Yokoyama Ryuichi

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Yokoyama Ryuichi in 1950

Yokoyama Ryūichi ( Japanese. 横山 隆 一 ; born May 17, 1909 in Kōchi , Kōchi Prefecture ; † November 8, 2001 ) was a Japanese mangaka and animation director.

Life

With the comic strip Fuku-chan ( フ ク ち ゃ ん ), Yokoyama created one of the first successful Yonkoma manga. This was the most popular of his time and influenced several other cartoonists, including Osamu Tezuka . It appeared from 1936 to 1971 in 5534 Strips in the Mainichi Shimbun daily newspaper , making it one of the longest running Japanese comic strips. The focus of the stories is the little boy Fukuo "Fuku-chan" Fuchida and his experiences in kindergarten and with his family. The manga was implemented as a 71-part anime television series from 1982 to 1984 .

His other comics include Densuke ( デ ン ス ケ ), which appeared in the Mainichi Shimbun from 1949 to 1955 , and Peko-chan ( ペ 子 ち ゃ ん ). For Hyaku Baku ( 百 馬鹿 ), which came out from 1968 to 1970 in the manga magazine Manga Sunday , he received the 1979 award of the Japanese cartoonists' association . With this award he was honored again in 1992 for his life's work.

In addition to comics, Yokoyama also created essays, sculptures and paintings. From the 1950s he also worked as a director of anime. In 1955 he directed the short film Onbu Okake ( お ん ぶ お ば け ) and from 1962 on some episodes of the first anime television series, Otogi Manga Calendar ( お と ぎ マ ン ガ カ レ ン ダ ー , otogi manga karendā ). In 1970 the 100-part television series Dōbutsu-mura Monogatari ( 動物 村 も の が た り ) was created.

His younger brother was Yokoyama Taizō .

Yokoyama died in 2001 at the age of 92.

Works

bibliography

  • 1936: Edokko Ken-chan
  • 1936-1971: Fuku-chan
  • 1939: Chisana Sencho-san
  • 1948-1949: Peko-chan
  • 1949-1955: Densuke
  • 1966: Yuki
  • 1968-1970: Hyaku Baku
  • 1972: Waga Yūgiteki Jinsei
  • 1979: Hyaku-baka

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frederik L. Schodt and Osamu Tezuka (preface): Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics , p. 56. Kodansha America, 1983
  2. ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-11-09/influential-manga-artist-dies
  3. ↑ Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . P. 489.
  4. ↑ Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . P. 302.
  5. ↑ Schodt, 1983, p. 260
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yokoyama is the family name, Ryūichi the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Yokoyama, Ryuichi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 横山 隆 一 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese mangaka and cartoon director
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Kōchi , Japan
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 2001