko-chan started serialization in 1986, with the manga ending in 2022. A show based on the premise originally ran between ...

The news was reported by the creator’s office as the company confirmed Sakura’s death. According to the press release, the artist died on August 15 after a battle with breast cancer. Over on social ...

Sazae-san is the creation of mangaka Hasegawa Machiko. It first appeared as a four-panel comic strip in newspapers in 1946. The animated version debuted in 1969 and has remained on the air ever since.

A teaser poster of "Chibi Maruko-chan: The Fantastic Notebook." [Photo courtesy of Sublime Media] One of the iconic Japanese animated shojo manga series, "Chibi Maruko-chan," will be made into a 3D ...

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Manga cover art for the upcoming 18th volume of "Chibi Maruko-chan" (Little Maruko), which will be published in October 2022. (C) Sakura Production Co. TOKYO -- Japanese publisher Shueisha Inc.