Japanese manga artist Takao Yaguchi, who is famous for his famous fishing philosophy of life, "Fishing Fan Mihira", died of pancreatic cancer on November 20 at the age of 81, and today, Yaguchi Takao's second daughter announced the news.
It is reported that Yaguchi Takao discovered that he had contracted pancreatic cancer in May this year, and after half a year of fighting the disease, he finally passed away on November 20.
Takao Yaguchi (October 28, 1939 – November 20, 2020) was a Japanese manga artist who represented him as a talented angler, Matagi, The Age of Firefly, and Wild Legends. He won the 5th Kodansha Publishing Culture Award (Children's Manga Division) in 1974 and the 5th Japan Manga Artists Association Grand Prize in 1976.
His masterpiece "Genius Little Angler" (also known as "Fishing Fan Mihira") was serialized in Japan for 13 years and had a circulation of more than 30 million copies. His works in Japan are known as full of "natural beauty", and under the vivid compilation of the genius little angler, the talented little angler has become a household fishing anime for all ages.
In Addition to fishing people in Japan who like to watch, even friends who can't fish are eager to try it! It is a high-quality cartoon that combines education and leisure, integrates life Zen into fishing knowledge, and is known in Japan as the "holy book of fishing life".