© Nanaeko Sasaya
Manga creator Nanaeko Sasaya died on June 8 as a result of small cell lung carcinoma. She was 74. Her household held a non-public funeral.
Sasaya was a part of the Yr 24 Group – a gaggle of progressive feminine manga creators born in or across the yr Shōwa 24 (1949) who formed the now numerous discipline of manga. shōjo manga. She made her manga debut with Kamome—SEAGULL— in Shueisha‘S ribbon Humorous journal in 1970 below the identify Nanae Sasaya. Her autobiographical manga Okamehachimoku (pictured proper) gained the Excellence Prize on the nineteenth Japan Cartoonists Affiliation Award in 1990. In 1996, she modified her identify to Nanaeko Sasaya.
In 1996 she edited Atsuko Shiina’s Oya ni Naruhodo Muzukashii Koto wa Nai ebook about youngster abuse within the manga Kōritsuita Me (Frozen Eyes), which turned a notable a part of a motion to reform Japan’s youngster abuse legal guidelines.
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