TOKYO (AP) — Takashi Yanase, creator of one of Japan's most beloved cartoon characters, Anpanman, has died of heart failure, his studio said Tuesday. He was 94. Yanase died at a Tokyo hospital early ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Takashi Yanase, the creator of Japan's wildly popular "Anpanman" cartoon, has died of heart failure, his agency said on Tuesday. He was 94. The former graphic designer, who was also a ...

Takashi Yanase, creator of one of Japan’s most beloved cartoon characters, Anpanman, died Oct. 13­ in Tokyo. He was 94. He had been treated for liver cancer since August, Yanase Studio said in a ...

He has a big red nose, two rosy cheeks and an edible head that is regularly rebaked in his uncle's oven. Yes, it's Anpanman, one of Japan's most iconic anime characters, whose heroic antics have ...

In this Aug. 2011 photo, Takashi Yanase, creator of one of Japan's most beloved cartoon characters, Anpanman, waves accompanied by Anpanman, left, and Baikinman at his Yanase Studio in Tokyo. His ...

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