Sazae-san (サザエさん) is a
Japanese comic strip created by
Machiko Hasegawa.Sazae-san was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on
April 22,
1946. When the wished to have Hasegawa draw the comic strip for their paper, she moved to
Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from
Kyūshū to Tokyo as well. The comic dealt with contemporary situations in Tokyo until Hasegawa retired and ended the comic on
February 21,
1974. As one of Japan's longest running and oldest comic strips and animations, the series is known to nearly every Japanese person, young and old.
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