Takashi Yanase

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Takashi Yanase was a Japanese writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist. He was best known as the creator of the picture book and animated series Anpanman. Yanase was chairman of the Japan Cartoonists Association from May 2000 to 2012.

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  • Born 6 February 1919
  • Died 13 October 2013 (age 94)
  • Kochi, Japan
  • 41 credits

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Most-watched Takashi Yanase films currently: A Thousand and One Nights (1969), Metropolis (2001), Go! Anpanman: Dadandan and the Twin Stars (2009), Go! Anpanman: Baikinman's Counterattack (1990), Anpanman: The Blacknose with Magical Song (2010).

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Selected TV credits: Go! Anpanman (1988), Watashi no Seishun Note (1985), Mighty Cat Masked Niyander (2000).

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