Shiro Yadama (矢玉四郎, Yadama Shirō; February 3, 1944 – July 14, 2024) was a Japanese author. His most famous work, Hare Tokidoki Buta, known in English as Fair, then Partly Piggy, was later written as an anime series (titled Tokyo Pig in English) by Shinichi Watanabe. Yadama died on July 14, 2024, at the age of 80.
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