Coredeiinoda! Fujio Akatsuka

**Coredeiinoda! Fujio Akatsuka** was a three-piece book boxed set by Shuppan Works, released on January 30, 2019. It is a retrospective of Fujio Akatsuka's career, containing write-ups on many of his works along with rare images and materials.

The title is a pun of "Koredeiinoda"/"This is how things should be", along with the word "core" symbolizing this set covering the core of Akatsuka's work.

## Overview

The set is composed of three parts:

* The **Work List** book, totaling 160 pages. It covers 310 various series and one-shots previously seen reprinted in the Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set by Shogakukan. Interviews with those who knew Akatsuka are also included.
* The **Rarities** book, also 160 pages. This contains various illustrations by Akatsuka that were either used in the production of manga, merchandise, or sketched as commemorative autographs. It also contains sampled chapters of Osomatsu-kun, The Genius Bakabon, Akko-chan's Got a Secret!, Extraordinary Ataro, and Let's La Gon. In addition, there are samples of an unpublished chapter of -kun that was rejected by the editor.
* A "Fujio Pro" stamped envelope containing reprints of the first issues of "Osomatsu-kun News", "Osomatsu-kun Book", "Manga NO.1" (1967 newsletter), the 1970 Happy New Year booklet, and a sticker for the ZENY racing team.

## Work List Book

### 1950-1961

* **Diamond Island** (samples of 2nd draft for pages 5 and 6, 1950)
* **Parcel and Apple** (1955)
* **Beyond the Storm** (1956)
* **A Flash of Light on the Lake** (1956)
* **Garden of the Heart** (1957)
* **White Angel** (1957)
* **The Girl Who Disappeared** (1957)
* **When the Sun Sets in the Wilderness** (1957)
* **A Dove Beyond the Storm** (1957)
* **Obi manga "Mako-chan" and "Yacchan"** (1957)
* **Competition manga "Bread-Eating Competition** (1958)
* **Mama Bargain Sale!** (1958)
* **The Happiness of Yuriko** (1958)
* **A Sunflower and a Girl** (1958)
* **The Stars are Sad** (1958)- U.MIA work
* **Angel in the Dark** (1958)- U.MIA work
* **Nama-chan's Sunday** (1958)
* **Nama-chan** (1958-1962)
* **Matsuge-chan** (1958-1961)
* **Mother's Song** (1958)
* **Sei-chan** (1959-1960)- Asuka Izumi work
* **Sacchan** (1959)- Mistakenly listed as being for 1958; a different work by that title exists and remains unreprinted
* **Marippe-sensei** (1959)- Derivative work from the Kazuo Funahashi TV drama
* **Chimi-chan** (1959)
* **1-Day Mama** (1959)
* **Mimi and Iko-chan** (1959)
* **Papa and Mami-chan** (1960)
* **Ohana-chan** (1960-1962)- The 1959 one-shots are not taken into account due to their lack of reprint
* **Happy-chan** (1960-1961)
* **Do Your Best, Mami-chan** (1960)
* **Oh Ma-chan** (1960-1961)
* **Nonko-chan** (1960)
* **Mama Knows the Whole Story After All** (1960)
* **Tunnel Team** (1960)
* **Tenpei and Sister** (1960)
* **Okazu-chan** (1960-1961)
* **I'll Do It This Year!** (1961)
* **Chabashira** (1961)
* **Instant-kun** (1961)
* **Tamao and the Thief** (1961)
* **The Little Kid Gang** (1961)- Derivative work from Hal Roach's "Our Gang" movies
* **Woodpecker Kanta** (1961)
* **Chankichi-kun** (1961)
* **Damaso-kun** (1961)- Covered under its name for reprints, **"Dama-chan"**
* **What is Mama Doing Now** (1961-1962)
* **Boku Knows Best** (1961-1962)
* **White Kappogi** (1961)- Sequel to "Tenpei and Sister"
* **Sunset Angel** (1961-1962)- Derivative work of Aoi Takagaki's TV drama

### 1962-1966

* **O-chan's Eleven Friends** (1962-1963)
* **Jinx-kun** (1962-1963)
* **Yuki's Blue Eyes** (1962)
* **Gathered in the Living Room** (1962)
* **Mister Kaguya** (1962)
* **I am a...Salaryman** (1962)
* **3cm Boy** (1962)
* **Sudara-ojisan** (1962)- Only covers the plot of the second chapter due to the first one never being reprinted.
* **Osomatsu-kun** (1962-1973)- The Shonen Sunday, other 1960s runs, and Shonen King versions are counted as one installment in a 2-page write-up.
* **Akko-chan's Got a Secret!** (1962-1969)- The first and second Ribon runs are counted in the same 2-page write-up.
* **Kechikechi-ojisan** (1962)
* **Yo-Yo Kapo-kun** (1963)
* **You're a Shinobi, Sasuke-kun** (1963)- Only covers the plot of the second chapter due to it being the only portion reprinted.
* **Circus Jinta** (1963)
* **Otasuke-kun** (1963-1968)- All magazine runs represented and condensed by the write-up, including "Otasuke and Chika-chan".
* **Leave it to Chota** (1963-1965)
* **I am a Transistor Boy** (1963-1964)
* **Nonsensical NO.1** (1964-1967)- The write-up would cover both runs, due to their chapters being commingled in reprints
* **Kantaro** (1964-1965)- The Shonen Book version is the only one covered here due to the Adventure King version never receiving reprint.
* **Songo-kun** (1964-1965)
* **Ken-chan** (1964-1965)
* **Opposite Address 3** (1964)
* **Bokeko's Summer Vacation Diary** (1965)
* **The Numbness of Scatan** (1965-1968)- A work that was majorly Kunio Nagatani's touch but listed here due to its inclusion in the DVD-ROM set.
* **Giant Mama** (1965)- Only the plot of the second chapter is detailed due to the disappearance of the first chapter through modern reprints.
* **Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything** (1965)- Listed under its title in reprints, **"$-chan and Chibita"**
* **The Replacement Housekeeper** (1965)
* **The Mean Professor** (1965)
* **You Love Me-kun** (1965-1966)
* **Jajako-chan** (1965-1967)
* **Deka and Chibi** (1965)
* **Kibimama-chan** (1965-1966)
* **Phantom Thief 1/2 Face** (1966)
* **Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers** (1966)
* **Kyuhei and Sister** (1966)
* **Thriller Professor** (1966-1967)
* **Dayon-ojisan, Horahora no ojisan, and Ojisan no Obasan** (1966)
* **Keiji and Goemon** (1966)

### 1967-1970

* **Good Morning with Mi-tan** (1967)
* **Kikanpo Gen-chan** (1967)
* **Fujio Akatsuka's Ganbarima Show** (1967)- Listed under its title in reprints, "**Mojamoja-ojichan**"
* **One Woman among Men** (1967)
* **One Man among Women** (1967)
* **Tecchan is Back to Fighting** (1967)
* **Rakugaki** (1967)
* **Hippie-chan** (1967-1968)
* **The Genius Bakabon** (1967-1978)- 2-page write-up covering a bulk of the series' run and influence.
* **Tamanegi Tama-chan** (1967-1969)
* **Chibita-kun** (1967-1969)- Listed under reprint title "**Chibita**" and does not factor in the pilot chapter from 1966
* **Hennako-chan** (1967-1969)
* **The Mean Family** (1967)
* **The Meddling Family** (1967)
* **The Thriller Family** (1967)
* **The 7 Habit Family** (1967)
* **Extraordinary Ataro** (1967-1970)- 2-page write-up. "**The Flower of Dekoppachi**" is not given its own section due to being lumped in with previous reprints of the series.
* **The Disorderly Family** (1967)
* **The Crybaby Family** (1967)
* **The Hard Work Family** (1967)
* **The Monster Family** (1967)
* **The Thief Family** (1968)
* **Meanness Contest** (1968)
* **Apache-kun's Great Rampage** (1968)
* **Dekunobo of the Wilderness** (1968)
* **Odenkushinosuke** (1968)- Mistakenly listed under 1965 due to the existence of an earlier work with an identical title, one which has never seen reprint.
* **I'll Do Anything!** (1968)
* **The Baseball Family** (1968)
* **The Boxing Family** (1968)
* **The Monkey's Foolish Guardman** (1968)
* **Urashima-kun** (1968)
* **Pasuke-kun** (1968-1969)
* **St. Harenchi Girls' School** (1968)
* **Shadow Clan** (1968)
* **Taran, President of the Jungle** (1968)
* **A Yojimbo-like Person** (1968)
* **We are 8 Pro** (1968)
* **2nd-Generation President Ichiro-kun** (1968-1969)- Spinoff of "Otasuke-kun" put into its own write-up
* **The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi** (1969)- Pilot chapter with its own write-up
* **Do You Have Such a Thing!!** (1969)
* **Zurucho Has Come** (1969)
* **Teretere-ojisan** (1969)
* **The Fierce Westerners** (1969)
* **Geba Geba Brothers** (1969)
* **Dr. Geba Geba** (1969)
* **Oh! Geba Geba** (1969)
* **I Want to Try This** (1969)
* **There is No Such Thing** (1969)
* **The Popular Family** (1969)
* **The Irritable Family** (1969)
* **The Chicken Family** (1969)
* **Nonsense~** (1969)
* **Harenchi Masterpiece Series** (1969)
* **Telephone** (1969)
* **A Day Like Today** (1969)
* **Bonfire** (1969)
* **Let's See Anything** (1969)
* **Oyome-san** (1969)
* **Ashiato Story** (1969)
* **Chibita's Momimomi Story** (1969)
* **Big Extraordinary Company** (1969)
* **The Genius Bakabon's Old Man** (1969-1971)
* **It's Autumn** (1969)
* **Cat's Eye News** (1970-1971)
* **Gag + Gag** (1970)- One chapter is also listed separately under "**Bakabon and Nyarome**" (1979) due to a reprinted version with that title having been sourced for the DVD-ROM set.
* **Tokiwa-so Story** (1970)
* **I'll Strike Back** (1970)
* **Mr. Iyami** (1970)
* **Karappe of the Wind** (1970-1971); Pilot chapter "Traveling Glass Kataro" counted as part of the series due to being treated that way by reprints.
* **I'm Violent Tetsu!** (1970)
* **Extraordinary Ataro: 1st Grade Version** (1970)- A write-up of the 1st Grade serialized chapter lumped into the reprints.
* **Extraordinary Ataro: 2nd Grade Version** (1970)- Write-up of the reprinted 2nd Grade chapter.
* **Bukkare\*Dan** (1970-1971)
* **The Shinigami Death** (1970-1971)
* **Inspector Oni** (1970)

### 1971-1978

* **Spartako** (1971)
* **Mr. Iyami: Tomorrow Morning** (1971)
* **Bukkare\*Dan and No-Good Father** (1971)- Only covers the portion reprinted in the Akebono "Bukkare\*Dan" volumes.
* **Hatabo and Wanpei** (1971-1972)- Both titles lumped together as one, as Akebono had in reprints.
* **Mad Dog Trotsky** (1971)
* **Kurikurikuri-chan** (1971-1972)
* **I'm Kemugoro** (1971-1972)
* **Let's La Gon** (1971-1974)- 2-page write-up.
* **The Original Genius Bakabon** (1971-1977)- TV Magazine run by Kunio Nagatani and Jin Kawaguchi, counted under its later title.
* **Master** (1971-1973)
* **Croquette-kun** (1972-1973)
* **I Want That Girl!!** (1972)
* **Transformation** (1972)
* **Gag Guerrilla** (1972-1982)- 2-page write-up.
* **The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi** (1972-1974)
* **Wanpei and Mo-chan** (1972-1973)
* **Kusobaba!!** (1972-1973)
* **The Blue-Eyed Delinquent** (1973)- Derivative work of Hisashi Yamanaka's light novel
* **Song and Gag Theatre** (1973-1975)
* **Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group** (1973)
* **Gang Girl Keroko** (1973)
* **Nyarome** (1973-1974)
* **The End of Unagi-Inu** (1973)
* **The Genius Bakabon's Papa** (1973)
* **Policeman** (1973)- Mistakenly conflated with serial version in Dentsu Culture (1974-1977)
* **Unkor Wat** (1974)
* **We are No-Good High** (1974)
* **King of Gags** (1974)
* **Waru Waru World** (1974-1975)
* **Occhan** (1974-1976)
* **Boy Friday** (1974-1975)- Includes mention of "Boy Friday Continues" and "Boy Friday + Noragaki"
* **Noragaki** (1975-1976)
* **B.C. Adam** (1975)
* **Nyan Nyan Nyanda** (1975-1976)
* **Rakugaki** (1975)
* **Middle-Aged Friday** (1975)
* **World History** (1975)
* **Tsumannaiko-chan** (1975-1976)
* **Mitsutoshi Furuya** biography comic (1975)
* **A Rushed Life** (1975)
* **Weekly Yomiuri Comics** (1975)- These stories are all lumped into one entry: Kiza Katsupe, My Wife Belongs to the University of Tokyo, Angou, Detective, and I am a Fool
* **The Terrifying Sleep-Talking Man** (1976)
* **Graphic Novel Poems** (1976)
* **Masegaki** (1976)
* **Naughty Angel** (1976-1977)
* **Mr. TB** (1976)
* **Manga Collection of Hisashi Fujio** (1976)
* **Mom NO.1** (1976-1977)
* **Kong Father** (1976-1977)
* **Kagami-kun** (1976)
* **Gags with Fujio** (1977)
* **Kensaku the Architect** (1977)
* **Tuttle-kun** (1977)
* **Monster Ball Man** (1977-1978)
* **House Jack Nana-chan** (1977)
* **Itaike-kun** (1977)- Both versions are counted under this entry
* **Fujio Akatsuka's Parody Guerrilla** (1978)
* **Animal Wars** (1978)
* **Mr. Dada** (1978-1979)
* **Wonderful Fool** (1978)- Derivative work of Shusaku Endo's light novel
* **Gontaro Niguruma** (1978)
* **Mame-tan** (1978-1982)
* **Chibimama** (1978)
* **Anime Manga** (1978)
* **Fujio Akatsuka's Tarirariran** (1978)
* **The Mean Old Man** (1978-1979)
* **Hanahada-kun** (1978)
* **Family** (1978)

### 1979-1984

* **Dear Policeman** (1979)
* **Astounding Books** (1979-1981)
* **Middle-Aged Bullying** (1979)
* **Monster at Address 13** (1979)
* **A Turning and Turning World** (1979)
* **Gag Land** (1979)
* **Temper Rising Three Times** (1979)
* **Run Away Run Away** (1979)
* **Ojisan is a Persuman** (1979-1981)
* **Professor Babatchi** (1980-1981)
* **Chibidon** (1980-1981)
* **Romeo and Julie** (1980)
* **What is this Mama?** (1980)
* **Music of my Youth** (1980)
* **Hidden Giants** (1980)
* **Piyo the 13th** (1981)
* **The Flower of Kikuchiyo** (1981-1982)
* **Waru-chan** (1981-1983)
* **Tamori and I** (1981)
* **Young Version of "Akko-chan's Got a Secret!"** (1981)
* **Sheeh! Comeback** (1982)
* **My Norakuro** (1982)
* **Comedy is Coming Now** (1982-1984)
* **Fujio's Waru Waru World** (1982)
* **Yotsuya "H"** (1982)
* **Japan Laughter Story** (1983-1985)- Listed under reprint title of "21st Century Gag"
* **Basho Matsuo** (1983)
* **Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk** (1983-1985)
* **This Week's Awful Person** (1983-1985)
* **This Week's Adam and Eve** (1983-1984)
* **Chibita and Nyarome and Akko-chan** (1983)

### 1985-1999

* **TOKIO and Kakeru** (1985)
* **What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?** (1985)
* **Ramen Great Escape** (1986)
* **Reading Dai-sensei** (1986-1989)
* **Yarasete-ojisan** (1987)
* **Kidnapping by Willow** (1987)
* **The Latest Version of Genius Bakabon** (1987-1991)- Counted as two separate entries due to the division of some chapters in Kodansha's KC Comics reprints ("The Latest Version of Genius Bakabon" and "The Latest Version of Heisei Genius Bakabon"). This is of course not even counting some runs like the sealed Monthly Shonen Magazine chapters in the same period. Only the Comic BomBom and Hero Magazine runs appear counted in the data, due to the tankobon sourcing from those, and not TV Magazine or Deluxe BomBom.
* **The Latest Version of Osomatsu-kun** (1987-1990)- Only counts the Comic BomBom run due to only a portion of it being covered in the old Kodansha reprints that the DVD-ROM sourced. As a result, the rest of the run and the TV Magazine version are not taken into account.
* **Akko-chan's Got a Secret!: Nakayoshi Version** (1988-1989)
* **Where are these Famous Characters Now!?** (1989)
* **Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family** (1990-1991)
* **Extraordinary Ataro: TV Magazine Version** (1990-1991)- Only counts the aforementioned TV Magazine run due to a few chapters being digitized for the "Extra Volume" in the DVD-ROM set, and not the Comic BomBom run that was serialized in the same time (both are included on the eBookJapan release).
* **Gag Shop** (1991)
* **MR. Masashi** (1991-1992)
* **Hennako-chan** (1991-1994)- The Weekly Josei reboot.
* **Songo-kun: The 1990s Version** (1992)- Covers the Deluxe BomBom two-parter.
* **Mom NO.1 1994** (1994-1995)- Deluxe BomBom reboot.
* **Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land** (1995-1996)
* **The Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion** (1996)
* **Liquor Hermit Dayoon** (1999)

### 2000-future

*All works after 2002 are by Katta Yoshi of Fujio Pro as successor to Akatsuka, unless otherwise specified; see the Osomatsu-san and Late Night! Genius Bakabon manga, along with the picture books and Akko-chan Myu.*

* **Fujio Akatsuka's Touching Picture Book: Let's Go!** (2000)
* **Bilingual Version "The Genius Bakabon"** (2000-2001)- Original Weekly Shonen Magazine run, translated by ZUFELT.
* **Bilingual Version "Akko-chan's Got a Secret!"** (2001)- Nakayoshi run, translated by Carla Valentine.
* **Fujio Akatsuka's Touching Picture Book: Find Nyarome!** (2002)
* **The Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM Collection** (2002)- The very DVD-ROM set used as the basis for this book's data.
* **GC Nyarome** (2003-2004)- Katta Yoshi "Fujio Pro" work, first creation to happen without Akatsuka's involvement
* **Hajime and Unagi-Inu** picture book (2014)
* **Boy Bakabon** (2014-2016)- Katta Yoshi work for Dengeki Bazooka magazine; parallel world/sequel version of *The Genius Bakabon* where Bakabon takes back his protagonist role.
* **Osomatsu-san** (2015-2021)- Parallel manga tie-in by Masako Shitara for Studio Pierrot's *Osomatsu-san* anime. The manga eventually ended years after its write-up here.
* **Akko-chan's Got a Secret! Myu** (2016-2022)- Reboot manga by Hiroshi Izawa and the Kamikita Twins for Comic Spinel. This manga also ended years after its write-up, after more than one hiatus and continuous delays to its original planned bimonthly schedule.
* **Late Night! Genius Bakabon** (2018)- Tie-in manga to the Pierrot+ anime.
* **Tamanegi Tama-chan** picture book (2018)- By "Enapo and Fujio Pro"

Samples of Akatsuka's unreleased manga "Nobody Knows a Great Person" and his incomplete work from 2002 can also be seen in materials in this section.

As this book was pressed before the announcement of the Chagurin remake of Tamanegi Tama-chan, there is no indication of that series being planned.

## Rarities Book

This book is divided into three sections in itself

### Unit 1

#### The Genius Bakabon

* July 1978 Monthly Shonen Magazine chapter
* 1975 #43 Weekly Shonen Magazine chapter
* Kodansha Comics vol.6 cover (1969)
* 1975 #47 Weekly Shonen Magazine chapter
* Akebono Comics vol.28 cover (1975)
* Akebono Comics vol.29 cover (1975)

#### Extraordinary Ataro

* February 1970 frontispiece for a 3rd Grade chapter
* "Ataro Has Died" (1969, Weekly Shonen Sunday #23)- The very first time this chapter has received a physical reprint

#### Osomatsu-kun

* "The Simple Smog Family" (1963, Weekly Shonen Sunday #10)
* "Why Does Chibita No Longer Like Oden?" (1965, Weekly Shonen Sunday #47)
* Frontispiece for Separate Edition Shonen Sunday, December 1966

#### Akko-chan's Got a Secret!

* "Akko and Moko's Boyfriend" (August 1965 issue of Ribon)- This is a version that was revised for the Mushi Pro tankobon, showing face replacements for Kankichi as well as other modifications.
* "The First Errand from the Mirror Country" frontispiece (June 1962 issue of Ribon)

#### Let's La Gon

* "The Notice for the Next Issue" (1974, Weekly Shonen Sunday #12)- Reprinted for the first time outside the Fukkan and eBook versions.

#### Gag Guerrilla

* "It's an Ass Marriage" (Weekly Bunshun, October 16, 1972)
* Akebono Comics vol.3 cover (1977)

### Unit 2

#### The Genius Bakabon

* Kodansha Comics vol.22 cover (1977)
* The Genius Bakabon "Family Encyclopedia" Laserdisc cover (1998)
* Character designs by Akatsuka, for Pierrot merchandise (2000)

#### Osomatsu-kun

* Scrapped chapter for TV Magazine, October 1989. Akatsuka only went as far as one draft page and the completed version of the page before his editor halted the idea due to it involving child abduction. It was replaced with the story "Osomatsu-kun after 40 Years".

#### Other Materials

* "Congratulations to All Readers!" (Weekly Shonen Sunday #1, 1968)- A picture featuring Akatsuka and his assistants of the time.
* "Iyami's Senior Citizens Day" (1998 newspaper comic)- The drafts by Akatsuka are shown, along with a sample of the completed page.
* "New Years' Post" (1999 newspaper comic)- Drafts and completed picture.
* 4 Fujio Pro New Years' cards (1998-2002)
* Sketch of the "Year of the Dragon" Fujio Pro New Years' card (1976)
* Autographed image of Hajime and Mama (2002)
* Autographed image of Papa (1995)
* Autographed image of Osomatsu and Totoko (1988)
* Iyami illustrations for New Years' program (2000)
* Niigata City Papa Flag (2001)
* "It's Kikuchiyo" (1991)

### Unit 3

* "Osomatsu-kun" Akebono vol.6 cover (1969)
* Kobito "Osomatsu-kun" candy wrapping paper artwork and "Nyarome" candy wrapping paper artwork
* Marumiya "Osomatsu-kun Furikake" packaging art
* Trio "Car Walkie-Talkie" Nyarome sticker
* "Osomatsu-kun" Akebono vol.31 cover (1975)

## Fujio Pro Envelope

* "Osomatsu-kun News" first issue for May 12, 1965. Contains information on the currently-published series at the time, as well as new series notices for You Love Me-kun and Radical 7th Years.
* "Osomatsu-kun Book" first issue for May 31, 1966.
* "Manga NO.1" first issue for August 1967.
* "Happy New Year" for January 1, 1970.
* ZENY racing sticker of Iyami