The Japanese manga artist and creator of the cartoon character Chibi Maruko-chan has died. Momoko Sakura was 53 years old. She died of breast cancer on August 15th, signaling for many the end of ...

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The first live-action adaptation of Momoko Sakura's Chibi Maruko-chan manga and anime in five and a half years will air this fall on Fuji TV. The family comedy follows a third-grade girl named ...

Chibi Maruko-chan is a light-hearted story about a third-grade elementary school girl named Maruko. It is the creation of artist Sakura Momoko, who based the series on her childhood in Shimizu ...

Momoko Sakura, creator of the much-loved "Chibi Maruko-chan" manga and anime series about a little girl called Maruko, died of breast cancer on Aug. 15, her company said Monday. She was 53.

Most highlighted the influence her series "Chibi Maruko-chan" had on the nation's comic and animation industries. That's a fitting tribute, as her creations not only inspired a generation of ...

Her shōjo manga inspired 2nd most-watched TV anime, running for almost 3 decades Momoko Sakura, the manga creator best known for the long-running Chibi Maruko-chan manga and anime, passed away on ...