Beijing News reported on March 16 (Reporter Li Jianya) The earthquake in Japan has also aroused great concern about the safety of Japanese cartoonists. In recent days, it has been reported that many cartoonists, such as Toriyama Akira, the author of Dragon Ball, and Yuko Shimizu, the creator of Hello Kitty, died in the earthquake, but this news was confirmed to be false yesterday. Last night, Toriyama Akira reported his safety through the Japanese comic magazine "Weekly Youth Jump" and drew a picture to encourage the people affected by the disaster in Japan. At noon yesterday, netizens also found that Yuko Shimizu had reported her peace through her blog as early as the day of the earthquake. Yesterday, the reporter tried to confirm the safety of Japanese cartoonists from Tokyo International Comic-Con, and was told that the situation was still being further confirmed, but the Tokyo International Comic-Con scheduled for the end of March will not be held as scheduled.
Toriyama Akira drew a new picture to cheer for the victims.
Readers in China have been deeply influenced by Japanese cartoons, so in this earthquake in Japan, readers in China also paid special attention to the safety of their favorite cartoonists. Since the earthquake, a list of Japanese animators who claimed to have died or disappeared in the earthquake in Japan has circulated on the Internet, including Yuko Shimizu, the founder of Hello Kitty, Toriyama Akira, the father of Dragon Ball, Kishimoto Masashi, the author of Naruto, and Eiichiro Oda, the painter of One Piece. In addition, this list also claims that G?sh? Aoyama, the author of Detective Conan, is missing and has not been contacted so far. This list quickly circulated on the Internet, which attracted the attention of China anime fans.
Subsequently, the authenticity of this list was shattered. Last night, Toriyama Akira reported his safety through the Japanese comic magazine Youth Jumping Weekly. At the same time, he also published a new book to encourage the people affected by the disaster in Japan. In this painting, two of his famous figures "Ala Lei" and "Wukong" are painted, and Toriyama Akira also wrote a word of encouragement to his compatriots in the painting. Meanwhile, Eiichiro Oda, the author of One Piece, also confirmed that he was not killed in the earthquake, but his studio was damaged.
Yuko Shimizu has reported peace.
Yesterday at noon, Yuko Shimizu, the founder of Hello Kitty, was also confirmed not to have died. In fact, on the day of the earthquake, she reported her peace through her official blog. After the earthquake in March 1 1, she updated her blog and said, "I was in the tram at the station when the earthquake happened, and everyone left the station soon. I stayed in the cafe in front of the station, where it was quite lively and my mood gradually calmed down. "
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In addition to reporting peace, cartoonists also cheer up their compatriots through their works. For example, Takehiko Inoue, the author of Slam Dunk, posted a series of sketch cartoons called Smile on Twitter, cheering for his compatriots with smiling faces.
At the same time, netizens compiled a "confirmation list of safe cartoonists" based on Twitter and blog updates of Japanese cartoonists. Among them, Takehiko Inoue, author of Slam Dunk, Eiichiro Oda, author of One Piece, and Yoko Kamio, author of Meteor Garden are all on the list. In this regard, yesterday, the reporter contacted the Organizing Committee of Tokyo International Comic-Con Exhibition, and they said that they had not received any news about the death of Japanese cartoonists, and the specific safety situation of these authors was still being further confirmed.
Ms. Liang, a Chinese staff member of Tokyo International Comic-Con, also told the reporter that "Tokyo International Comic-Con 201"originally scheduled for the end of March will not be held as scheduled due to the earthquake. Whether to postpone or terminate it will be decided by Tokyo today.
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How is Conan's father?
G?sh? Aoyama, the author of Detective Conan, has been missing since the Japanese earthquake. There are even rumors that he died in the earthquake the day before yesterday. Yesterday, some netizens found that an account named "Edogawa Conan" on Twitter issued a statement saying that everything was safe in G?sh? Aoyama. Although the specific identity of this account named "Edogawa Conan" is unknown, it is found that it may be an account registered by Young Sunshine Publishing House for G?sh? Aoyama. It is reported that the latest update of this account is as follows: "The following message is from teacher Qingshan! Although the earthquake at work is very severe, no problem! "