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Hatabō and Wanpei

**Hatabō and Wanpei** (ハタ坊とワンペイ) is a 1971-1972 spinoff of Osomatsu-kun centered around Hatabō, by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro. It ran in the Japanese communist newspaper Red Flag Sunday as weekly strips.

## Overview

The series focuses on Hatabō, who meets the unusual talking dog Wanpei. They become fast friends, and go through different comical situations together.

The feature was originally titled *Hatabō* for its first year in the newspaper, before switching to be called *Wanpei* for its second run. The reprints by Akebono opt to merge and retitle the strips to have both characters in the billing.

These comics feature Hatabō with a solid red flag atop his head, to represent the Communist Party of Japan. But in the monochrome strips, the flag appears as a solid gray.

## Characters

In addition to the main two protagonists, other characters can show up within the run (such as Chibita) due to the usage of Akatsuka's Star System.

### Hatabō

One of our two protagonists. He is assisted by Wanpei, but also has extra trouble made for him by the dog.

### Wanpei

An intelligent humanoid dog who becomes Hatabō's best friend.

## Serialization

Both portions of the series ran through these periods:

* *Hatabō*: Red Flag Sunday, January 3 to December 26, 1971. 52 strips in total.
* *Wanpei*: Red Flag Sunday, January 9 to December 24, 1972. 51 strips in total.

The last weekly strip for December 31, 1972 marked a change, as the *Wanpei* feature became retooled to be **Wanpei and Mo-chan**, a series that would now focus on Wanpei and a talking cow named Mo-chan. While Hatabō would still show up, he had been displaced from his protagonist role by the animals.

*Wanpei and Mo-chan* would run until December 16, 1973 in the newspaper, marking it as the final serialization with the characters.

## Reprints

* Akebono: The series was collected into 2 "extra edition" volumes alongside the 31-volume "Osomatsu-kun Complete Works". 39 strips are in volume 1, while volume 2 holds 38 strips.
* Shogakukan: The two volumes are digitized for the 2002 "Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works" DVD-ROM set

There has yet to be a current complete reprint of the title, or eBook release.
Middle-Aged Friday

Frontispiece of Sho-chan

**Middle-Aged Friday** (中年フライデー *Chunen Furaide*) is a gag one-shot by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday.

## Overview

A middle-aged and cowardly salaryman experiences bad luck through his life in the "Concrete Jungle" of Tokyo, being ridiculed at work as well as more abuse and mishaps occurring when trying to bond with his uncaring family. He meets a mysterious old man known as **"The Robinson Crusoe of Tokyo"** at the park one morning, an enigmatic figure who deems him his own "**Friday**" and gives him the encouragement he needs to be more assertive in life.

There was minor presence of the Star System employed, with Noragaki (who had recently gained his own feature) showing up as a nod, as well as the general Robinson Crusoe theme furthering what Boy Friday had initially done.

## Characters

### "Sho-chan"

A 42-year old salaryman and father who is humiliated at work over a wardrobe malfunction, and mistreated by his hideous wife and son but cannot stand up to them. He longs for the days he was the younger, more confident "Lion" of Tokyo.

By the end, he is able to order his wife and son around with a new ferocity and produce a proud lion's roar of "GAOOO!" to assert his dominance.

### Boss

The company president, who has a tanuki-esque appearance similar to Boss Kokoro's henchmen. He pushes Sho around, but is revealed to be embezzling funds by the end of the story when he goes to take money from the safe and happens upon Sho sleeping in front of it.

Sho is able to successfully defeat this man and prevent him from going through his illegal activity, regaining confidence.

### Wife

A horrendously ugly and violent woman, who pushes her husband around and doesn't leave him any proper meal or a futon to sleep in.

### Yasuo

A bratty young boy who joins in on the abuse of his father, and dares to interrupt his television time. His father attempts to get him a Plamo model as a gift, but Yasuo ignores him. After he's hit by his father in an outrage, he cries for his mother and gets her to punish him.

In the end, an intimidated Yasuo and his mother obey the commands of Sho-chan, left to bow in respect and deference.

### The Robinson Crusoe of Tokyo

An old man that appears in the public park, dressed in a fashion much like the figure of legend and carrying about a leaf umbrella. He is able to give Sho-chan the motivation to keep living and fighting against his unfair life.

However, the final panel and punchline of the story shows a concerned crowd at the park, commenting on how this man has died, as a bothered-looking Sho-chan passes by in the background.

## Reprints

* Akebono: Reprinted at the end of "Boy Friday" volume 2, with some editing done to Noragaki's lines in his cameo. The frontispiece was also switched out with a newly-drawn but monochrome one.
* Shogakukan: Digitized along with the "Boy Friday" volumes for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set, and print-on-demand version through ComicPark.
Monster at Address 13

Shouta with Dekamelon and his family, from the frontispiece to chapter 2.

**Monster at Address 13** (モンスター13番地) is a gag work by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Shonen Challenge.

## Overview

The young boy Shouta comes across a desolate mansion occupied by a most unusual family of monsters. The family's young son Dekamelon becomes his fast friend, and the two get into different situations at the mansion and with other strange beings.

## Characters

There is occasional, minor Star System presence in the title as well; The Police Officer with the Connected Eyes is shown to be part of the police force, while Kumi from Run Away, Run Away appears as a "Momoe-chan" in one story. Bakabon's Papa is also shown as a guest to the mansion in the punchline to chapter 2, while Gon's Dad shows up by the end of the series.

### Shouta

AKA: "Shou-chan"

The protagonist. He initially starts the series with a taller, slightly more distinct design but evolves to look identical to Gon of Let's La Gon, even wearing his type of star-print shirt in a chapter.

### Dekamelon

The small child of the monster family. He has a large, melon-esque head, owing to his name. His eyes have the ability to change shape and appearance and put a hypnosis or other adverse effects on those who stare into them. He can also take off and put these eyes back on, as if they were stickers on his face.

### Papa

Dekamelon's father, a man whose head is constantly changing shape, particularly emulating different sorts of animals (a crab, an elephant, etc.) at first but also having the ability to mimic different peoples' faces. He and Mama do not appear past the early chapters, as the stories shift to focus more on just Shouta and Dekamelon.

### Mama

A woman with flowers that explode and blossom from her head.

### Big Brother

A shy man in the first chapter who constantly hides his face under his hair or coat, and is intimidated around Shouta.

## Serialization

* Shonen Challenge: February to December 1979

## Reprints

* Shogakukan: Digitized for the first time as part of the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set, with print-on-demand version from ComicPark.
Batsugoro

**Batsugoro** (×五郎), sometimes rendered as **X-Goro** due to the kanji for "batsu", is a character created by Fujio Akatsuka and originating from Extraordinary Ataro. Like many other characters, he is a part of Akatsuka's Star System (if a more rarely-used star).

## Overview

In the earliest stages of the *Ataro* series, he is an ordinary human man, if rather faulty at his fortune-telling job and irresponsible.

Though the series soon takes a sharp swerve with Batsugoro's death, Ataro and the readers find that this is only the beginning of an unusual new living situation for father and son.

## Physical Appearance

Batsugoro is a middle-aged man with a "sprout"-like haircut, as well as a similar, simple mustache and goatee. He wears a small pair of glasses, and dresses in a traditional yukata and overcoat along with sandals.

Upon his death, his appearance remains the same other than him no longer having any parts of his body inked in, to convey being ghostly and transparent. This effect is conveyed in the 1969 anime by him being represented as white outlines, while the 1990 anime had him appear somewhat transparent (though promotional artwork gave him a glittery blue appearance).

## Appearances in other works

*See also: Akatsuka's Star System*

* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Japan Laughter Story* (as live man and policeman)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

## Portrayals

### Voice Acting

* 1969 series- Ichiro Nagai, Yonehiko Kitagawa (episode 66)
* Hitachin Television City: Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom- Ichiro Nagai
* 1990 series- Sanji Hase

## External Links

* Batsugoro profile at Koredeiinoda (Japanese)
Professor Babatchi

The cover to the 100 Tenland Comics volume.

**Professor Babatchi** ( ババッチ先生 ) is a gag work by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Shonen and Shojo Newspaper.

## Overview

A rather filthy and smelly teacher known as Babatchi comes to stay with Kiyoshi and his mother. To Kiyoshi's surprise and confusion, it's quickly revealed that Babatchi relies on being filthy and surrounded by flies for his great knowledge.

Together, they wind up experiencing various unusual antics.

## Characters

### Kiyoshi

A young boy who Babatchi has come to stay with. He is disgusted by Babatchi's stench and ways of living in garbage, but there is nothing he can really do about it.

### Prof. Babatchi

The strange teacher who gets his intelligence from his smart pet fly Einstein. If the fly is not around him, he'll quickly lose memory and knowledge and lose track of what's going on. He panics if danger may come to the insect, and will do what he can to attract him back.

In other instances, Babatchi can summon an entire swarm of flies to help assist him or shapeshift into a shape he may need to use (such as a magic carpet to levitate him).

### Einstein

Babatchi's talking, super-smart fly. He may wander off at times to go hover around other smelly objects, leaving Babatchi to have to go hunt him down to keep up his intelligent appearance. He may also sometimes communicate with other humans to give them advice, sharing his wisdom.

### Mama

Kiyoshi's mother, who is just as bewildered by Babatchi and his antics as her son is.

## Serialization

* Shonen and Shojo Newspaper: April 6, 1980-March 15, 1981

There are 50 chapters.

## Reprints

* Futabasha: 1 volume in the 100 Tenland Comics imprint
* Shogakukan: Digitized for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set, along with the print-on-demand option from ComicPark
Kuroquette-kun

Kuroquette-kun and Sayohiko, from chapter 2.

**Kuroquette-kun** (クロッケくん) is a gag work by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, having been serialized in Shogakukan's Elementary School 4th Grade from April 1972 to March 1973.

## Overview

In this gag tale, a young boy and his family come across what they believe to be a haunted mansion only to find a family of talking pigs living inside as their new neighbors.

The rest of the series revolves around the adventures of the pig family's son, Kuroquette, sometimes with the human boy Sayohiko tagging along.

## Characters

There is occasional Star System presence in the title, down to Iyami appearing in the very final story.

### Kuroquette

(クロッケ)

The titular talking pig. Kuroquette is either not taken seriously or is merely seen as unusual by townspeople, who can't comprehend a pig acting like a human. He can use the strong breath from his nose to his advantage.

### Sayohiko

( 瑳世彦 )

Kuroquette's human friend, who relies on him for help in certain situations. He and all of his family members have the common unifying traits of glasses and singular buckteeth, though he takes more after his father's face.

He and his father are the ones to first discover the "ghosts" in the mansion, who then reveal their identities.

### Papa

The father of the human family, who also finds Kuroquette's powers useful for helping them out in a pinch.

### Kuroquette's Papa

The father figure of the pig family. He plays a notable part in a story where his son defends a pig-faced young man from bullying, but the human wishes to know how to gain such nose powers, leading to this pig to develop a scary scenario for the human to overcome. He is notable for the thick glasses he usually wears.

### Kuroquette's Mama

A pig housewife who does her own part in her family.

### Kuroquette's Sister

The little sister of Kuroquette, seen more often in scenarios where his own family is the main focus of chapters.

## Serialization

Chapters:

* 1. **The Ghost's True Identity** (ゆうれいの正体)

* 2. **Road of Big Money** (大金のつかい道)

* 3. **Human Distrust** (人間不信)

* 4. **With Confidence**  (自信を持って)

* 5. **Catch the Thief** (ドロボーを捕まえろ)

* 6. **Confrontation with a Boar** (イノシシ対決)

* 7. **Cool Hair** (かっこいいはな毛)

* 8. **To a Bully** (いじめっ子には)

* 9. **My cousin Putaro** (いとこのプ太郎)

* 10. **Transform into a Panda** (パンダに変身)
* 11. **Beramatcha (?)** (ベラマッチャ（？）)

* 12. **Iyami Appearance** (イヤミ登場)
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Oh! Geba Geba

**Oh! Geba Geba** (赤塚ギャグ笑待席『ｏｈ！ゲバゲバ』 ) is a short-term gag feature by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.

## Overview

Stories revolving around a trio of foolish university students, who each have some kind of trouble with senses and functions in their bodies, leading to gags and chaos around them.

These characters in question are revamps of a trio that had previously appeared inRadical 7th Years and the Monkey's Foolish Guardman, but this would be their final outing in Akatsuka works.

## Characters

### A-suke

A young man who cannot see, even with the thick glasses that he wears. His design for this series is a re-use of Benkyouya from the previous feature of Geba Geba Brothers, but with freckles and two buckteeth instead of a single one.

A-suke attempts to act as the leader of the three, but his lack of sight and direction confusion can make for trouble and also leave him to be tricked by the other two (such as them stealing his food).

### B-suke

Another young man with long ears, but who happens to be rather hard of hearing. He will get startled when someone yells to get his attention, and has trouble understanding what others are saying. This can get him into some conflict with C-suke, who he will get aggressive towards.

### C-suke

A third young man, who stutters and has difficulty in trying to get others to be patient or understand him. He can get easily panicked and his speech can become worse, though he has some success with writing out messages.

## Serialization

* Weekly Shonen Jump: Issues #26 and #28 for 1969

## Reprints

* Akebono: Reprinted as extra content at the end of volume 2 of "I am Violent Tetsu!", along with the other Shonen Jump Akatsuka gag features with the "Geba Geba" theme. A later bunko release by Akebono, "Oh! Monkey Fool!", compiled these shorts together with The Monkey's Foolish Guardman and the Gang Girl Keroko shorts, renaming them "Oh! Monkey Fool" as a result to draw a connection between them and *Guardman*. As with other Akatsuka reprints, any colored appearances of the title were traced to remove such details.
* Shogakukan: The "I am Violent Tetsu!" volumes were digitized for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set, and were also put out through a print-on-demand release through ComicPark.
* eBookJapan: Reprinted as part of the "Zurucho Has Come and Funny Akatsuka Gags" eBook volume
LGBT in Fujio Pro works

*Disclaimer: This article is intended to detail the instances and evolution of LGBT subjects in works by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro. This contains analysis of the material from an out-of-universe perspective, and will note potentially controversial material as well as making note of the type of portrayals of characters in this media.*
Oh! Ghost

**Oh! Ghost** (おー！ばけ*, O! Bake*) is a one-shot by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion in 1973.

## Overview

This one-shot was done as a special guest project by Akatsuka for the magazine, for its "Big Summer Projects" revolving around stories about summer vacation. Akatsuka opted to craft a ghost story as his contribution, one that would touch upon comedy with a dramatic-sounding premise.

In the one-shot, the ghost of a boy that drowned a long time ago wishes to see his family and girlfriend and interact with them once more, but can only have successful contact with the human world if someone happens to put on the prized geta sandals that he wore at the time of his death. This leads to him finding a human boy that he believes would be scared enough to easily trust him, but he finds that the other boy is quite fearless against the supernatural.

## Characters

### The Ghost

A ghostly boy that visits the human world to try to see his loved ones, and makes the acquaintance of a human. After finding his geta on the riverbank where he drowned, he instructs the other boy to put them on and finds that he can wind up walking and running due to having legs appear instead of his intangible ghost-tail. However, he still remains a ghost that can walk through surfaces, even if he is not as apparent of one to humans. When a human stops wearing his sandals though, he reverts back to this usual state.

Due to the large amount of time that had passed since his death, which he ultimately reveals was 50 years ago, he finds that his old home no longer has his family in it and that his girlfriend Hanako is now a wrinkly old woman. He is depressed by these revelations, but his new human friend attempts to cheer him up and offer for them to go to the park. But due to the careless leap of the human boy, the geta break and their power disappears, causing the ghost to bid him farewell and return to the spirit realm.

### Ken-chan

The human boy, a rather fearless and eccentric child seen talking to himself and who is not bothered by the appearance of the ghost. This is because despite the obvious supernatural nature of the other boy, Ken is unaware he really is a ghost. The newfound friendship gets the two into some brief awkward situations, such as Ken having to quickly cover for his friend (and put the sandals back on) when his parents become frightened by a ghost being in their house after the boys' sleepover.

In the end, once the ghost has to leave the human world, Ken is left shocked and belatedly realizing "A ghost?!" when he sees his friend fly off.

## Serialization

* Weekly Shonen Champion: #38 for 1973

There has been no reprint of the title to date, although it was one of the various "phantom Akatsuka works" that were paid homage to in the analysis book Reading the Great Master Fujio Akatsuka.
Chibita Banzai

**Chibita Banzai** (チビ太ばんざい) was a spinoff of Osomatsu-kun that ran through 1966 in the appendix book of Shogakukan's 3rd Grade magazine.

Unlike most features being credited to "Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro", Akatsuka's assistant Kunio Nagatani was wholly responsible for this series. The credits were instead put as "Kunio Nagatani and Fujio Pro".

## Overview

This short-term series consists of short 7-8 page stories revolving around Chibita's adventures and interactions with other characters (including Sonota from Nagatani's "The Numbness of Scatan").

Although it has never been reprinted, the National Diet Library's collections database confirms its existence as part of the magazine.

## Serialization

* 3rd Grade (Shogakukan): June to December 1966

The July issue, although part of the series, had its chapter simply billed as "Osomatsu Theatre".

The August issue also came with an extra feature titled "Chibita's Fishing University" (チビ太のつり大学).

In the end, *Chibita Banzai* would be replaced by Kikanpo Gen-chan for the following year.

## External Links

* Samples of the September 1966 "Chibita Banzai" story from the appendix book, from Twitter user Rbaronmbaron
* The National Diet Library's online listing of the June 1966 3rd Grade table of contents. Readers that wish to view the magazine issues and these contents must visit the actual library in-person.
Gathered in the Living Room

Frontispiece featuring the cast

**Gathered in the Living Room** (お茶の間にあつまれ) is a shojo one-shot by Fujio Akatsuka, published in Kodansha's Shojo Club.

## Overview

This story tells of the lives of the residents at a boarding house; the owner, her two daughters, and the two young men staying there. In the original serialization, an extra page clarified the stories and situations of the five characters, and emphasized that this fatherless family was due to the girls' father having disappeared in a storm in his ship.

The character of Chiba-chan appears to have come from the newer character design of Ryohei in Happy-chan, but would later become more associated with the character of Sato-sensei in Akko-chan's Got a Secret!, which would be serialized later in the publication year.

## Characters

### Mama

A middle-aged widow who owns the house and runs everything, in the absence of her late husband.

### Yo-chan

The younger daughter of the family, wearing her hair loose with a headband. She helps with the chores and bonds with the house guests, not quite understanding Tosaka's hobby but assisting and having to help clean up his messes. She seems to desire to be an adult, and even attempt to smoke while Chiba-chan is out but finds it to be disgusting.

### Yuki-chan

The older daughter of the family, wearing her hair in a beehive fashion. She is a mature, friendly young woman that assists in taking care of the guests, though she is less of a feature character than her sister.

### Tosaka-san

A shabby, plump college student who's more interested in fixing up old machinery than any life goals like his peers. However, his hobby is also very dirty and he makes blunders easily.

### Chiba-chan

A tall, handsome young man that's a friend of Tosaka. He is a salaryman heading towards getting married, marking a turning point in his adult life.

## Serialization

* Shojo Club (Kodansha): New Years' extra issue appendix, January 15, 1962

## Reprints

* Akebono: Reprinted as extra content in "Kyuhei and Sister"
* Shogakukan: The "Kyuhei and Sister" book and extra contents were digitized for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set.
* eBookJapan: Present in "1960s Work Collection" volume 2

## External Links

* "Gathered in the Living Room" write-up at the Akatsuka Preservation Society (Japanese)
My Papa is Stupider than Bakabon's Papa

**My Papa is Stupider than Bakabon's Papa** is a NHK drama loosely adapting from Rieko Akatsuka's 2010 essays and memoirs about her father Fujio Akatsuka. It stars Tetsuji Tamayama as Akatsuka himself.

The episodes were broadcast from June 30 to July 28, 2018.

## Overview

As with That's How Things Should Be!!, this 5-episode miniseries takes some notable liberties with the recollections it is based from. Some events are tweaked or condensed for the sake of the narrative, as well as changing the identities of Akatsuka's assistants at Fujio Pro as the aforementioned movie had: The men seen in the plot are named as **Kuniichi Tomishima**, **Mitsuo Nagase**, **Kentaro Kinoshita**, **Tetsuya Matsumoto**, and **Toru Higashino**. Akatsuka's Shonen Sunday editor of the early 1970s, Toshiki Takei, is also renamed **Takashi Yokoi.**

The main plot elements revolve around Akatsuka's sometimes dysfunctional, sometimes sentimental relationship with his ex-wife Tomoko, his attempts to bond with his daughter Rieko, and his courtship of a new lover and wife named Machiko. In the midst of this, he carries on his wild and high-energy manga career.

## Staff

* Original Story- Rieko Akatsuka
* Screenplay- Eriko Komatsu, Shuji Yuki
* Director- Masaya Iseda (NHK), Masaaki Yoshimura (ADK Arts)
* Music- Yoshihide Otomo, Sachiko M , Naoko Eto
* Production Supervisor-Shinsuke Naito (NHK, Kei Sato (ADK Arts), Takashi Nakamura (NHK)
* Producer-Toshiya Nomura (ADK Arts)
* Production-NHK
* Production Cooperation-NHK, ADK Arts

### Cast

* Fujio Akatsuka- Tetsuji Tamayama
* Machiko Suzuki (later Akatsuka)- Manami Higa
* Tomoko Emori- Kyoko Hasegawa
* Rieko Akatsuka- Moeno Sumida (child), Aoi Morikawa (teenager)
* Kiyoto Emori- Toru Baba
* Takashi Yokoi- Kodai Asaka
* Junko-Mama of "Snack Junko"- Mitsuko Kusabue
* Kuniichi Tomishima- Taro Suruga
* Mitsuo Nagase- MAGGIE (Yuichi Kojima)
* Kentaro Kinoshita- Shun Ito
* Tetsuya Matsumoto- Shota Chiyo
* Toru Higashino- Ryusuke Komagine
* Yuki of "Snack Junko"- Naoko Oshimoto
* Rerere- Kenichi Nagira
* Jewelry Store Owner- Tetsuhiro Ikeda
* Tamori- Eiji Takagawa (aka: "Red Pen Takigawa")
* Hiroto- Shin Terada
* Narrator- Matsuo Suzuki
Mama Knows the Whole Story After All

Frontispiece featuring cast.

**Mama Knows the Whole Story After All** (ママはやっぱりはなしがわかる) is a one-shot by Fujio Akatsuka, published in Shojo Club.

## Overview

A young girl named Yoshiko is constantly bothered and worried of the behavior of her troublesome brother Kenji, but she finds it hard to prove and get her mother to see what he's up to. Little does she know, her mother may indeed be more observant than she thinks.

## Characters

### Mama

The eponymous mother, a simple and wise housewife who Yoshiko idolizes greatly in her ways.

### Papa

A salaryman away from home most of the time, but who is a leisurely, casual man when seen with his family.

### Yoshiko

The young daughter, burdened by her brother's acts. She sets out to find a way to prove he's causing all the trouble at home, even getting a camera, but winds up having her own difficulty in successfully tracking Kenji and Take's ways.

### Kenji

The son of the family, who causes a lot of mischief but pulls an innocent attitude around his mother. He resembles a somewhat-grown version of Itsuo from "The Hoop of Hula-chan".

### Take-chan

Kenji's best friend who leads him into all sorts of ideas for what trouble they should get up to.

## Serialization

* Shōjo Club (Kodansha): New Years' issue for January 15, 1961

## Reprints

* Akebono: Reprinted as extra content in "Kyuhei and Sister"
* Shogakukan: The "Kyuhei and Sister" book and extra contents were digitized for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set.
* eBookJapan: Present in "1960s Work Collection" volume 1

## External Links

* "Mama Knows the Whole Story After All" write-up at the Akatsuka Preservation Society (Japanese)
Mr. Iyami

Frontispiece for the one-shot.

**Mr. Iyami** (ミスターイヤミ) is a spin-off of Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka and Mitsutoshi Furuya. It consists of two one-shot stories featuring Iyami in a more adult setting. These stories were released in 1970 and 1971, in the magazine *Big Comic*.

The title was previously used for a mini-comic that ran alongside the original "Chibita the Safe-Cracker" chapter in 1965.

## Overview

Both features are geared towards more mature audiences that had been reading *Osomatsu-kun*, and solely feature Iyami and events that happen in his personal life.

The art in these features was provided by Mitsutoshi Furuya, who also collaborated on the story. At the time, Furuya had also worked on Bukkare\*Dan with Akatsuka, and had taken over the duties of The Genius Bakabon's Old Man.

## Characters

### Iyami

The protagonist, who has unfortunate luck. The elements shown with him in these stories would seem to inspire the idea meetings that occurred for the Shonen King run of -kun, which was centered around him.

### Kazuko

The heroine of the first one-shot, who meets Iyami in the bar. Although it seems like they have fast chemistry, Iyami wakes up to find her gone and is left hopelessly waiting for her to return.

## Serialization

The serialization schedule of these stories was, as follows:

1. **"Mr. Iyami"** (ミスターイヤミ, Big Comic, July 10, 1970): Iyami falls in love with a woman he meets at a bar, and the two sleep together. Unbeknownst to him, the woman is using him to cheat on her husband and has no intention of going back to Iyami to make their love permanent.
2. **"Mr. Iyami: Tomorrow Morning"** (ミスターイヤミ氏　あしたの朝, Big Comic, January 10, 1971): Iyami works as a cop.

## Reprints

* Akebono: The first story was included with other assorted late 1960s and early 1970s stories in the "Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works" volume of "Thriller Professor and Mean Professor". The second was recorded as extra content in the "Inspector Oni" Akebono reprint. A "Mr. Iyami" bunko was later released through this same company in 1976.
* Shogakukan: The "Thriller Professor and Mean Professor" and "Inspector Oni" volumes are digitized for the 2002 "Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works" DVD-ROM collection, and contain their respective extra Iyami stories.

There have currently been no reprints of these titles, or an eBook collection with them.
Osomatsu-kun Ondo (1965)

The original **Osomatsu-kun Ondo** (おそ松くん音頭) is a brief insert song used on the first Asahi Sonorama drama album adaptation of the series.

It is sung by Minori Matsushima (Osomatsu), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (Chibita), Keiko Yamamoto, Tomoko Sayama, and Tomono Mitamura (the other sextuplets).

Though the title is identical, it is not to be confused with the later better-known ondo from the 1988 anime adaptation.

## Lyrics

おそ寝 おそ起き

おそうじぎらい ヨイ

たまに はやめに あやまれば

ドンとくる ドンとくる

おこづかい

｢それいうな!｣

チビッと チビッと

プレゼントする ヨイ

たまに ガバチョと おくったら

ドンとくる ドンとくる

トト子ちゃん

｢ケケ それ いうな｣
Today's Leading Role Iyami!!

**Today's Leading Role Iyami!!** (現代の主役　イヤミ!!) was the second derivative work of Osomatsu-kun to center around Iyami.

It ran in Shogakukan's 5th Grade magazine, as a replacement feature for Professor Iyami.

## Overview

The work was a collaboration between the Fujio Pro assistant Mitsutoshi Furuya and fellow manga-ka Tokuo Yokota, and marked another time in which Fujio Akatsuka's name or Fujio Pro weren't credited (as it was solely Furuya and Yokota's creation).

Furuya and Yokota would seem to alternate between the main duties on each chapter, with Furuya's name being credited to the first while Yokota's was visible in the billing for the second.

## Serialization

* 5th Grade (Shogakukan) November 1966 to February 1967

As with Chibita Banzai and *Professor Iyami*, there has yet to ever be a reprint of this work due to it technically not being of Akatsuka.

The grade school magazine serializations of -kun (Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 4th Grade) that ran in this same interval have also been skipped out in reprints, even with bearing the "Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro" credits. This may be due to the fact that they had input by Furuya and Kunio Nagatani, when it came to the extra features associated with them.
Teretere-ojisan

**Teretere-ojisan** (テレテレおじさん) was a short-term gag feature by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Shonen Champion.

## Overview

Stories revolving around an easily-embarrassed ("teretere") middle-aged man, who can show incredible destructive strength when he's at his most overwhelmed.

## Serialization

* Shonen Champion: August 10, 1969 and August 27, 1969 issues

The second chapter was illustrated by Kunio Nagatani and is not included in reprints, perhaps due to having more of his hand in the feature.

## Reprints

* Shogakukan: The first chapter appears as part of the "1960s" volume in the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM collection, and is also in the print-on-demand release through ComicPark
A Fish in Love

"A Fish in Love" (恋するオサカナ *Koisuru o sakana*) is a song sung by Naoko Matsui, as her character of Totoko, in the 1988 anime adaptation of Osomatsu-kun. It can be heard as a brief insert in episodes 41, 69, and the New Years Eve Momotaro special.

It is notable for having a fuller version that plays in the background of episode 69, although the full song and the entirety of its lyrics have yet to ever be released by Pierrot and Columbia.

It is retitled "Una Mujer Enamorada" ("A Woman in Love") in the Spanish dub, and the references to fish removed as Totoko had been renamed to "Tetoko" and thus lost out on the fish theme of her name.

## Lyrics

The lyrics in its first appearances are slightly different, although this may be justified due to Totoko's stage fright and the fact that she could barely sing the words (as retold in her dream).

It appears that this was also a last-minute swap-out for the originally intended song for the scene, which was still slated to be Seiko Matsuda's "Heaven's Kiss" in the recording script.

### Episode 41 version

* English
* Kana&Kanji
* Romanji

Love me!

Hold me!

A little fish can be having dreams too

And a rockfish can love

But even still, I...

LOVE ME!

HOLD ME!

夢に夢見るお魚、

ソイに恋した

あたしはそれでも

LOVE ME!

HOLD ME!

Yumeniyumemiru o sakana

Soi ni koi shita

Atashi wa sore demo

### Standard version (Special, Episode 69)

* English
* Kana&Kanji
* Romanji

Love me!

Hold me!

A koi fish can find itself falling in love

Dreaming within a dream of oden

I am cutting the fish

LOVE ME!

HOLD ME!

恋に恋するお魚

夢に夢見るおでんと

挿し木魚(?)あなたわ

...

LOVE ME!

HOLD ME!

Koi no koisuru o sakana

Yumeniyumemiru oden to

Sashiki sakana (?) anata wa

...

The rest of the lyrics are buried under Matsuyo's monologue in episode 69 and are barely audible. They were subsequently left untranslated for the Spanish dub, with only the clean instrumental of the song heard.

### "A Woman in Love" (Spanish)

* English
* Spanish

Dreaming!

Dreaming!

I'm still dreaming of you but I'm actually awake

That's something I can't deny

I feel like I've fallen in love with you

Maybe outside a greater power

Sueños

Sueños

Sigo soñando pero estoy despierta

No lo puedo negar

Siento que me he enamorado de tí

Quizás afuera del gran poder

## Appearances

* A White Christmas Among Skyscrapers
* Go For It! Chibita's Oni War
* Rejuvenated by Magic

A watermelon-themed parody of the song is also heard sung by a band in the movie "Greetings from the Watermelon Planet". As with the third and last appearance of the actual song, most of the lyrics are obscured under the characters' dialogue.
Fujio Productions Terms of Use

The Fujio Productions **Terms of Use**, aka "About", is a page on their website Koredeiinoda informing users and fans of Fujio Akatsuka how to appropriately use their website, and how to respect their copyrights where their series and characters are concerned. The company is known to be very stringent about copyright protection, and warns readers that inappropriate use of their copyrights and unauthorized reproductions of their images and manga can result in legal threats or even action taken.

In recent years, their partnership with ABJ has resulted in many more crackdowns on things like scanlations, downloads of their manga, and images circulated without permission. Their guide states some information as to how to stay out of their lawyers' retaliation.

It is to be noted that the governing law Fujio Productions uses is the one of Japan, so although it may seem like overseas fans may feel safe in copying content, they can still be penalized and subject to legal threat and DMCA takedowns in any way that the company deems necessary to punish.

For the sake of this wiki and in complying with FANDOM's own terms, the below articles from their Terms of Use are related below in reminding editors to not upload certain copyrighted material exclusive to the Koredeiinoda and Fujio Pro websites.

## Article 4: Intellectual Property Rights (Copyrights and Trademarks)

*The copyrights and other rights related to information posted on this site belong to Fujio Productions, or people who licensed the usage to Fujio Productions. The user shall not copy, process, distribute, publicly transmit, etc. all or part of this downloaded data without the permission of Fujio Productions, beyond the scope permitted by law such as copying for private use.*

Since this wiki does not fall under "private use", the vector character images created for Koredeiinoda and Fujio Pro cannot be duplicated and other visual materials exclusive to their websites are also not allowed to be published by other users.

## Article 8: Links

Fujio Productions allows people to link to their website, but reminds such users to refrain from copying or using their contents such as articles and illustrations, without their permission. If found out, legal action may be taken. Fujio Pro may also refuse the affiliation depending on the content of the websites wishing to link to them, particularly if the website is found to be in violation of public order and morale.

## Article 9: Violation of the Terms of Use

The punishments for violating Fujio Productions' terms of use can include legal actions such as claiming damages from the offending user, or suspending their use and access of their websites. They also note that if a user posts information that violates their policies, Fujio Productions may delete that information without the consent of the user.
Zurucho Has Come

**Zurucho Has Come** (やってきたズル長  *Yattekita Zurucho*) is a short-term gag feature by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Shonen Jump.

## Overview

A young boy living in poverty makes his way out to the big city of Tokyo, but winds up starting or getting into bizarre situations with some of the equally-eccentric people that he encounters. However, this chaos always comes from him being a bystander and not the most active participant, though he can reap the rewards of such.

The story is based on that of the film *Yojimbo*, but also mines from the tales of Jirocho of Shimizu (Chogoro Yamamoto) for its protagonist's name inspiration.

## Characters

### Zurucho of Shimizu

A student, known for his characteristic way of not quite using the sleeves on his jacket and tending to walk with one arm or both tucked inside (with one hand held up to his chin). He winds up triggering a conflict between a member of the Rabbit Gang (who sells rabbits) and a member of the Turtle Gang (selling turtles), leading to a clash between their bosses as well. He is a sly and mischievous sort, making sure that he can get a good outcome for himself through whatever deal he goes through, and is tough in a fight.

In the second story, Zurucho's appearance is tweaked a little so that his clothes are shabbier and more appropriate of his lifestyle. He is also shown to use both of his hands more. He is strong enough to strip the skins off a cat and dog in a comical fashion, leading to them being abstract (but not quite skeletal) figures that he attempts to switch the skins of when putting them back on. Later on, a husband and wife attempt to wear those animals' skins for revenge on him, but wind up with their own skins forced off their bodies and inflated by Zurucho to carry him out of Tokyo.

It is implied that Zurucho is a descendant of Jirocho of Shimizu.

## Serialization

* Shonen Jump: Issues #8 and #10 for 1969

## Reprints

* Akebono: Both chapters appear as extra content in "We are 8 Pro"
* Shogakukan: "We are 8 Pro" was digitized for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set. There also exists a print-on-demand version of this book through ComicPark.
* eBookJapan: Reprinted as part of "Zurucho Has Come and Funny Akatsuka Gags" eBook volume, containing the other Shonen Jump gag features of Oh! Geba Geba, Geba Geba Brothers, and Dr. Geba Geba
Wanpei and Mo-chan

**Wanpei and Mo-chan** (ワンペイモウちゃん) is a gag newspaper strip by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, which ran in the Communist newspaper Red Flag Sunday.

## Overview

This is the third of a sort of "Red Flag Sunday" trilogy of strip features, succeeding the *Wanpei* comic. In these comic strips, Wanpei befriends the cow Mo-chan, and the two get into various antics among the rest of the Star System.

Hatabo appears in the first strip with Wanpei, but soon falls to the wayside as the new setting takes over. As with the previous comic, all dialogue is handwritten.

## Characters

Besides the two leads, many human and animal characters from the Star System show up in guest spots.

### Wanpei

The walking, talking dog of the previous series. He is fiery and the more emotional of the two, but is also the one to try to come up with ideas for what to do.

### Mo-chan

A talking cow who walks on two legs, and will utter a "Mo~" at the end of his sentences. He may seem dull and simple, but can be strong in a fight when he puts his all in.

## Serialization

* Red Flag Sunday: December 31, 1972 to December 16,1973 for 51 strips.

## Reprints

* Akebono: All strips were collected into the "Wanpei and Mo-chan" Akebono Bunko release.
* Shogakukan: The Akebono Bunko release was digitized for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set, while a print-on-demand version is available via ComicPark.
You're a Shinobi, Sasuke-kun

Sasuke, in the frontispiece to the second chapter.

**You're a Shinobi, Sasuke-kun** (しのびの者だよ　サースケくん) was a double-shot manga by Fujio Akatsuka that ran in the August and September 1963 issues of Bokura.

## Overview

After being punished and thrown outside by his mother, the young boy Sasuke learns how to become a shinobi from a trickster old man and soon gets into chaotic antics with his abilities and attitude.

## Characters

### Sasuke

A naughty boy somewhat resembling The Sextuplets from Osomatsu-kun, yet bearing a few differences in his design as well. These include freckles and a sharp nose like Jinta of the series Circus Jinta, and a curled ahoge like the first design of Kankichi.

He cannot stand to be overpowered or fooled, but as he is still only a child, he may wind up vulnerable to trouble that he tries to outrun.

### Mother

Seen in the first chapter. She appears to be sleeping, but instantly bolts up to intercept Sasuke's attempt to take fruit from the refrigerator. She is rather strong, as evidenced by her managing to fling her son outside to the point he hits a high tree.

### "The Ninja Man"

A jester hat-haired man that Sasuke discovers having disguised himself as a rock. He is Sasuke's trickster mentor and nemesis for the first chapter, and will be re-used inSongo-kun and further comics, mostly known under the name of Dr. Weird.

## Serialization

1. (August 1963)- *Unreprinted*. Sasuke learns the tricks of the shinobi.
2. (September 1963)- Sasuke faces off against a pair of shady movie theater owners.

## Reprints

* Bunka Shobo: The second chapter was reprinted as extra content in "Do it, Kantaro!".
* Shogakukan: The "Do it, Kantaro!" kashihon with the chapter of this feature was digitized for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set.

Both chapters still have yet to be represented in a modern reprint by a publisher.
Osomatsu-kun (1965 song)

**Osomatsu-kun** (おそ松くん) is the opening theme to the first 1965 drama album adaptation of the manga series. It was written by Fujio Akatsuka and performed by the band Vocal Shop.

Although it has the same melody and concept as the opening theme for the second album, there are a few lyrical differences.

## Lyrics

あふれるファイト 6人チーム

キビシイことでも ヘッチャラだい

6人でわけあえば 6分の1

強い敵ならダウンしろ

6人でガンバレば 6倍になる

6人組めば強くなる

強くなる 強くなる

ケントウ ケンカ まとめてこい

(シェー ミーが アノ アナウンサーやるざんすよ)

(ホェ､ホェ ほんとだスか)

(フフフフ たよりにしてるわよ)

(オーケー ぼくらにまかしとけ)

あふれるファイト 全員チーム

こまったことなら まかしとけ

全員でガンバレば (ケッボクも入る)

うるさくなるぞ 入れてやんないよ
Gakitopia

**Gakitopia** (ガキトピア) is a gag one-shot by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1975.

## Overview

The author Ahoo Bakatsuka (who will be re-used in Ujabaland) winds up traveling out to a mysterious city on the other end of the desert, but it winds up being a most corrupt and unsettling place filled with a startling population of enemies: Children.

## Characters

There is minor presence of the Akatsuka Star System in this title, with Taro (of Waru Waru World) andNoragaki spotted among the city's residents.

### Ahoo Bakatsuka

Our protagonist, who along with two other men is imprisoned in Gakitopia and is subjected to the unnerving culture that goes on in the city. He is stunned to find out that there are no true adults there, as the children all disguise themselves and play the roles.

In the end, upon his return home and feeling he can be safe, Bakatsuka is punished by his editor who opts to burn him alive.

### Police Officer

An intimidating man who arrests Bakatsuka after he is framed for a kidnapping. It is later revealed that this man is actually still a young boy wearing a fake mustache, as well as those he works with.

### The Other Captives

Two men that Bakatsuka meets in the prison cell, one being a doctor that attempts to treat a Gakitopia executive's apparent sickness only to be fooled.

### Company President

A young boy who leads the terror against the three men towards the climax of the story, only referred to as such by his fellow friends.

## Reprints

There is no reprint of the title to date, leaving anyone interested to have to track down used copies through stores or the National Diet Library.
SOS Enchakamaru

**SOS Enchakamaru** (ＳＯＳエンチャカ丸 ) is a 1969 gag manga by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Shogakukan's Elementary School 4th Grade magazine.

## Overview

Two young tanuki boys named Kin-chan and Pon-chan take a ride on the eponymous ship, with the quest to find treasure on a mysterious island. Along the way, they get entangled into various chaotic happenings and are accompanied in these by the lion man Captain Dion and the rest of the Enchakamaru's anthropomorphic animal crew.

Initially, keeping true to the "Manga Novel" part of its billing, *SOS Enchakamaru* was not done as a traditional gag manga for its first two chapters but as light novel-type installments with a picture story feeling. For the third through final chapters, however, this format was abandoned as it fell more in line with other manga put out by Fujio Pro.

Before this series, the picture story format had only previously been utilized for two unreprinted Boys' Life chapters of Osomatsu-kun, which had been handled by Kunio Nagatani. Akatsuka himself had only been responsible for the art of the first *Enchakamaru* chapter, entrusting it to Nagatani and other assistants after that point. There are theories that as with The Numbness of Scatan and No-Good Father, Akatsuka may have only come up with the initial concept and writing but left it to another to fully develop, or that he was busy and left any detailed work (which he would have been too occupied with other serializations for) to his assistants.

The final chapter of the serialization ends in the Enchakamaru returning to port and being glimpsed by the cast of Extraordinary Ataro, as a "baton pass" indication that a parallel run of that series would start in the next issue (October 1969), making way for *Ataro* to get more tie-ins to advertise its then-recent anime adaptation.

As the work is one of many by Akatsuka that was left uncollected in reprints and was even skipped out in the 2002 DVD-ROM set, there is wondering and doubt if it may ever come to be unearthed without edits; Most egregiously, the cannibals of Gum Island (lead by their King Harris) are drawn to be in stereotypical blackface designs.

## Characters

In addition to this cast, one of the sailors of the Enchakamaru can be seen to be inspired by the design of Kemunpas from *Ataro*, bearing a large caterpillar face similar to his.

### Kin-chan

Our protagonist, a cheerful and adventure-seeking tanuki boy always seen in his plaid overall shorts and cap.

### Pon-chan

Kin-chan's friend, who is differentiated from him by sporting black hair instead of a shaved crew-cut.

### Captain Dion

A lion man always in his captain uniform. He serves as a mentor figure to the two boys.

### Nikuton

The pig chef of the ship, whose punny name comes from the words for "meat" and "pig".

### Don Don

A strange man with a wide, frog-esque face.

### King Harris

The king of the cannibal race on Gum Island. His name and that of his island derive from a popular brand of gum in Japan, Harris Gum.

## External Links

* "SOS Enchakamaru" write-up at the Fujio Akatsuka Preservation Society (Japanese)