Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, known for his boxing masterpiece ‘Ashita no Joe,’ dead at 87
Legendary Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, who caused a national sensation with his boxing series “Ashita no Joe” or “Fighting for Tomorrow,” a story about an orphan becoming a professional boxer, has died. He was 87. Chiba’s masterpiece series became so popular that fans even attended a mock funeral for the protagonist Joe Yabuki’s rival. … Read more