Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri
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| Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri | |
| 絶望に効くクスリ | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Reiji Yamada |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Sunday |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 2003 – 2008 |
| Volumes | 10 |
Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri (絶望に効くクスリ, lit. "Effective 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.
Interview Subjects by Volume
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)