Coronavirus interrupts world's longest-running cartoon series in Japan


By AGENCY

'Sazae-san' revolves around the life of a cheerful but klutzy full-time housewife who lives with her parents, husband, son, brother and sister. Photo: Handout

Production of the world's longest-running cartoon and a mainstay of the Japanese weekend has been interrupted by the coronavirus, forcing the broadcast of re-runs for the first time in decades.

Sazae-san, which first aired in 1969, revolves around the life of Mrs Sazae, a cheerful but klutzy full-time housewife who lives with her parents, husband, son, brother and sister.

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