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Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri

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Genre
  
Non-fiction, Interview

Published by
  
Shogakukan

Magazine
  
Weekly Young Sunday

Written by
  
Reiji Yamada

Demographic
  
Seinen

Original run
  
2003 – present

Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri (絶望に効くクスリ, lit. "Medicine for Despair") is a Japanese non-fiction manga by Reiji Yamada. Each volume is a collection with interviews describing how the subjects overcame hardship, or how they are working to make the world a better place.

Contents

Volume One

  • Reiji Yamada (manga artist)
  • Jun Miura (manga artist)
  • Ryuji Akiyama and Mihoko Abukawa (Haneru no Tobira members)
  • Sumiko Kurihata (fortune teller)
  • Takehiko Inoue (manga artist)
  • Shiraishi Kojiro (ocean adventurer)
  • Ryuichi Nanami (host)
  • Kazuyoshi Nagashima (politician, mayor of Zushi, Kanagawa)
  • Ikuo Nakamura (photographer)
  • David Kinoshita (surfer)
  • Yoshiharu Sekino (anthropologist)

    • Volume Two

  • Kiyoshirō Imawano (band man)
  • Kankurō Kudō (screenwriter, actor)
  • Yōko Sakamoto (foster parent)
  • Masashi Kimura (former head of Greenpeace Japan)
  • Akiko Tanabe (accessory designer)
  • Toshihiko Hanawa (doctor)
  • Kō Machida (writer)
  • Takumi Hayashi (writer)
  • Hiroshi Aramata (writer, translator, researcher)

    • Volume Three

  • Shoji Jo (former player for the Japan soccer team)
  • Mio Sato (doctor)
  • Taro Gomi (picturebook writer/illustrator)
  • Sakana-kun (fish expert)
  • Tokiko Kato (singer)
  • Yoshiaki Ito (former head of Coca-Cola Japan's environmental group)
  • Sokyu Genyu (Buddhist priest, writer)
  • Yotaro Hatamura (failure expert)
  • Masahiro Hidaka (smash)

    • Volume Four

  • Shigesato Itoi (copy writer)
  • Kimikazu Iwase and Koichi Okita (Japanese space program)
  • Jun Imamiya (motor sports journalist)
  • Kazumi Oguro (editor, Sotokoto)
  • Takumi Terakado (chiropractor)
  • Kensuke Onishi (founder, Peace Winds Japan)
  • Show Aikawa (actor)
  • Yuji Kishi (community leader)
  • Shigeru Mizuki (manga artist)

    • Volume Five

  • Yoshiyuki Tomino (anime director)
  • Yukiko Nishihara (suicide prevention center founder)
  • Reiko Chiba (yoga instructor)
  • Tsuyoshi Mori (mathematician, philosopher)
  • Akira Ito (psychiatrist)
  • Yoichi Watanabe (battlefield cameraman)
  • Kiyomi Tsujimoto (politician)
  • Takuma Sato (F1 Driver)
  • Kiyoshi Shigematsu (writer)
  • Tsuyoshi Oshikawa (convincer - hikikomori specialist)
  • David Bull (artist)

    • Volume Six

  • Hayao Kawai (psychologist)
  • Banana Yoshimoto (writer)
  • Minoru Shimomura (aquarium director)
  • Kazuhiko Tei (nutritionist)
  • K Dub Shine (rap artist)
  • Tentsuku Man (movie director/roadside poet)
  • Takashi Tsujii/Seiji Tsutsumi (poet/author)
  • Tomoka Mita (cheerleader - Dallas Cowboys)
  • Terukichi Nagata (agriculture)

    • Volume Seven

  • Bobby Valentine (baseball manager)
  • C. W. Nicol (writer, adventure)
  • Reshad Khaled (doctor)
  • Mieko Osanai (tv writer)
  • Kenji Ōtsuki (rock star)
  • Yasuyuki Fujimura (inventor)
  • Hiroshi Iijima (environmentalist)
  • Ken Terawaki (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)|MEXT)
  • Bau Yamada (Open Japan)

    • Volume Eight

  • Reiji Yamada (again)
  • Eriko Rowe (journalist, writer, translator)
  • Kyoji Nishi (cram school operator)
  • Lee U-Fan (artist)
  • Yukihide Takekawa (singer-songwriter)
  • Saya Takagi (actress)
  • Masahiko Kanie (WFP)
  • Yoichi Haga (Tokyo University Medical Research)
  • Koichiro Kimura (designer)
  • Yoko Ono

    • Volume Nine

  • Hosshan. (comedian)
  • Haruki Kadokawa (publisher)
  • Ei Takami (singer, children's television star)
  • Tsuyoshi Takashiro (screenwriter)
  • Toshio Okada (Gainax founder)
  • Boo Takagi (musician)
  • Yoshio Kusama (orphanage director)
  • Yoshiyuki Takagi (world village)

    • References

    Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri Wikipedia
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