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Fujiko F. Fujio
Doraemon, Obake no Q-taro, Perman, Kiteretsu Daihyakka, Esper Mami, 21 Emon. Secret gadgets, Nobita and Doraemon, a new feature film every spring. Fujiko F. Fujio (Hiroshi Fujimoto) drew stories that children have read for more than half a century. At primary school he met Motoo Abiko; together they took a single pen name, Fujiko Fujio, and from the Tokiwa-so apartments helped open the age of manga. On 1 December 1969, his thirty-sixth birthday, Doraemon first appeared. Fortune that began to move with his marriage, a decade that carried his work to the whole nation, the end of the partnership, and a death that came while he was still drawing a feature-length story. Why do his stories go on beyond the hand that drew them? What overlapped in his spacetime on that day? We read the vessel he was born with against the phases of destiny and time.
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Fujiko F. Fujio (藤子・F・不二雄 / Hiroshi Fujimoto) — Manga artist
- Period analysed
- 1933–1996
- Three pillars
- Day 辛丑 / Month 癸亥 / Year 癸酉
- Void branches
- 辰巳 (Dragon–Snake)
- Destiny area
- 0.909 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 14 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- His destiny holds a vessel of high standing, with his guardian element standing twice in the open.
- In the years when the foundation of his life was laid, the path he truly wanted was already set.
- Fortune began to move with his marriage, and his major works followed in the years of his guardian element.
- In the decade when his own star stood highest, Doraemon became a work for the whole nation.
- His ending was placed in other hands, and the story went on beyond the one who drew it.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- Why has Doraemon been read across generations?
- What overlapped on 1 December 1969, his thirty-sixth birthday?
- Why did his fortune begin to move with his marriage?
- What do his death, and the story that continues after it, mean within his destiny?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 1944 | 甲申 | Meets Motoo Abiko at primary school in Takaoka |
| 1954 | 甲午 | 28 Jun — Moves to Tokyo; enters Tokiwa-so in October |
| 1962 | 壬寅 | Marries Masako |
| 1964 | 癸卯 | 22 Jan — Obake no Q-taro begins serialisation |
| 1969 | 己酉 | 1 Dec — Doraemon first appears |
| 1977 | 丁巳 (天) | CoroCoro Comic is launched |
| 1979 | 己未 | 2 Apr — TV Asahi anime series begins |
| 1980 | 庚申 | 15 Mar — First feature film, Nobita's Dinosaur |
| 1987 | 丁卯 | 23 Dec — Ends the partnership and works independently |
| 1996 | 丙子 (天) | 23 Sep — Dies |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February. (天) = void year or void decade.
Contents
14 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- Axis and type of destiny
- Ten-year phases
- Composite numerical table
- Two 癸 standing in the open
- The first-phase decade
- Fortune that moves with marriage
- The decade of 己未
- The star that hands over the ending
- The four layers of 1 December 1969
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii