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Tunnel Team

Frontispiece to chapter 2, as seen in the DVD-ROM.

**Tunnel Team** (トンネルチーム) is a sports-themed gag manga by Fujio Akatsuka, which ran for a brief period in Kodansha's Fun 4th Grader magazine from April to September 1960.

## Overview

The series starts out as a seemingly ordinary baseball gag-a-month feature, with a neighborhood baseball team lead by a young grade school boy named Gorosuke and a wise, sly hobo known as Gomi-ojisan. Together the two will lead their large team against other rival baseball matches in the neighborhood.

However, this short-lived series takes a change in story within the last three chapters, as somewhat of a precursor to later Akatsuka features that would wind up with such swerves in direction: Gorosuke is targeted by a car theft group, and his father has him promise to "study without playing baseball".

## Characters

### Gorosuke

AKA: "Goro-chan".

The protagonist of this series, a bespectacled young boy who takes the leader role of the team while relying on his coach.

### Gomi-ojisan

"Rubbish Uncle", "Old Rubbish Man".

A shabby old bum with a tinge of Iyami to him. He appeared in Ohana-chan around this time as an example of Akatsuka's Star System in action, and he or variants of his design would also crop up in other early-mid 1960s works as a generic hobo design.

## Serialization

In all, there should be six chapters of the series, only one of which has ever seen some form of reprint.

1. **"Spring=Camp"** (スプリング＝キャンプのまき, April 1960)- *unreprinted*
2. **"Baseball over Fights"** (けんかより野球のまき, May 1960)- The Tunnel Team competes against the Yamanote Team.
3. **"Let's Make Friends with Everyone"** (みんななかよくのまき, June 1960)- *unreprinted*
4. **"Gorosuke's Adventure" Part 1** (ゴロ助のぼうけん その１, July 1960)- *unreprinted*
5. **"Gorosuke's Adventure" Part 2** (ゴロ助のぼうけん　その２, August 1960)- *unreprinted*
6. **"Gorosuke's Adventure" Part 3** (ゴロ助のぼうけん　その３, September 1960)- *unreprinted*

## Reprints

* Shogakukan: The second chapter is reprinted as part of the "1960s" volume in the "Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works" DVD-ROM collection.
* ComicPark: The "1960s" DVD-ROM book was split into two volumes for their print-on-demand version of the collection, where the same chapter can be found.

## External Links

* "Tunnel Team" write-up at the Akatsuka Preservation Society (Japanese)
Woodpecker Kanta

Frontispiece to the final chapter, the only one represented in reprints.

**Woodpecker Kanta** (キツツキ貫太 *Kitsutsuki Kanta*) was a short-lived gag manga by Fujio Akatsuka that ran in Weekly Shonen Magazine in 1961.

## Overview

The series revolves around the protagonist Kanta Kizuki, a troublesome and thrill-craving young boy. Each story revolved around Kanta making use of unusual happenings in his house and town, be it a ghost or something else, only for slapstick and stranger punchlines to ensue. The title initially came from the usage of Kanta's "Woodpecker Technique" attack, but it quickly dissolved into random gag scenarios.

However, between its low page count and lack of popularity, the feature was all too short-lived.

## Characters

### Kanta Kizuki

(木月貫太)

Our hero. He is heavily into reading manga and goofing off, to the chagrin of his parents. When in a pinch, he can find himself aided by a ghost, a super-hard head of a classmate, or something else unexpected to get his way against his parents or others in town.

His face would seem to be the inspiration for the eventual and finalized look of Chibita in Osomatsu-kun, in combining elements from the designs of Nama-chan and Kantaro.

### Bu-Ji

(ブー次)

Kanta's pet pig.

## Serialization

The feature ran for 12 chapters in the magazine, from issue #23 to #34.

Unfortunately, only the final chapter has ever been reprinted courtesy of the Akebono collection for *We are 8 Pro* and the rest of the series has not been seen since its original publication.
Tsumannaiko-chan

eBook cover featuring the early designs of Tsumannaiko and Bu-Wani.

**Tsumannaiko-chan** (つまんない子ちゃん, lit. "Bored Little Girl" ) is a shojo and gag work by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Princess magazine.

## Overview

Tsumannaiko-chan is a little girl who gets bored easily, complaining "I'm bored!" ("Tsumanai~!"), thus it is up to her to find interesting situations to get up to along with her pet crocodile Bu-Wani.

As with characters likeJajako-chan, if Tsumannaiko finds herself wronged or things not to be fun enough, she'll do what she can to fool others. The set-up of the series could also be comparable to Hippie-chan in featuring a young girl and her pet as stars, however, as things develop it is more accurate to consider Tsumannaiko and Bu-Wani to be on equal footing as protagonists.

## Characters

There is some minor presence of the Star System, such as the Police Officer with the Connected Eyes showing up, Nyarome and Beshi being depicted as characters in a film, and multiple characters present in a crowd scene.

### Tsumannaiko-chan

Starting out her adventures with a complaint of "I'm bored!", she is actually quite playful and mischievous. She is charmed by the sight of cute boys, but repulsed by more hideous little boys that pursue her as she would to the cute ones.

Together with Bu-Wani, the two can make an unstoppable duo against any folks they'd wish to prank. As the series goes on, she gains a hair ribbon in her design.

### Bu-Wani

Tsumannaiko's small pet crocodile, known for his grunts of "Bu Bu!", though he is also capable of more coherent speech. One of his eyes is shaped like a triangle, while the other is shaped like a star, though later art depicts them more normalized and round.

He can easily suck up objects into his large mouth (or outright eat them) when commanded to by his owner, but will also spit them out if commanded. His nostrils are also a very powerful tool to use for some tricks.

In the final chapter of the series, he is taken advantage of by a young boy and his family members, who all want pieces of his skin or body parts for their various needs. He is left wandering on crutches and peg-legs, mutilated while the family that received his gifts rejoice.

### Mother

Tsumannaiko's mother, who can get frustrated at her daughter's ways.

## Reprints

* Akita Shoten: 3 chapters were put in the Princess Comics tankobon of "Naughty Angel".
* Shogakukan: "Naughty Angel" and the extra content were digitized as their own volume for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM release, but a separate volume of "Tsumannaiko-chan" (consisting of the other 13 chapters) was also put into the set. Both of these are also available as print-on-demand through ComicPark.
* eBookJapan: 1 volume
Tsutomu Adachi

Adachi, from the 1995 Akatsuka documentary.

**Tsutomu Adachi** (あだち勉, August 1, 1947- June 18, 2004) was a Japanese manga-ka and the older brother of Mitsuru Adachi, who would become the more famous of the two in the manga industry.

He was associated with Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro through the early to mid-1970s, being a chief drawing assistant for the time.

## Life and Career

Adachi's love for creating manga started in his teens, when he began posting works in the reader contribution sections of kashihon magazines. After graduation, he moved to Tokyo in hopes of being a designer at an advertising company but resumed his dream to be a manga professional. He had also encouraged his brother to get into the industry, against their parents' opposition.

Once his series of Tamagawa-kun became serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday, he was invited to be an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka and became one of his "Four Kings". Adachi would remain with the company for a few years, but ultimately decided to part ways in order to be his younger brother's manager. Akatsuka was shocked by this, as he had gotten along well with Adachi and his sense of gag humor, and had hoped for Adachi to reconsider. Adachi himself had also doubted if he could make it on his own due to Akatsuka being a higher-quality artist, but ultimately felt he had made the correct decision in going independent once more. However, Adachi would still return for occasional Fujio Pro projects when he was needed, such as a Mahjong learning book in the Nyarome educational series due to his strong skill at the game.

Aside from being a manager for his brother, Adachi would also run a bookstore. He would ultimately serve as the chief assistant of The Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion in 1996, as well as assisting on a few more Fujio Pro works towards what would turn out to be the end of Akatsuka's career.

Sadly, Adachi's health would decline in 2003, with him winding up being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Despite Adachi wanting to continue with his favorite hobbies and attempting to undergo treatment with immunotherapy drugs, he would pass away June 18, 2004 at the age of 56. He was survived by his younger brother Mitsuru, who would recall having seen him as a wise older sibling but also referring to him as "Stupid Older Brother" (Baka an-chan). The brothers' bond was something that Mitsuru himself would allude to in the sibling relationships in some of his works, such as that of the twin brothers in *Touch*.

## List of Works

* **Tamagawa-kun**
* **My Brother San-chan**
* **The True Story of Mitsuru Adachi**

### Collaborations with Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro:

* **The Genius Bakabon**- Art assistant for the early-mid 1970s
* **Nyarome's Fun Introduction to Mahjong**- Story and art
* **The Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion**- Art for some portions of the story
* **Nobody Knows a Great Person**- Art assistance. *Unpublished*
* **Liquor Hermit Dayoon-** Art assistance
Harper Hearts

Maia Mitchell, who portrays Harper. (Harper actually has black hair and blue eyes, but this is close enough. I also couldn't figure out how to edit it...)

### Other Names

Harp (by Jay), Hearts Girl (by Jafar), Ms. Hearts (by Mr. Deley), Daughter (by Queen of Hearts)

### Friends

Mal, Evie, Jay, Carlos, Spencer, Lonnie, Doug, Ben, Ally, Ace (brother), Quinn (sister)

### Enemies

Harry Hook, Uma, Gil, Uma's crew, Harriet, most of Harriet's crew, CJ, Chad, Audrey, Alexis

### Love Interests

Jay (boyfriend, husband [epilogue], one true love), Spencer (dated, broken up), Harry (briefly, one sided crush on his side)

### Family

Queen of Hearts (mother), unnamed father, Ace Hearts (older brother), Quinn Rose Hearts (little sister, deceased), Jack (son [epilogue]), Quinn (daughter [epilogue])

### Appearance

Black hair Red hair (briefly)Blue eyes (normally)Red eyes (when using magic)Pale skinPretty

### Status

Alive

Harper Elizabeth Hearts is one of the three children of the Queen of Hearts and is the main protagonist of Off With Her Head (by me, ThatMeepViolet). Harper has one older brother, Ace Hearts, and a younger sister, Quinn. Harper had a very tough childhood, even for an Isle kid, as her mother neglected her and her siblings, and her little sister died and Harper blamed herself.

### Friends

Jay- Harper and Jay were extremely close on the Isle, and that continued when they got to Auradon. Jay constantly flirted with Harper, and eventually asked her out.

Carlos- Harper and Carlos were almost as close as her and Jay, as Harper trusted Carlos with a lot of things that she wouldn't have told anyone else. Carlos was much like a little brother to Harper and Harper would've done anything to protect him.

Mal- Harper and Mal were allies on the Isle, and they did become actual friends later on, but for a while they were mostly just two girls who happened to be in the same gang. However, Mal did seem to care about Harper as a sister, although she would never admit it.

Evie- Harper and Evie were good friends even before Auradon. Harper liked Evie's company because she was so sweet and bubbly, even on a place like the Isle. However, Harper was far from thrilled about Evie meddling in her love life, especially when Evie tried to get Jay and Harper together.

Spencer- Harper and Spencer became close friends at the beginning of the story, with Spencer having a crush on her. They dated briefly, but later broke up. However, they decided to stay friends and remained that way for years.
List of chapters in Bukkare*Dan

This listing contains all chapters that were published in the series Bukkare\*Dan.

## Chapters

1. **"Mr. Gesupeta's Big Shock"** (ゲスペタ先生大ショック, #32)- Introductions to Dan, Ai, and Mr. Gesupeta. Originally serialized in a 2-color process, but the chapter in reprints is a traced monochromatic copy.
2. **"The Aim to Expose Two Secrets"** (ふたりのひみつをあばくでや, #33)
3. **"I Hired Two Spies"** (スパイを二人つけたのだでや, #34)
4. **"Ai-chan's Intense Jealousy"** (アイちゃんのモーしツヤキモチ, #35)
5. **"Ai-chan is Glamorous"** (アイちゃんはグラマーだでや, #36)- Originally serialized in color.
6. (モテモテアイちゃんけいペっ泞,,#37)
7. (今日ものこされダン, #39)
8. (ふたりにピンチがやってきた, #40)
9. (ダンはころされるっ！, #41)
10. **"Ai-chan is Gone"** (アイちゃんは行ってしまった, #42)
11. (ダンはひてしほっち, #43)
12. (おりゃアイちゃん救出隊長, #44)
13. **"Ai-chan is in Danger"** (アイちゃんに危機せまる, #45)
14. **"Dan's Hurry to Rescue Ai-chan"** (ダンはアイちゃんを救出に急げや急げ!!, #46)
15. **"Ai-chan Has Returned..."** (アイちゃんがもどっけど......, #47)
16. (ゲスペタッ!!赤ちゃんだってっ!!, #48)
17. (新人ピン太登場, #49)
18. (ダンはおもしろくないっ!, #50)
19. **"Pinta's Dice Life"** (ピン太のサイコロ人生, #51)- Originally serialized in color.
20. **"Mr. Gesupeta's Happiness"** (ゲスペタ先生シャーワセだっち, #52)
21. **"Mr. Gesupeta's Guest"** (ゲスペタ先生のお客さん, #1)- Introduction of Fly Man, a new member to the side cast that Akatsuka had hoped would be a contender for the dysfunctional characters of Nagai and other rival authors.
22. **"Fly Man's Year-End Party"** (ハエ男の忘年会, #2)
23. (ドロちゃん親父とポリ息子, #3)
24. **"The Flies of Fly Man"** (ハエ男のハエまわし, #4-5)
25. (ピン太のおひかえなすって, #6)
26. **"Pinta's Fight Coach"** (ピン太のケンカコーチ, #7)
27. (ケンカは禁止されました, #8)
28. **"Pinta's Final Battle"** (ピン太最後の決戦, #9)- Pinta leaves the title, abandoning Dan and Ai to go off to the mountains.
29. **"Gesupeta's Mynah Bird"** (ゲスペタ九官鳥, #10)
30. **"Mr. Gesupeta's Mother"** (ゲスぺタ先生の母上様, #11)- Final chapter of the serial.

## Extra Edition

1. **"Bukkare Dan + No Good Father, part 1"** (ぷツかれダン+ダメおやじ 1)- The first part of the crossover with *No-Good Father*, reprinted in Akebono's *No Good Father* volume 3 .
2. **"Bukkare Dan + No Good Father, part 2"** (ぷツかれダン+ダメおやじ 2)- Follow-up chapter of the crossover, reprinted in volume 3 of Akebono's *Bukkare\*Dan* tankobon release as well as the DVD-ROM edition.
Hemon Hook

## Personal Information

### Allies

Skylar, The Shadow Crew members, Mal, Evie Jay Carlos De Vil, Ben, Audrey, Jane, Lonnie, Fairy Godmother, Belle, Beast

### Family

Captain Hook (father)Harriet Hook, CJ Hook, Ashley Hook, Sally Hook, Holy Hook, Hilary Hook (sisters)

Harry Hook, Danny Hook, David Hook, Justin Hook (brothers)

**Hemon Hook** is the son of Captain Hook, and the brother of Harriet Hook, CJ Hook, Ashley Hook, Sally Hook, Holly Hook, Hilary Hook, Harry Hook, Danny Hook, David Hook and Justin Hook. He is also part of The Shadow Crew.
We are 8 Pro

**We are 8 Pro** ( われら8プロ *Warera 8 (Pa) Puro*) is a double-shot gag manga by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, originally credited to Akatsuka and ***Furuya Pro*** (Mitsutoshi Furuya) in its magazine serialization.

## Overview

A radical, wacky manga that details the behind-the-scenes of the manga production that goes on at the office of 8 Pro. Various styles of manga are parodied and dismantled, ranging from the concept of gag manga itself to shojo and more hardcore, older audience-oriented series. Through this, Akatsuka and his assistants responsible for the feature tackle various art shifts to successfully convey each different parody.

8 Pro themselves are meant to be a self-deprecating play on those at Fujio Pro and others they knew that shared their same office space; **Bakatani**, the protagonist, is one of many stand-ins for Fujio Akatsuka in his career (even though his surname would be more of a shout-out to Kunio Nagatani).

## Characters

### Bakatani, aka "Dai-sensei"

A wide-faced, demanding manga creator who pushes his staff to come up with new ideas for the company. However, they can be just as harsh back to him.

In chapter 2, he goes to challenge his rival Funiako Funio, but is quickly and brutally defeated by being thrown out of the other man's skyscraper and left a literally broken and jumbled mess, only re-assembled in a haphazard way by his editor. He is left running away and screaming in a garbled voice.

### Bakatani's assistants

Three men shown to collect ideas for Bakatani, with each visiting a different department for inspiration (shojo, comedy, and gekiga).

### Comedy Artist

A man who can draw silly gags with using only his feet and calligraphy pens.

### Geki-ga Artist

A strong-faced man who specializes in drawing hard-boiled, edgy manga.

### Editor

Bakatani's overbearing editor, who punishes him with physical force.

### Funiako Funio

A rival of Bakatani in chapter 2, famous for publishing manga with Monkey Punch, Shinji Nagashima, and Mitsuyoshi Sonoda-style touches. He operates out of a 103-story, much fancier skyscraper and is a strong, physically fit man who can take on Bakatani successfully in a fight. It is he that is triumphant for assembling a manga in time for his editor, leaving Bakatani falling behind.

## Serialization

* Weekly Shonen King: #43 and #44 for 1968. While Furuya assisted on the art for the first chapter, the art on the second chapter is his but based from Akatsuka's roughs (similar to that of Dekunobo of the Wilderness).

Elements of this series would later be remixed for a chapter of Occhan, featuring Occhan in the place of Bakatani and encountering his assistants and the other manga-ka of different departments.

## Reprints

* Akebono: 1 volume in the "Complete Works" collection. Contains various other short manga by Akatsuka as extra content; 1 chapter of Giant Mama (specifically chapter 2), the Dayon oji-san trilogy, Deka and Chibi, three chapters of Circus Jinta, the final chapter of Woodpecker Kanta, the pilot to The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi, and both chapters of Zurucho Has Come.
We Are No-Good High

Frontispiece with the three leads, from right to left: Bokenasu, Bakanasu, and Ahonasu.

### Original Run

April to June 1974

**We Are No-Good High** (おいらダメ高) is a gag work by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in High School 2nd Year Course through 1974.

## Overview

This high school-themed manga, with handwritten serifs and a sketchy style, revolves around three rather stupid students: Bokenasu, Bakanasu, and Ahonasu.

These dumb young men get up to misadventures dealing with their lust for women and their own hopeless goals at such, or other situations that may end in failure for the trio.

## Characters

### Bokenasu

An empty-headed, empty-eyed boy who has his mouth constantly hanging open. He will sigh a "Bo-ke!" when otherwise not speaking.

### Bakanasu

A wall-eyed boy with a mouth that is just as askew.

### Ahonasu

A boy with a long, wide mouth that can constantly form into different shapes to express his emotions, and bearing an "X" for a nose.

## Serialization

* High School 2nd Year Course: April to June 1974

## Reprints

* Shogakukan: All chapters of the series were compiled into the "1970s" volume of the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set, as well as its print-on-demand edition on ComicPark.
Waru Waru World

eBook 1 featuring Taro and his father.

**Waru Waru World** (ワルワルワールド) is a gag work by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from 1974 to 1975.

## Overview

This work was designed as a way for Akatsuka and Fujio Pro to go all-out with dark humor and bad acts by its characters, with it taking place in a world where being bad is a very acceptable and good thing. The only reprehensible act that would be a crime would happen to be murder.

The series initially revolves around Taro and his family, and the antics he and others get up to in this world, but eventually the Iyami-esque costumed man known as **Waru Waru Mask** joins the cast.

## Characters

In addition to these people, the Star System can get utilized, most notably with the Police Officer with the Connected Eyes' recurring role.

### Taro

A naughty young boy that happens to be our protagonist. He and his family express their affection for one another by pranks and bad acts, not noticing or caring if crime goes on around them in their house. However, if they do get robbed, they can just have Taro steal someone else's belongings anyway.

He's casually cruel to animals, down to the moment where he kills Waru Waru Mask's beloved bird by giving her a bomb that she imprints on as an egg.

### Taro's Mother

A rough, violent and scheming woman who can join in on her son's terrible ideas or help him out with coming up with one.

### Taro's Father

A terrible salaryman. If his wife and son aren't able to take care of a situation, it can be left up to him to come up with a way to resolve things chaotically.

### Waru Waru Mask

A masked patroller who rides in on his motorcycle to assist citizens, but will wind up spectacularly crashing it due to his own incompetence or wind up in another embarrassing situation (like having diarrhea). Unlike Iyami, this man is revealed to be entirely bald when his cowl is removed.

He has a soft side for pets like his bird, and is devastated at her death. When it comes to luck with the ladies, he hits it off better than any of the Police Officer with the Connected Eyes' attempts.

## Serialization

* Weekly Shonen Champion #41-43, 47-13 for 1974-1975, #20-37 for 1975

## Reprints

* Akita Shoten: 2 volumes in "Champion Comics" imprint
* Shogakukan: The Champion Comics volumes were digitized for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set, along with the print-on-demand version via ComicPark
* eBookJapan: 2 volumes

The last 10 chapters of the series have never seen reprint, and the eBookJapan edition did not restore them.

## External Links

* "Waru Waru World" write-up at the Akatsuka Preservation Society (Japanese)
Yotsuya "H"

Cover to eBook.

**Yotsuya "H"** ( 四谷「H」 ) is a gag manga by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, running in Just Comic through 1982.

## Overview

Loosely based upon the adventures of Akatsuka's assistant Mitsunori Shiya and the actual snack pub "H" in Yotsuya, this manga revolves around Shiya getting into embarrassing and chaotic situations at the establishment whenever Akatsuka sends him on a mission to research the place for a new manga.

The series contains appearances by celebrities that Akatsuka had known through this time, who happened to frequent H. It was the successor to Piyo the 13th, however, no new title would take its place after. Some chapters would also feature cameos from Cameraman of the short-lived A Cameraman is Rough!!, with his series even being referenced by "Mama" Miko.

## Characters

### Shiya-san

A tall, scrawny young man with a bad smoking and drinking habit. He is tasked with taking photos and research on H, but winds up succumbing to his vices or getting wrapped up in other chaos that goes on at the bar.

### Bar Mama (Miko)

A middle-aged woman with long curly hair and a simple face. She is one of the two main women of the series, co-running H with her assistant Nami. She and Nami take amusement or disgust in the antics that go on with Shiya.

Her unique design and her name come from that of the real-life White bar Mama, Mieko Miyazaki who was known as "Miko Mama".

### Nami

A plain, plump-faced woman with long, braided hair.  She is the other attendant at H.

### Fujio Akatsuka

The manga-ka himself, who pushes Shiya around.

## Reprints

The series was first reprinted, via copies of magazine pages, for the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set in 2002. This version would also later be used for the source of an eBookJapan digitization.
What is this Mama?

Frontispiece featuring Ichirota and Tamiko.

**What is this Mama?** (なんじゃらママ) is a short-term gag work by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Shonen Challenge through 1980.

## Overview

Ichirota has lived a seemingly normal ten years with only his Mama, but one day his friend discovers there's a huge secret to her, and eventually Ichirota will as well...

In a sense, this work can be seen as a shorter-lived reversal of Mom NO.1, where instead of a single mother whose son knows the whole story, there is a single father whose son has been left unaware of the situation for his whole life.

## Characters

### Ichirota

The protagonist. Though his mother does everything possible to prevent him from knowing the secret and asking any questions, he becomes filled with betrayal after finding out he has no mother and that his father was keeping up the charade all along.

### Tamiko

A tall, lantern-jawed housewife who turns out to actually be Ichirota's father, having opted to crossdress as a woman and take up the role of a mother after his wife's death so his son would still have a mother figure in his life.

After Ichirota demands of him to take back his role of a father, he punishes his son by finally making him learn how to cook and clean, as someone's going to have to do the duties of a mother.

## Serialization

* Shonen Challenge: September to November 1980

## Reprints

All three chapters of the series were reprinted in their own volume as part of the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM collection, marking the first time they'd appeared outside their original magazine. A print-on-demand version was later offered through ComicPark.

Other than this, there is not a current re-release of the title in digital or print format.
Mitsunori Shiya

**Mitsunori Shiya** (椎屋光則, 1954-) is a manga-ka and former assistant of Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, associated with the company from 1973 to around 1985.

## Life and Career

Little is known about Shiya's early years, although he joined at Fujio Pro at 18 after a chance connection and invitation for him to meet Akatsuka and become his assistant. He became part of the new crop of assistants that would get special attention in "King of Gags", when he and the others were left to come up with ideas for an assistant-devised chapter. He would rise through the ranks through the 1970s, becoming the head assistant to ink and complete Akatsuka's artwork for a great deal of titles.

Through his times, Shiya would recall having to deal with the controversy created by Caster, which he had completed the art for, with Akatsuka assuring him that he himself would take responsibility for "breaking the taboos" of magazines. He would later become the star of Akatsuka's Yotsuya "H" as well, immortalizing him as the series' protagonist Shiya-kun and providing a somewhat fictional and sensationalized take on his meetings with his mentor.

After leaving Fujio Pro, Shiya would go independent and later do 4koma about his drinking memories with Akatsuka along with his history at the company. He has participated in some Fujio Pro retrospectives, while keeping his memoir blog up-to-date as possible.

## List of Works

### Assistant Work for Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro

Going by Shiya's time-frame, it must be figured that works from 1973 to 1985 could have had his touch going on to some extent, whether in an initial lighter capacity or to him becoming the main person to complete the artwork. Works are listed where known or speculative.

* Osomatsu-kun- Minor assistant on Shonen King run \*
* Song and Gag Theatre
* King of Gags- Special highlight in the Assistant chapter \*
* Occhan and Occhan Part II- Special highlight in the Assistant chapter in Part II \*
* (The Return of) Osomatsu-kun
* Nyarome's Laboratory \*
* Caster \*
* Piyo the 13th \*
* Yotsuya "H"
* Weekly Special Boy
* Nyarome's Fun Classroom learning book series \*
Aisling Fitzherbert

Aisling Olivia Der Sonne Fitzherbert is the twelve year old daughter of Queen Rapunzel der Sonne and Prince Eugene FItzherbert. She is known for her advance skills in writing and story telling and dreams to one day write a biography on her parent's epic love story. The twelve year old is a lesbian and has a crush on the villain kid Celia Facilier.

> "Call me Aisling"
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**NAME:** Aisling Olivia Der Sonne Fitzherbert

**AGE**: 12 years old

**GENDER:** Female

**SEXUALITY:** Homosexual

**ABILITIES:** Aisling is very talented with her English, German and French, she enjoys writing tales and making up stories.

**HABITS:** She gets annoyed quite often, especially with the castle staff.

**LIKES:** Reading her mother and grandmother's diaries, writing in her own diary, reading books (especially fantasy books) and playing swords with her Auntie Cassie.

**DISLIKES:** People treating her like she is a child, royal titles, being spoken down to and being told what to do.

**FACE CLAIM:** Darby Camp

**PERSONALITY:** Aisling is bossy and sarcastic, she hates being known as the youngest heir and hates being royalty.

**FAMILY**: AIsling has three older siblings (Ruby, Emilia & Flynn) Her parents are Eugene and Rapunzel.

**WEAKNESS**: People treating her like she is a child (well a younger child)

**DESTINY**: To document her parent's and sibling's life in book and other forms of media.

**RANDOM**: I originally wanted to make her have the sundrop but I couldn't find a good reason to why it came back.

## Biographical information

### Alternative names

Ally, Ai, Sunshine, The Youngest Fitzherbert

## Physical description

### Goal

To document her parent's and sibling's life in book and other forms of media.

## Personal information

### Personality

Aisling is bossy and sarcastic, she hates being known as the youngest heir and hates being royalty.

### Family

Queen Rapunzel der Sonne (mother)Eugene Fitzherbert (father)Ruby der Sonne Fitzherbert (older sister)Emilia der Sonne Fitzherbert (older sister)Flynn der Sonne Fitzherbert (older brother)King Frederic der Sonne(maternal grandfather)Queen Arianna der Sonne (maternal grandmother) King Edmund (paternal grandfather)
Yuki's Blue Eyes

Frontispiece featuring Yuki.

**Yuki's Blue Eyes** ( 青い目の由紀 ) is a short-term shojo title by Fujio Akatsuka, serialized in Shojo Club.

## Overview

After making a wish on a shooting star one night, the young girl Yuki decides to venture out to the mountains she saw it land and finds what appears to be a mysterious small doll in the snow. However, it turns out to be no doll, but a blonde-haired, blue-eyed alien which she takes to hiding in her house and attempting to conceal the exist of.

Compared to other shojo works of Akatsuka's around the time, this story has somewhat of a science fiction theme to it with the alien presence going on.

## Characters

### Yuki

(由紀)

A young girl living by the mountains. She names the unusual "Blue Eyes" alien after the snow, dubbing her "Yuki" (though with the name notated in katakana).

While attempting to keep the secret of her "Blue Eyes", Yuki gets into trouble with her father who attempts to throw what he presumes to be a useless doll into the river. She shows herself to be willing to risk her own life for the small creature, even if she becomes sick in the process of trying to retrieve her.

### The Blue Eyes/Yuki

The unusual being that Yuki befriends. She is initially silent, and Yuki notes her gorgeous blue eyes that stand out. The alien then shows some limited communication, repeating the name "Yuki" over and over.

She is able to wear doll clothing and fit into a small box for transportation purposes. In the end, this Yuki disappears when another shooting star appears in the sky and turns out to be her spaceship coming back to retrieve her.

### Ken

Yuki's younger brother. He is essentially the same character/design as Ma-chan from O-chan's Eleven Friends, but is limited to the role of a sensitive, confused and curious little brother who wonders what his sister is hiding.

### Yuki's Mother

A housewife who handles it all while her husband is out. She encourages Yuki to make a wish on a star.

### Yuki's Father

An unreliable drunkard who is unable to afford to pay for his daughter's school trip. He wonders what's come over his daughter in skipping school and what she could be hiding. He is shown to be harsh yet caring in the end though, and makes up with his daughter, allowing her to go on the trip.

## Serialization

* Shojo Club: April to June 1962

For reprints, the chapters are merged to be one seamless story with the lack of any other frontispieces for the second and third parts.

## External Links

* Yuki's Blue Eyes at eBookJapan (contained in the "Kyuhei and Sister" eBook) (Japanese)
Traditional Osomatsu Song

The **Traditional Osomatsu Theme** (正調 おそ松節) is the opening to the 1988 adaptation of Osomatsu-kun. The lyrics tell of the plights of a family, implied to be the Matsunos.

## Castilian version: "Canción tradicional de Cosas de Locos"

Only a TV-size version appears to exist. References to Japan in the song were removed.

Sr. Koneho: A bailar todos con la canción de "Cosas de Locos"! ¡Sheeeh!

Interpreter: ¡Cosas de Locos!

Vuestro padre es solo un triste salariado ♪

Que va al trabajo en un tren abarrotado ♪

Aunque le den un pisotón siempre pide perdón ♪

Son 50 años tragando por tontorrón ♪

Su hogar está en la última parada y más allá ♪

El aire es puro allí, pero está lejos ♪

¿Vuestro padre?

¿Vuestro padre?

Es un matao!

Vuestro papá es sin dudar ♪

Un tío grande!

Pero vuestra hipoteca es ♪

Je, aún más grande!

Pues si vas de honesto te tendrán como un pringao ♪

Ya lo ves así es como es

Ya lo ves así es como es

¡AH....!

¡Cosas de Locos!
我係西瓜刨

**我係西瓜刨** (Wo xi Sai Gwa-pau "I am Sai Gwa-pau") was a Cantonese-dubbed adaptation of the 1988 Osomatsu-kun series by Studio Pierrot.

It aired on Hong Kong's channel ATV (Asia Television) starting October 7, 1990, and was broadcast through reruns up through the late 1990s.

The title refers to Iyami, or "Sai Gwa-pau" as he is renamed in the dubbing (as he bears an overbite like the actor with such a stage name).

## Overview and Localization

*See also: List of foreign dub names for characters of Osomatsu-kun*

Although no visual censorship can be spotted in the recorded footage made available, all character names have been replaced with Cantonese one that stray far from the original meanings in some cases; Osomatsu himself is renamed "Dasong" (Big Pine), with his brothers' names following after their numbers in their mother's role-call order.

The eyecatches for the series were also swapped out with new ones, featuring colored artwork of the sextuplets running against an "I am Sai Gwa-pau" title card.

## Staff

*Actors names listed in Westernized order*

### Dubbing Cast

* The Sextuplets- Unknown
* Sai Gwa-pau (Iyami)- Chee-king Wong
* San Cun-ding (Chibita)- Wen-yan "Winnie" Chow, Jin-yan Lin
* Miaozi (Totoko)- Yuk-kuen Wong
* Songzao (Matsuzo/Sextuplets' Father)- Chung-yu Lu
* Songdai (Matsuyo/Sextuplets' Mother)- Long-bao Tian
* Fei Lao (Dekapan)- Yong-kun Zhou
* Dakou Guai (Dayon)- Xiao-long Ye
* Shi Ban-yu (Hatabo)- Fen-ying Huang ("Coty Wong")
The Popular Family

Frontispiece featuring the cast.

**The Popular Family** (もてもて一家) is a one-shot gag feature by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.

## Overview

The Oomote Family all happen to be extraordinarily popular among different parts of their neighborhood, leading to luck or chaos occurring when they just want to go about their lives.

## Characters

### Taro Oomote

A grade-school boy and the protagonist. Like the rest of his family, he bears heavily-shadowed eyes. Taro happens to be popular and fought over by many girls at school, leading to them stalking after him and beating up any other boy that crosses their path.

Taro, however, doesn't quite like this and tries to avoid the attention at whatever cost while trying to help his brother out with the excessive attention that animals show him. He winds up mobbed by girls once more in the story punchline.

### Jiro Oomote

Taro's younger brother, who is popular with various wild animals liking to swarm about him wherever he goes. In the end, he is swarmed and bothered by more animals that crash the family meal.

### Kazuie Oomote

The father of the family. He and his wife are left at the mercy of a burglar, who was attracted to their house due to their money, but he seems to easily be caught by the Police Officer with the Connected Eyes. Even so, a whole group of burglars crash the house in the end due to the family's popularity.

### Sugi Oomote

The mother, who is popular among store merchants and officials in the neighborhood, being able to easily receive service from them.
Piyo the 13th

Cover featuring Ikkyu, Ichiro, and Piyo.

**Piyo the 13th** (ピヨ13世) is a gag work by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Just Comic.

## Overview

Two poor college students struggling to live at the Onboro Apartments decide to head to the trash dump one day in hopes of finding a new  television. While there, they come across a refrigerator and open it up, releasing a mysterious little Cupid-like cherub by the name of **Piyo the 13th**.

Piyo quickly demonstrates how he can use his magic arrows to cause unusual transformations in people, and the strange living situation of these three characters unfolds from there.

*Just Comic* was the successor to Kobunsha's failed *Popcorn* magazine, with Piyo the 13th being the succeeding work for Caster in turn. After this series wrapped, however, its place was taken by Yotsuya "H".

## Characters

### Ikkyu the 13th

A young man wearing a "13" shirt to tie back to his name. He is startled by Piyo's powers and unwilling to let his own head be used as a test, but has fun directing Piyo to shoot others with arrows to showcase what can be done.

He and Ichiro are both somewhat lewd young men looking to get with a woman, but their attempts will fail.

### Ichiro Yamada

A young man with afro-style hair. He is the one who comes up with the idea to go get a television set from the dump, and the one to have Piyo's arrows first used on him to transform his head into a woman's body.

### Piyo the 13th

A small, naked blond Cupid figure that flies about with his bow and arrows. He enjoys using them on any subjects, and is taken to be a mere angel or baby by those who notice him.

It's later revealed that besides turning peoples' heads into objects, Piyo's arrows can also summon other people to appear atop the person that was hit with an arrow. He also once displays the ability to create multiples of himself. In the last round, Piyo accidentally is struck with one of his own arrows (after it backfires in his attempt to shoot it at a couple) and requires someone to pull it out, and is assisted by the two. He returns to Heaven, bidding them farewell.

## Serialization

* Just Comic: May to December 1981

There are 8 chapters

* 1. **Angel of the Garbage Dump** (ゴミ捨て場の天使)
* 2. **Angel Lending Business** (天使貸出し業)
* 3. **Costume Party** (仮装パーティー)
* 4. **Her True Feelings** (彼女の本心)
* 5. **Sea of Moths** (霥の海)
* 6. **Appearance of a Demon** (悪魔出現)
* 7. **Weak Angel to Person** (パルサンに弱い天使)
* 8. **This is Goodbye** (これでお別れ)

## Reprints

* Shogakukan: Digitized as part of the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set, and put in print-on-demand format for the ComicPark release.
* eBookJapan: 1 volume
What is Mama Doing Now

Frontispiece featuring Chiko and Machao

**What is Mama Doing Now** (ママなにしてるの) is a shojo manga series that ran through Shogakukan's 3rd Grade magazine from July 1961 to March 1962.

## Overview

The series revolves around the young girl named Chiko, who lives an ordinary life with her parents and her younger brother Machao, as well as her run-ins with neighbor Buu-chan. Chiko must figure out solutions to the current problems whether with her mother's help, or by trying to figure it all out on her own.

## Characters

### Chiko

The protagonist of the series, resembling Mami-chan from *Papa and Mami-chan*. Her story and situation often crosses paths with that of her next-door neighbor Bunkichi.

### Machao

Chiko's toddler-aged brother, who can minimally speak and walk but is otherwise still very much an average little child needing assistance.

### Mama

A wise housewife, the titular "Mama" who is in a more minimal presence compared to her daughter.

### Papa

A busy salaryman, resembling a cross between early shojo protagonist fathers and some elements of gag manga fathers like that of The Sextuplets. When his wife is not around, he'll do what he can to help his daughter.

### Bunkichi

AKA: "Buu-chan". The shorter, chubby and foolish neighbor of Chiko who can be a bit of a handful to her as well as his own mom.

## Serialization

1. (July 1961)- *Unreprinted*
2. (August 1961)- *Unreprinted*
3. (September 1961)- *Unreprinted*
4. (October 1961)
5. (November 1961)
6. (December 1961)
7. (January 1962)- *Unreprinted*
8. (January 1962 separate appendix)- *Unreprinted*
9. (February 1962)- *Unreprinted*
10. (March 1962)- *Unreprinted*

## Reprints

Only three chapters of the series have ever made it into reprints, via the "1960s" volume of the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set and the print-on-demand version supplied by ComicPark.

There has yet to ever be a full republishing of the series, be it in print or digital format.
Yoshiko Tsuchida

**Yoshiko Tsuchida** (土田よしこ, February 26, 1948- ) is a Japanese manga-ka, known for combining the genres of shojo and gag in her works. She was briefly associated with Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro in the mid-late 1960s.

## Life and Career

Since childhood, Tsuchida had loved to draw and had dreams of working in animation. While a student at Kichijo Womens' High School, she had arrived at the Ichikawa building in Shinjuku, intending to meet a colleague of Studio Zero on the 4th floor and see about working for the company. However, Tsuchida had accidentally arrived on the 3rd floor and entered Fujio Pro, quickly impressing Kunio Nagatani and being recruited to be among Akatsuka's other assistants at the company.

Tsuchida would depart Fujio Pro before her coming-of-age ceremony in 1968, expressing her wishes to become independent and draw her own manga. Though she wanted to be an ordinary shojo artist, her association with Akatsuka gave her editors high expectations for her to follow a gag style as well, which resulted in her career quickly changing its direction. In the meantime, Tsuchida's younger sister Kazuko would join Fujio Pro in her place and would become popular there among the rest of the staff.

In 1971, Tsuchida's career took off with ***I am Yoshiko*** in Weekly Margaret, along with ***Kimidori, Midoru, Aomidori*** in Ribon. Her most popular work was 1973's ***I am Tsuruhime!***, serialized in Weekly Margaret and eventually adapted into an animated series in 1990.

Tsuchida has been scarce since the late 1990s, having mostly retired but occasionally giving out interviews on her life in manga and time at Fujio Pro.
Weekly Special Boy

Nashitomo on the cover of Weekly Shonen Champion, for the start of the new series.

### Original Run

1983-1984

**Weekly Special Boy** ( 週刊スペシャル小僧 ) is a gag work by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized through 1983 and 1984 in Weekly Shonen Champion.

## Overview

A strange, small boy reporter known as Nashitomo takes readers on an adventure each week as he investigates the current scandalous news and entertainment cases throughout Japan.

As with Caster, Nashitomo was based off the tabloid reporter Masaru Nashimoto. The series itself could be seen as a more kid-friendly successor to both that feature and Gag Guerrilla, lasting much longer than *Caster* had yet still being only a year-long series when compared to the long span that *Gag Guerrilla* had run in its own magazine.

The feature was also notable for being the introduction of Akatsuka's eventual art chief for the later portion of the 1980s, Takayoshi Minematsu, while Mitsunori Shiya was on his way out to be independent.

## Characters

### Nashitomo

A diminutive and unusual young boy with a most detailed face. He wears his hair in a characteristic bowl-cut and has a large mole on his face, as well as bearing a large mouth, and dresses in reporter suits.

He is always on the move for the latest scandal, whether it relates to an idol, baseball, social issues in the country, or even the current condition of Godzilla.

## Serialization

* Weekly Shonen Champion: #44 to 1984 #53

The series ran for a little over a year in the magazine, but did not carry forth to 1985. Instead, TOKIO and Kakeru would be the follow-up feature (though short-lived).

## Reprints

* Japan Literature: 25 chapters of the series were compiled together as **"Fujio Akatsuka's Giants Laughter Report"**, reprinting select cases to do with the Yomiuri Giants, as well as some of the Entertainment Report chapters and Special Topics.

Other than this, there is no current way to be able to read all of *Weekly Special Boy* as of 2020 and on, aside from those who would read the issues at a place such as the National Diet Library or that would be able to find back-issues of the magazine in secondhand stores and auctions.

## External Links

* "Weekly Special Boy" write-up at the Fujio Akatsuka Preservation Society (Japanese)
Thriller Professor

The cover to the "Thriller Professor and Mean Professor" Akebono tankobon.

**Thriller Professor** (スリラー教授 *Surira Kyoju*) is a gag manga by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in January 1966 to March 1966 in "Boys Life". It was followed up by a second run appearing in the April, June, and September 1967 issues.

## Overview

Inspired by black-and-white silent films as well as the comedy of MAD Magazine, the series centers on an unusual, frightening man who goes around scaring and shocking people with whatever pranks he can come up with.

## Reprints

This series has yet to receive an eBook edition, but was previously reprinted via Akebono's "Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works" collection as well as that edition being sourced for Shogakukan's "Complete Works" DVD-ROM set.
Tuttle-kun

Cover to eBook, with Tuttle-kun and Wanko

**Tuttle-kun** (タトル君, also タトルくん) is a gag manga by Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, serialized in Manga-kun for a limited period in 1977.

## Overview

A turtle-like alien from the Tuttle Planet, only known to others by the name "Tuttle" himself, has come to Earth and caused mayhem upon his entrance.

As a mysterious alien, Tuttle has rather curious abilities that can aid him and others in a pinch especially when evading a certain strict dog-man police officer...

## Characters

Very minor Star System presence can also be seen, with Rerere as a different dimension's cop in chapter 3. Otherwise, usually-unnamed guest stars appear in the series as those needing to be aided or punished by Tuttle.

### Tuttle

Our protagonist. He is shown to be able to retreat into his sweater-shell, which acts as a spaceship and holding place for him, and can attack from it when trying to hide and defend himself. If someone else may happen to fall into his shell, they can wind up taken with Tuttle into a whole different dimension.

### Police Officer Wanko

An officer with the very face and paws of a dog, but that nonetheless can perform his duty as much as any other cop could. He often starts or ends his sentences in barking ("wan wan"), and wants to put Tuttle under arrest.

Though he and Tuttle can be at odds, Tuttle does occasionally aid him in helping round up a criminal and even once lets him go inside his shell to do so.

## Serialization

* Manga-kun: Issues 1-10 for 1977

Chapters:

* 1. **Surprised by the Earth** (地球にびっくり)
* 2. **Leave it for Removal** (外しにおまかせ)
* 3. **Tuttle is as Expected** (タトルのおもうつぼ)
* 4. **A** **Sweet Story** (あまいお話)
* 5. **Spring Goodbye** (春よきやがれ)
* 6. **The Opposite of** **Lunch** (あべこべランチ)
* 7. **Follow!!** (こうらまて!!)
* 8. **Thief Quiz** (どろぼうクイズ)
* 9. **Carp Streamer SOS** (こいのぼりSOS)
* 10. **Pig Planet** (ブタの惑星)

## Reprints

* Shogakukan: Digitized as part of the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set, with a print-on-demand edition from ComicPark.
* eBookJapan: 1 volume