A special advertisement for the latest work by popular picture book author Yoshitake Shinsuke, “Advice on Advice: Anything Goes, Arana,” has appeared in Tokyo!
Hakusensha Co., Ltd. Press release: October 6, 2025 To Members of the Press A special advertisement for the latest work by popular picture book author Yoshitake Shinsuke, “Advice on Advice: Ask Anything at All,” has appeared in Tokyo! The latest book by picture book author Yoshitake Shinsuke, whose solo exhibition has attracted 1 million visitors nationwide.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-ccc8ee13a2f57163adad95062d61e6e7-3900×1380.png [Poster advertisement at Shinjuku Station and Shinjuku-Sanchome Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line] “Advice on Advice: All That Matters” (C) Yoshitake Shinsuke/Hakusensha
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-c954f7b88d8a491059cd10f6dadd4f8f-3900×1395.png [Toei Asakusa Line Higashi-Ginza Station Poster Ad] “Advice on Problems: Arana” (C) Yoshitake Shinsuke/Hakusensha
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-0643bbf649f7bd7ff3eb54ab34a45bfd-3900×1388.png [Toei Asakusa Line, Asakusa Station Poster Advertisement] “Advice on Problems: Arana for All That’s Right” (C) Yoshitake
Shinsuke/Hakusensha
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-99425950e065be5b0cf16d84b0018296-3900×1386.png [Toei Asakusa Line, Shimbashi Station Poster Advertisement] “Advice on Problems: Arana” (C) Yoshitake Shinsuke/Hakusensha
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-b5359d0e66c7e431c206aa1b3580d84d-3900×1394.png [Toei Mita Line, Mita Station Poster Advertisement] “Advice on Problems: Arana for Allergies” (C) Yoshitake Shinsuke/Hakusensha
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-506a90192e1b850da04bdbf9cc898330-3900×1384.png [Toei Shinjuku Line, Kudanshita Station Poster Advertisement] “Advice on Problems: Arana for All That’s Right” (C) Yoshitake
Shinsuke/Hakusensha
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-fc79d7a0ebe6f8acd9b20e2b3e75d22d-3900×1391.png [Poster advertisement at Jimbocho Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line and Jimbocho Station on the Toei Mita Line] “Advice on Advice: All That Matters” (C) Yoshitake Shinsuke/Hakusensha
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-0176d09725bb91848bc8c9fb43db0bbe-3900×1382.png [Poster Advertisement at 11 Toei Line Stations] “Advice on Advice on Problems: Ask Anything About It” (C) Yoshitake Shinsuke/Hakusensha ※[Poster Advertisement at 11 Toei Line Stations] is displayed at the following 11 stations. Toei Asakusa Line: Nihonbashi Station, Gotanda Station Toei Mita Line: Hibiya Station, Otemachi Station, Sugamo Station Toei Shinjuku Line: Ichigaya Station Toei Oedo Line: Aoyama-Itchome Station, Roppongi Station, Azabu-Juban Station, Daimon Station, Shiodome Station [List of stations with outdoor advertising] Toei Asakusa Line: Asakusa Station, Nihonbashi Station, Higashi-Ginza Station, Shimbashi Station, Gotanda Station Toei Mita Line: Mita Station, Hibiya Station, Otemachi Station, Jimbocho Station, Sugamo Station Toei Shinjuku Line: Shinjuku Station, Shinjuku-Sanchome Station, Ichigaya Station, Kudanshita Station, Jimbocho Station Toei Oedo Line: Aoyama-Itchome Station, Roppongi Station, Azabu-Juban Station, Daimon Station, Shiodome Station [Display Period] Monday, October 6, 2025 – Sunday, October 12, 2025. *Please refrain from contacting the station or station staff. *For inquiries, please contact the Publicity Department of Hakusensha Inc. I never knew I’d come across a problem like this! “A beautiful way to escape. A fun way to give up.”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-67444a470e1ff0713b859067d75e67b1-705×1000.jpg Yoshitake Shinsuke is not only a hugely popular picture book author, but also a leading figure in the picture book world, with his first solo exhibition attracting 1 million visitors this summer. He brings his own negativity to the forefront, and without dismissing the various worries of all kinds of people, he offers a fun way to give up and a beautiful way to escape. This applies to all concerns, but first question the assumption that “it should work out” (from this book). The author, who has been depressed for 50 years, answers many concerns with “How to think like a depressed person.” Let’s aim to accept it by saying, “Well, that’s okay!” “I feel a little lighter in my heart.” “You don’t have to try too hard.” Since its serialization in Monthly MOE, this series has received many grateful comments and has now been published as a long-awaited book! Whether you find yourself seeing your own bad points more than your good points, feel depressed about your lack of dreams, or are afraid of getting older… This
eye-opening book will help you change the way you accept the worries that everyone has, making you think, “Well, that happens, of course.” Be sure to pick up a copy and enjoy these eye-opening solutions to your problems.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-2162e20e617430a11c7b6a3ba3bef81b-1000×709.jpg (C) Yoshitake Shinsuke/Hakusensha
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-a8f72f372af41bcbb23b91b529dcaccc-1000×709.jpg (C) Yoshitake Shinsuke/Hakusensha
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/46848/2039/46848-2039-144135e1e2d42133313a9b988c3ad8bb-849×2700.jpg (C) Yoshitake Shinsuke/Hakusensha In addition, “Advice Postboxes” for Yoshitake Shinsuke will be set up in 14 large bookstores across the country. If you drop your problem in, you might get a response from Yoshitake Shinsuke! Click here for more details. MOEweb News https://www.moe-web.jp/news/?id=251 ■Book Information”Advice on Problems: Arana Can Help with Anything” ■Author: Yoshitake Shinsuke ■ISBN code: 9784592733270 ■Series name: MOE BOOKS ■List price: ¥1,760 (¥1,600 10% tax) ■Release date: October 3, 2025 ■Author Information Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1973. Graduated from the Graduate School of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba. In 2013, he published his first picture book, “It Might Be an Apple” (Bronze Shinsha). His works, including “It Might Be an Apple,” have won first place in the MOE Picture Book Store Grand Prize seven times. He won the Fine Arts Award at the 61st Sankei Children’s Publishing Culture Awards for “It Might Be an Apple,” and the English version of “Boring, Boring” (Hakusensha), “The Boring Book,” won the New York Times Best Picture Book Award in 2019. The “Yoshitake Shinsuke Exhibition Might Be,” which began in April 2022, has attracted a total of 1 million visitors to 16 locations across the country and is currently touring the country. Yoshitake Shinsuke’s Picture Book Hakusensha Special Site https://www.hakusensha.co.jp/yoshitakeshinsuke/ It might be a Yoshitake Shinsuke exhibition https://yoshitake-ten.exhibit.jp/
