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Ashita no Joe Creator Tetsuya Chiba Dies at 87

The creator of Ashita no Joe died from myelodysplastic syndrome after years of heart and throat treatment, according to his blog and publisher.

Best known for influential 1968-1973 boxing manga Ashita no Joe, anime adaptations

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Artist Tetsuya Chiba, author of the boxing manga 'Ashita no Joe' dies at 87 years of age

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kodansha announced on the 27th that manga artist Tetsuya Chiba passed away at 6 p.m. on the 22nd at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 87 years old. Chiba made his professional debut in 1956 with a single volume manga intended for rental libraries. In 1958, he began serializing a manga in a magazine with "Mama's Violin," and in 1961, he made his debut in a weekly boys' magazine with "The Magic Pitch of the Oath" (original story by Kazuya Fukumoto). His…

It was reported on the 27th that manga artist Tetsuya Chiba (real name Tetsuya Chiba), known for "Tomorrow's Joe," had passed away. He was 87 years old...

·Osaka, Japan
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