Fujio Akatsuka
He was born in Rehe, Manchuria, the son of a Japanese military police officer. After World War II, he grew up in Niigata Prefecture and Nara Prefecture. When he was 19, he moved to Tokyo. While working at a chemical factory, he drew many manga. After that, Tokiwa-so accepted him. He started his career as a shōjo artist, but in 1958, his "Nama-chan" (ナマちゃん) became a hit, so he became a specialist in comic manga. He won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1964 for "Osomatsu-kun" and the Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1971 for "Tensai Bakabon . He is said to have been influenced by Buster Keaton and MAD" magazine. In 1965, Akatsuka established his own company "Fujio Productions Ltd.". In 2000, he drew manga in braille for the blind. Many of his manga featured supporting characters who ended up becoming more popular and more associated with their series than the main character, such as Papa ("Tensai Bakabon"), Iyami, Chibita ("Osomatsu-kun"), and Nyarome ("Mōretsu Atarō"). In April 2002 he was hospitalized for intra-axial hematoma and was said to frequently be in a persistent vegetative state from 2004 until his death. In July 2006, his second  wife Machiko, who had been nursing him, suddenly died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. On August 2, 2008, he died of pneumonia at a hospital in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Works. Among Akatsuka's extensive body of work, his series of "Osomatsu-kun", "Himitsu no Akko-chan", "Tensai Bakabon", and "Mōretsu Atarō" are often considered his top four major series by Fujio Pro, due to their success in garnering animated adaptations and their lengthy runs and revivals. Serial Works. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Adaptations. These series or one-shots are derivative works, created as adaptations of TV shows or novels by other  authors.