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Weekly Schedule of Shiibashi Hiroshi Reveals Tough Life of Mangaka 
Mangaka of Nurarihyon no Mago, Shiibashi-sensei, only gets 3 hours of rest in his hectic schedule. Looking at the above schedule (click for a bigger view), one is quick to note the lack of white boxes, which represent time
not spent working on his manga Nurarihyon no Mago, which is published in Weekly Shounen Jump. Shiibashi Hiroshi is one busy man. He catches a mere 2 hours of shuteye on Mondays, and only gets 8 hours of sleep on weekends. So there we have it, the life of a mangaka is far from a bed of roses...
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Script Writer Ohkubo Shouichirou Passes Away 
63-year-old script writer dies of a stroke on the 11th. 63-year-old script writer and producer Ohkubo Shouichirou (original name Ohkubo Masaichirou) passed away due to a stroke on the 11th. He had written the scripts for TV dramas such as "Ai no Arashi" and "Shabondama", as well as TV Anime such as "Lupin III" and "Perman".
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Incidentally, the mangaka of the longest running manga in Jump, Kochi Kame, has never taken a week off his manga o.o Amazing guy.