Still Sounding Young at 85, She Is the Voice of Old Japan
Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite ...
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Brazilian children in Japan drawing courage from cartoons
Fourteen-year-old Sarah Kusumoto is a big fan of Mauricio’s cartoons. She can hold everyday conversations in Japanese, but she comes to Aoki’s class to learn subjects requiring stronger ...
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Author puts a ‘face’ on wartime Japan through cartoon satire
Rather, the 29-year-old ... Japan during World War II. The voluminous work features upward of 460 caricatures from popular magazines and other publications from between 1941 and 1945. “Cartoons ...
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In Japan, world's longest-running TV cartoon show switches to re-runs as coronavirus halts production
Millions of Japanese viewers of the world's longest-running animated cartoon TV show will have to make do with re-runs from next week after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted production ...
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Still sounding young at 85, Midori Kato is the voice of old Japan
The cast gathered in the recording studio, taking turns at the microphones as animated scenes from one of Japan’s most beloved television cartoons ... voice of a 24-year-old stay-at-home mother.