Japanese cartoonist Takashi Yanase, creator of the popular Anpanman series, has died at 94. His agency said Mr Yanase had died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital. He created Anpanman, a superhero with a head made of anpan, or bread filled with red bean paste, who first appeared in a picture book in 1973. A television series starring the same character started in 1988, and has become popular in s