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The dream of the father of Doraemon

The dream of the father of Doraemon

By woodrow portiePublished about a year ago 5 min read
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A sign outside the museum warns that rats are forbidden, as Doraemon is most afraid of them.

They married 50 years ago, when he was still an unknown comic book writer. His dream, he told her, was to paint something that children would remember for the rest of their lives.

Seven years later, a new comic he co-created was serialized in the magazine and became very popular. Later, his manga was adapted into an animated series that ran continuously in Japan for nearly 40 years. Today, children in more than 40 countries and regions have seen his works.

He was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1986, liver cancer in 1992, and died of liver failure in 1996. During his 10-year battle with cancer, he never stopped writing, and she sat by his side, organizing his drawings.

In 2011, the memorial she designed and built for her husband finally opened to the public, and the 72-year-old cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony to mark the culmination of 12 years of work.

He is Fujiko F. Fujio, the author of the manga Doraemon, and she is his wife Masako Fujimoto.

Fujio F. Fujio, whose real name is Hiroshi Fujimoto, built the museum in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, a suburb of Tokyo, where he lived and worked for 35 years. The museum, which occupies about 5,500 square meters, is seen from the air in the shape of an "F", the initials of Mr. Fujiko's name.

The first floor of the museum is a permanent exhibition area, which holds about 50,000 manga manuscripts created by Mr. Fujiko, including his early masterpieces such as Q Taro and Qi Tianlie Encyclopedia. And, of course, Doraemon, the most popular.

Stop in front of the manuscript carefully observed, you can see Mr. Fujiko outline the character's brush strokes, and erasers altered the character dialogue. Some color drawings and part of the color, as if Mr. Tengzi something just got up to leave, and will come back to continue to create.

Masako Fujimoto said that for decades, her husband had devoted almost all his life to his creation, and that these drawings were his thoughts and life. By presenting the drawing, I hope everyone can remember the man who worked silently for the comics all his life.

On the second floor of the museum, there is a special exhibition area called "Teacher's room", which completely restores the scene of Fujiko painting at home. All the furnishings are Mr. Fujiko's beloved things.

There is a blank piece of paper in the middle of a large desk, surrounded by colorful paintbrushes and models of dinosaurs that are said to help inspire the master's creations. On a small nearby table is an old cassette recorder, playing Mr. Fujiko's favorite classical music.

Looking up, the desk is surrounded by four walls to the ceiling of a huge bookshelf, 8.5 meters high, filled with Mr. Fujiko from all over the world to collect valuable collections, including books, movie albums, dinosaur fossils, car models, children's toys and so on. There is even a model railway set neatly embedded in a bookshelf, with a small train running around the bookshelf, rhythmically bumping against the track with a slight "click click" sound. Visitors can see the child-like comic artist, wearing a black felt hat and holding a pencil, drawing under a lamp.

After being diagnosed with liver cancer in 1992, Mr. Fujiko decided to race against time, more seize the creation, until September 1996 in a coma in front of the desk, never wake up. While working on the original artwork for the new Doraemon film, the perfectionist Fujiko knew his life could be in danger at any moment and left the film's director with A letter detailing his vision for the film and its storyline. Later, the production company and director completed the film according to Fujiko's wishes.

The museum is built in memory of Mr. Fujiko, so the museum cafe also serves Mr. Fujiko's breakfast. A breakfast of toast, green salad, boiled eggs and milk is exactly the same as Ms Fujimoto makes for her husband every day, and Mr Fujimoto likes to spread jam on his bread at an Angle, so the jam on his bread is spread at an Angle.

Masako Fujimoto built this memorial hall, while remembering her husband, but also for the love of Mr. Fujiko readers to provide a paradise to find childhood memories. She said that the earliest readers of Doraemon, now in their 40s, hope that they can now relive the surprise and emotion of seeing the comic at the museum.

With A height of 129.3cm, A head circumference of 129.3cm and A weight of 129.3kg, the blue robotic cat Doraemon is the dream of almost every child.

If you want to go out and explore, just open any door and you can play with dinosaurs. Memorizing before a test can be a headache. A slice of memory bread can help you memorize everything... Classic episodes from the comics are recreated in this small museum. A sign outside the museum warns that rats are forbidden, as Doraemon is most afraid of them.

After the museum, masako fujimoto also regularly visit the gym communicate with avid readers feel, she said, her husband put his lifelong pursuit of "dream", "hope" and "friendship", "courage", "goodness" and "curiosity", he put the picture into the comics, and her dream, it is the good wishes her husband to more people.

A visitor wrote in the viewer's opinion book: When I was a child, I would sit in front of the TV on time every week to watch Mr. Fujiko's cartoons, and many of the theme songs of the cartoons can still be sung. I could not help shedding tears when I heard those deep memories of the tunes in the exhibition hall. I really want to go back to my childhood, back to that carefree era.

This, perhaps, is the dream of Mr And Mrs Fujimoto.

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