Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008
Cartoonist Akatsuka dies of pneumonia at 72
Cartoonist Fujio Akatsuka, the creator of such popular and humorous cartoon series as "Osomatsu-kun" and "Tensai Bakabon," died of pneumonia Saturday at a hospital in Tokyo, his family said. He was 72.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080803f3.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujio_Akatsuka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensai_Bakabon
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Long before the "Family Guy copied The Simpsons" controversy, and long before "The Simpsons", there was "Tensai Bakabon".
