His manga works ‘Galaxy Express 999’ and ‘Space Pirate Captain Herlock’ were adapted into television anime series in the 1970s and became huge hits in and outside Japan.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Jane Fonda campaigns to save ‘our brethren in the ocean’
She delivers 5.5 million signatures from people in 157 countries demanding a strong Global Ocean Treaty.
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark, Op-Eds
Joan Kennedy, daughter share love of music
Upcoming performance to benefit ShineOnCass Foundation has been postponed.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Gun enhancement charge dropped in Baldwin shooting case
He no longer faces a mandatory five-year sentence but is still has been charged with felony involuntary manslaughter.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and TV detective, dies at 78
Belzer, who played John Munch in ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and ‘Law & Order: SVU,’ was 78. There was no known cause of death.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Ant-Man opens big at box office with $104 million for ‘Quantumania’
It’s the largest opening of the year so far, but its Rotten Tomatoes score is less than dazzling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
‘Rough Sleepers’ follows a doctor’s relentless efforts to treat homeless patients
The book by part-time Mainer Tracy Kidder weaves scenes from the streets of Boston with the problems that are keeping people there.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
The Maine Gardener’s Hawaiian Adventure, Part 2
Even when he’s away from his garden, Atwell thinks about gardens. In Hawaii, he visited a thriving organic farm and learned how chocolate is made.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
From scourge to sauce? Fish sauce may be the answer to stopping the invasive green crab
Working with scientists, a local chef has developed an Asian fish sauce from the crabs. It’s local, pungent and could be one way to reduce the crabs’ numbers.
Posted inAnimals, Maine, Nation & World, News
A rare bird and bumblebee fight for survival in Maine
The state wants to add the Saltmarsh sparrow and Ashton’s cuckoo to its endangered list, and designate four other birds, a bat and a beetle as threatened.