The Hashida Cultural Foundation, which established the annual Hashida Prize was created by Sugako Hashida. The foundation honors programs that have greatly influenced Japanese broadcast culture by giving them the Hashida Prize.
For the first time in the Hashida award’s 28 year-long history, an anime has won the Hashida Prize. Sazae-san, initially created by Machiko Hasegawa, has been awarded the 28th annual Hashida Prize for serving as the “national program” of Japan.
Suzu Hirose, who starred in the series, also won a Rookie of the Year award for her role in the show.
Sazae-san is the longest-running anime in the world. It features the daily life of Sazae, a titillating character in Japan. It started in 1969 and has over 7000 episodes as of 2020.
The news was announced by Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Web news website. In related news, Sazae-san will have a new opening sequence starting in April, which will be set in Tokyo for the first time in a decade. The anime’s opening sees Sazae-san, the protagonist, traveling from place to place in Japan.
The new opening will be the second time Tokyo has been the setting for the opening theme. The first time was from April 2010 to March 2011. The upcoming theme will show Sazae-san traveling in locations such as Tokyo Station, Mt. Takao, Rainbow Bridge, Sensoji, and Toyosu Market.
About Sazae-san:
Sazae-san is the longest-running anime in the world. It is based on a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa’s local paper, the Fukunichi Shinbun, on April 22, 1946.
When the Asahi Shimbun wished to have Hasegawa draw the four-panel comic for their paper, she moved to Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from Kyūshū to Tokyo as well. The manga dealt with contemporary situations in Tokyo’s daily life until Hasegawa retired and ended the series on February 21, 1974.
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