Shiro Yadama
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is a Japanese
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 author
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His most famous work, Hare Tokidoki Buta, known in English
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 as Fair, then Partly Piggy
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Fair, then Partly Piggy, known in Japan as , is a picture book written by Shiro Yadama. The book was translated into English by Keith Holman .The book is about a boy named who befriends a pig....

, was later written as an anime
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 series (titled Tokyo Pig
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Tokyo Pig, known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television series. The anime was based on a book titled Fair, then Partly Piggy , written by Shiro Yadama and translated into English by Keith Holeman .Tokyo Pig is about a young boy and the adventures he...

in English) by Shinichi Watanabe
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Works

Yadama's works were translated into English by Keith Holeman.

The following have not been translated:
  • Hare Tokidoki Tako (はれときどきたこ)
  • Boku Heso Made Manga (ぼくへそまでまんが)
  • Yume Kara Yumenbo (ゆめからゆめんぼ)
  • Hikkosu de Hikkosu (ヒッコスでひっこす)
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