Jiro Taniguchi, who painted The Lonely Gourmet, died of illness at the age of 69
According to Taiwan Province media reports, Jiro Taniguchi, the cartoonist of the Japanese food cartoon The Lonely Gourmet, passed away on the 11 th, enjoying a life of 69 years. "Loneliness" is the creation of his partner with the original author Masayuki Kusumi. Apart from being serialized irregularly, the live-action Japanese TV series starring YUTAKA MATSUSHIGE has been filmed in the fifth season, which is very popular. The copyright was also sold to Chinese mainland for remake. The news of his death caught everyone off guard.
Jiro Taniguchi was born in Tottori City, worked in a fiber company in Kyoto, and came to Tokyo with the dream of drawing cartoons, from assistant to debut. Instead of using ink and line drawing techniques, he paints the daily life and scenery of the characters in a delicate way, and his unique style of painting especially touches the minds of adults. His masterpiece "Lonely Gourmet" describes the process of "Goro", an office worker of an imported grocery company, visiting the hidden delicacies in the streets and lanes through business trips around the country, and tasting the good materials alone, which has swept the readers of all generations. The TV series not only won high popularity, but also made a special article in Taiwan Province in 2115 and caused a sensation.
Jiro Taniguchi, who won numerous awards, suddenly died of illness, and many anime fans cried out in pain that "another superstar in the comic book industry has fallen". In particular, The Lonely Gourmet is still serialized from time to time, and the TV series announced the start of the sixth season in early October. How to continue the future story also makes many fans regret and worry.