FUJIKO F. FUJIO - Lot 60

FUJIKO F. FUJIO DORAEMON Original illustration created on August 1, 1982. A relief sticker depicting the Ninja Hattori character has been affixed to the upper right of the original. Signed. India ink on Shikishi board 12.2 × 13.7 cm (4.8 × 5.39 in.) In 1982, François Corteggiani traveled to Japan at the invitation of Osamu Tezuka, whom he had met a few months earlier in Angoulême. Through him, he met Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko, co-creators of Doraemon, a blue robot-cat from the future, created in 1979. This manga would become a huge worldwide success, selling over 250 million copies, with cartoon adaptations totaling more than 2,500 episodes, not to mention some sixty different video games. This dedication features both their signatures. Obviously extremely rare!