Japanese manga artist Takao Yaguchi dies at 81 from pancreatic cancer

Japanese cartoonist Takao Yaguchi, who was famous for his masterpiece "Fishing Fan Sanpei" about fishing and life philosophy, died of pancreatic cancer on November 20 at the age of 81. Today, on November 25, Takao Yaguchi's second daughter announced the news.

It is reported that Yaguchi Takao was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May this year. After six months of fighting the disease, he passed away on November 20.

Yaguchi Takao (October 28, 1939 - November 20, 2020), male, Japanese cartoonist, representative works include "Genius Little Fisherman", "Matagi", "Firefly Snow Era", "Wild Legend", etc. He won the 5th Kotansha Publishing Culture Award (Children's Comics Department) in 1974 and the 5th Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1976.

His representative work "The Genius Little Fisherman" (also known as "Fishing Fan Sanping") was serialized in Japan for 13 years, with a circulation of more than 30 million copies. His works are praised in Japan as full of "the beauty of nature". With his vivid illustrations, "The Genius Little Fisherman" has become a well-known fishing cartoon suitable for all ages.

In Japan, not only anglers love to watch this, but even friends who don’t know how to fish are eager to try it! This is a high-quality cartoon that combines education and leisure, integrating life Zen into fishing knowledge, and is known as the "holy book of fishing life" in Japan.