Takashi Yanase (February 6, 1919 – October 13, 2013) (やなせたかし) was an illustrator and writer who created the Anpanman series.
Yanase Rabbit is the character that represents him in the series.
Miscellaneous character credits[]
This section is a translation of a section from his article in the Japanese Wikipedia. Not all character names are well-translated.
- A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
- Tosa Kuroshio Railway characters
- Tere suke-kun (Tochigi TV)
- Nick and Ann (Nakamuraya Co.)
- Ō-kun (Kochi Prefectural Kochi Otemae High School)
- Sesame Brothers (Shinsei Co.)
- Akashiya-san Channel characters (TBS)
- Jin-KEN-Mamoru-kun and Jin-KEN-Ayumi-chan (Japan Ministry of Justice's Human Rights Bureau)
- J-Milk "3-A-Day" campaign characters
- Shinjuku Shin-chan
- Mirē-chan (Nomura)
- Patorou (The Shikoku Shimbun)
- Pikapika, Ao-chan, and Mori-kun (Aomori Komehonbu)
- Kizuna-chan (Japan Cord Blood Bank Network)
- Urawa Unako-chan (Urawa-ku, Saitama)
- Sasebo Burger characters
- Unagappa (Tajimi, Gifu)
- Zunda and Mochi-ko (Zundamochi.jp?)
- Tachibana Tackey (Kochi Gakuen Gakkō Hōjin)
- Nabe-ramen and Kau-chan (Nabe-yaki ramen)
- Komepanman (Niigata Prefecture)
- Shachio-kun, Sachiko-chan, and Hoko-chan (Coop Aichi)
- Lake Hamanako Palpal characters
- Chipanman (Ginray)