「あしたのジョー」の漫画家、ちばてつやさん死去

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October twenty-seventh. The legendary artist behind a famous boxing manga has died. Let's listen.

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Manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, known for the boxing manga about Joe, has died.

It means to be known for something.

It is a polite way to say someone died.

He was eighty-seven.

It means eighty-seven years old.

He died on October twenty-second at a hospital in Tokyo.

It means hospital.

He was born in Tokyo in nineteen thirty-nine and spent his childhood in northeast China.

It means to spend time somewhere.

In nineteen forty-six, the year after the war ended, he came back to Japan.

It means war.

At seventeen, he made his debut as a manga artist.

It means manga artist.

From nineteen sixty-eight, he began drawing his boxing manga.

It means to start drawing.

The manga was also made into an anime and became hugely popular.

It means hugely popular.

When the hero's rival died in the story, a real funeral was held for him.

It means a funeral.

He also drew many manga about other sports, like sumo, golf, and kendo.

It means sumo wrestling.

He also served as head of the Japan Cartoonists Association.

It means to serve in a role.

He also taught manga to young people at a university.

It means to teach.

In twenty twenty-four, he became the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture.

It means the Order of Culture, a top national honor.

Until recently, he kept drawing an essay manga about his daily life.

It means to continue.

Now the full news again.

Quiz time.

Eighty-seven.

Boxing.

The Order of Culture.

That's all for this evening. Thanks for listening. See you next time.