 Sakura Production announced on Monday that Momoko Sakura, mangaka of the Chibi Maruko-chan franchise, died on August 15 from breast cancer. She was 53 years old. The funeral was held among family and close friends. The main character Momoko Sakura's seiyuu for the anime series, Tarako, also expressed her sadness regarding the news.Born Miki Miura, Shizuoka in 1965, Sakura is known for being the mangaka of the Chibi Maruko-chan manga series serialized in Ribon magazine between August 1986 and April 2009. Nippon Animation produced the anime series, with the second season airing since 1995. She also wrote essays in which the first three selling millions of copies, and worked as a lyricist for Chibi Maruko-chan theme songs and for other artists. Source: Comic Natalie |
tsubasaloverAug 27, 2018 8:50 PM
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| I don't know that manga, but damn she died too young... Rest in peace. |
| Aww it's too sudden, her Chibi Maruko-chan pretty popular here. Rest In Peace. |
| R.I.P I love the Cantonese dub of Maruko whenever it's on |
| And that's why there's just not enough breast cancer awareness, too great a woman, dying way too early. Sakura-sensei served as the voice of millions of girls and will be deeply missed. Rest in peace. |
| another fantastic artist that passes away 53 is really too young to die |
| Rest in peace madam. |
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| rest in peace.. chibi maruko chan together w/ doraemon and kobo chan are the earliest anime i watch when i was a child.. |
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| Yet another anime/manga creator passes away young probably from overwork. |
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VyseLegendaire said: Yet another anime/manga creator passes away young probably from overwork. overwork is certainly an issue, but she passed away due to breast cancer original source: http://www.sakuraproduction.jp my condolenses to her family and friends. |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
| I only know Chibi Maruko chan because its always on the top 10 of TV raitings. So. RIP the author. |
| T_T my childhood anime ,i still watch it now RIP and thank you |
| Remake of first ep. will be rebroadcasted on September 2 remembering mangaka's death. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/297230 One Piece Mangaka's illustration for her death http://www.ota-suke.jp/news/225072 |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| one of my childhood.. RIP |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| RIP lot of great anime and manga related People are passing.Sad |
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| Marukochan was a familiar sight of my childhood. |
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| Ahh the song never fails to amuse me. Love it, chibi maruko chan. |
| Chiba maruko chan anime was one of my entry into the anime world along with pokemon,digimon and doraemon so hearing about the creators death made me so sad Please rest in please sakura san and thank you for making my childhood so happy and funny. |
| Very sad news. Rest in peace. |
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The piece Oda did for her was very touching and they were good friends and close as mangaka so it's very heartbreaking when these things occur. |
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| late news, but Ribbon magazine, as a way of honoring her, is giving away a volume containing some of Momoko's past works. you can read it free of charge: https://www.cmoa.jp/title/156000/ https://sokuyomi.jp/product/arigatousa_001/CO/1/ https://bookwalker.jp/de47c49249-9394-40eb-88c6-17469ae334d2/ it is also available on manga apps like BookLive |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
| A Special show of her via NHK on January 5, 2019 https://natalie.mu/comic/news/310631 |
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Stripes said: I didn't know until I found this post today but this is really heart-warming and sad.The piece Oda did for her was very touching and they were good friends and close as mangaka so it's very heartbreaking when these things occur. |
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