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NTV has issued a statement, once again apologizing to the Ashihara family weeks after the mangaka, Ashihara Hinako, known for her work “Sexy Tanaka-san” died (media reports suspect suicide). The death came after posts on X about how she felt the TV station wasn’t faithful Read More …
Shogakukan updated its official website on the 8th, and in response to the death of Ashihara Hinako , the creator of the manga “Sexy Tanaka-san”, all the editors of the Daiichi Comic Bureau, the on-site editors, posted comments. SHOGAKUKAN On the occasion of the passing Read More …
“Sexy Tanaka-san” drama script writer Aizawa Tomoko, who wrote ep. 1-8 posted on Instagram for the first time since Ashihara Hinako’s death. Ashihara is the manga creator that the drama is based on and before her death, wrote about how the drama was supposed to Read More …
Actress Takahashi Maryjun (36), who played the role of Tanaka-san’s belly dancing teacher posted on Instagram Live on January 31st in regards to “Sexy Tanaka-san” creator, Ashihara Hinako’s death. Takahashi wrote, “The shock was so great that even now, even after all this time, I Read More …
With the death of Ashihara Hinako, Shogakukan announced that “Sexy Tanaka-san” serialization will be canceled. The December 5th release featured in a monthly magazine “Ane Petit” will be its last serialization. The last story featured the main character, Tanaka-san, ending up going out with the Read More …
In response to the news of the death of Ashihara Hinako, the original author of the drama “Sexy Tanaka-san,” which aired on Nippon Television until the end of last year, actress Kinami Haruka, who played the main character Tanaka Kyoko in the drama, expressed her Read More …
Following the passing of Ashihara Hinako, the original author of the drama series “Sexy Tanaka-san”, which aired on Nippon Television in October-December last year, her bereaved family released a statement through Shogakukan on the 31st. The statement is as follows, “`We suddenly lost our beloved Read More …
ABC TV announcer Sawada Ayaka (30) appeared on the station’s morning information program “Ohayo Asahi desu” on the 30th. She made a comment while holding back tears in response to the news of the death of manga artist Ashihara Hinako, creator of the manga “Sexy Read More …
When mangaka Ashihara Hinako wrote on X about how frustrated she was by the live-action drama “Sexy Tanaka-san” not being faithful to the original work that she had created (the work for episodes 1-8 were written by Aizawa Tomoko) and that she tried repeatedly to Read More …
Many are shocked about the announcement that “Sexy Tanaka-san” manga artist/writer Ashihara Hinako has passed away. On the 26th, Ashihara took to X and wrote, “About the drama ‘Sexy Tanaka-san’. I thought about it a lot, but I decided that I would have to write Read More …