Thank you for all the support for "Captain Tsubasa".
Now that I’ve finished drawing the final episode for “Captain Tsubasa Magazine”, I’m relieved to have finished the ongoing series. I can finally live without struggling to meet "deadlines".
I’m retiring as a manga artist,
but I still love drawing and creating stories. I may become semi-retired, but I will continue my creative activities.
From now on, new episodes of "Captain Tsubasa" will be uploaded to the newly launched website "Captain Tsubasa WORLD" in the form of a “Name” (a rough sketch /
storyboard that serves as the foundation for the production of manga)
Although the stories won’t be inked or toned, this allows me to write and deliver the story to you faster. Since I don't have a "deadline," a "set number of pages," or a "set manuscript size," I think this will
let me deliver entertainment to you in a more creative way.
Looking back, my life as a manga artist began in elementary school when I started drawing my own original manga in pencil in a blank notebook, just to see what I could do.
I’d show my works to my younger brother and
friends at school. That was my starting point.
Now, I’m about to start the same thing I did then.
It’s a series of manga strips in pencil.
If I fail, so be it! Let’s give it a try!
That is my current state of mind.
The story of "Captain Tsubasa" is not over yet! This is for sure.
I hope you will all continue to give support to "Captain Tsubasa," as you have always done from the past.
Yoichi Takahashi