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Publisher Hakusensha<\/a><\/cite>‘s founding member and manga magazine editor Nobumasa Konagai died of old age on February 2. There was a funeral for close relatives. He was 94.<\/p>\n

Konagai was born in 1930 in Shizuoka prefecture. He joined Shueisha<\/a><\/cite> and worked as an editor before becoming one of the founding members of Hakusensha<\/cite> in 1973.<\/p>\n

He served as editor-in-chief to sh\u014djo<\/a><\/cite><\/i> magazine Bessatsu Margaret<\/a><\/cite><\/cite>. He launched various magazines, such as Hana to Yume<\/a><\/cite><\/cite>, LaLa<\/a><\/cite><\/cite>, Young Animal<\/a><\/cite><\/cite>, and MOE<\/cite>. He served as president of Hakusensha<\/cite> starting in 1990, and he retired in 2004. He had also developed a Manga School for training young artists.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs<\/a><\/cite> awarded Konagai with the Japan Media Arts<\/a><\/cite> Festival Achievement Award in 2012.<\/p>\n

Source: Yomiuri Shimbun<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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