Chocobee Be-Seal Series

Through 1972 to 1978, the **Morinaga** confectionary company included special stickers with its *Chocobee* candies. These stickers were known as the "Be-Seal" (ベェシール) and contained artwork by popular manga-ka of the time.

In 1975, Morinaga would enlist Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro to provide several illustrations for a line of Be-Seal characters. Some would recycle pre-existing Fujio Pro character designs, while others would be entirely new to the set. This article will attempt to compile the types of stickers where known; when they were released, Morinaga claimed that at least 50 stickers would be done by Akatsuka but more characters have been confirmed by collectors and can occasionally be seen auctioned off. There are at least 100 in total, between the two lines of stickers he did in the span of 1975-1976.

Each character's name ends in a "bee"/"be" for the Chocobee line, with some being pre-existing puns on words and terms. The Akatsuka/Fujio Pro-specific ones were signed "Fujio Pro", while all other artists' contributed designs were left uncredited (though Kazuyoshi Torii appears to have been among these others, with designs similar to characters from Dr. Toilet and his other manga).

## Fujio Pro Be-Seal Characters

These are all the card names that are known, followed by any descriptions of the character.

Each card name will list the basis for the design where applicable, if it was a Fujio Pro character that had existed before the set or was clearly inspired by any of them. Some names were recycled for alternative designs by Fujio Pro (such as with Konbe), and other artist cards can bear these same names with different interpretations for a character.

1. **Aobe** (アオべー)- B-suke, depicted with two teeth instead of one (Oh! Geba Geba)
2. **Akabe** (アカべー)- A derivative of Bokeo from Nonsensical NO.1
3. **Akanbe** (アカンべー)- Kako, a prospective girlfriend of Dekoppachi (Extraordinary Ataro)
4. **Asabe** (アサベー)- Hanako (One Woman among Men)
5. **Atabe** (アタべー)- A young boy in a chonmage and loincloth
6. **Arabe** (アラべー)- Okiku, the little girl that both Gon and Beramatcha like (Let's La Gon)
7. **Ikabe** (イカべー)- Rich Son (Extraordinary Ataro)
8. **Ikube** (イクべー)- A deadpan-faced young boy with dots for eyes
9. **Imobe** (イモ**べー**)- A man with an S-shaped scar running down his face
10. **Ishibe** (イシべー)- Ishiyaki-Imo (Let's La Gon)
11. **Iyabe** (イヤベー)- An embarrassed-looking man in boxers
12. **Uobe** (ウオべー)- A fishmonger with a fish-shaped nose
13. **Etebe** (エテベー)- An ape-like man
14. **Kamobe** (カモべー)- A nerdy young man enjoying an ice cream pop
15. **Karabe** (カラベー)- Karate Teacher (The Genius Bakabon and The Genius Bakabon's Old Man)
16. **Kanebe** (カネベー)- A rich young boy
17. **Kapabe** (カパベー)- A kappa boy
18. **Kikanbe** (キカンベー)- Wicked Girl (Extraordinary Ataro)
19. **Kuribe** (クリべー)- A boy with a close-cut bowlcut
20. **Kyuube** (キューべー)- A baseball-playing boy
21. **Konbe** (コン べー) (1) - Kusetaro (7 Habit Family)
22. **Konbe**(2) - A boy with black eyes and a turtle-like face, ala *Bakabon*'s Ichiro Suzuki
23. **Konbe** (3)- A small schoolboy in a uniform shirt and hat
24. **Korobe** (コロべー)- A darker-skinned Dekoppachi lookalike with a round nose, who happens to be a football player
25. **Kosobe** (コソべー)
26. **Gakibe** (ガキベー)- A little boy with a similar wicked expression to Ijitaro of The Mean Family
27. **Garabe** (ガラベー)- A-suke (Oh! Geba Geba)
28. **Ganbe** (ガンベー)- A bald short man with a crow perched on his hat
29. **Gatabe** (ガタベー)- An enthusiastic-looking man raising his hand
30. **Guzube**- A snotty-nosed, surprised-looking boy with sparkly black eyes
31. **Gerabe** - A happily dancing boy with a haircut similar to that of Camera Kid/Ryunoshin
32. **Getabe** (ゲタベー)- A bald toddler in a kimono and high platform geta sandals
33. **Gorobe** (ゴロべー)- A lazy-looking tanuki boy
34. **Sakebe** (サケべー)- A young man similar to the "Why is That? Freshman", performing a "Sheeh!" pose
35. **Sukibe**- Ijitakanai (The Genius Bakabon)
36. **Zokube** (ゾクべー)- A pirate with an eyepatch, hook hand, and peg-leg.
37. **Takabe** - A walking schoolboy
38. **Takube** - One of Hanako's older brothers (One Woman among Men)
39. **Takebe** - A Santaro (You Love Me-kun)-esque young man
40. **Tafube**
41. **Tamabe** - A man similar to the model of the Nameless Bandage-Nosed Man, but with a nose and a curly unibrow
42. **Tanube** - A tanuki boy
43. **Tarobe** - A cute young boy with sparkly eyes
44. **Chikabe** - A nerdy girl that resembles a taller Chikako, minus hair flower
45. **Tsuyobe** - Machimasa (Let's La Gon)
46. **Tsunebe**- Sumire (Good Morning with Mi-tan)
47. **Tenbe -** A Bakabon-esque young man with two buckteeth and thicker eyebrows
48. **Terube** - Kagetora (Spartako)
49. **Tokube**
50. **Tokobe**- Kuseko (7 Habit Family)
51. **Toshibe**
52. **Tonobe**- A slack-jawed young man in a kimono and overcoat
53. **Darebe**- Piyo Piyo-ojisan (Kikanpo Gen-chan)
54. **Demabe**- A cross-eyed man with brush tip-like hair
55. **Dekabe**- Deka (Deka and Chibi)
56. **Dekobe**- Mariya (Let's La Gon)
57. **Dekunobe**- Dekunobo (Dekunobo of the Wilderness)
58. **Depabe** - One of Taicho's henchmen (Bukkare\*Dan)
59. **Dobobe**- A tanned swimmer
60. **Dorabe-** A comical-looking take on a Dracula figure, with a pair of buckteeth.
61. **Dorobe** - A thief
62. **Doshibe**- Kobayashi Boy (The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi, pilot chapter version)
63. **Naube**
64. **Nakibe**- A tearful boy with a single bucktooth
65. **Norabe** - Tarzan Kid (Extraordinary Ataro)
66. **Hanabe**- Mari Amachi-chan, Gen-chan's older sister (Let's La Gon)
67. **Hanebe**- A mean-looking little girl
68. **Harube**- A-ko (The Disorderly Family)
69. **Hinebe**- An Ijitaro-esque boy, minus freckles
70. **Higebe**- A thick-bearded man in a kimono
71. **Hohobe**- A round-nosed lookalike of Ichiro
72. **Fusabe**- Suberu (Let's La Gon)
73. **Batabe**- An excited, fast-moving little boy
74. **Bokube**- Taro (The Boxing Family)
75. **Burube**- A cartoon Bruce Lee
76. **Mabe**- A schoolgirl with a satchel
77. **Mamabe**- Kibimama-chan, with this design recycled for her profile in the book There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!
78. **Machibe** - Machida (The Genius Bakabon)
79. **Maribe** - A dark-eyed little girl with a frying pan
80. **Matsube**- A sly, orange-haired young woman in a kimono
81. **Marube**- A round-headed woman with hair similar to Bakabon's Mama
82. **Mimibe**- A little girl with stringy hair
83. **Mushibe** - A bug-faced man
84. **Musube** - The Dancing Girl of Izu (Let's La Gon)
85. **Mesobe**- A teary-eyed boy with a sprout-like hairstyle.
86. **Mokube**- A boy in a kimono and sporting a chonmage haircut
87. **Momobe** - The Blind Flower Girl (Let's La Gon)
88. **Mosabe**- A black-eyed boy with a blank expression, wearing a kimono and chonmage haircut
89. **Yarube**- A triumphant-looking schoolboy
90. **Yajibe** - An artist in a beret
91. **Yuribe** - Midori (Bukkare\*Dan)
92. **Yurebe**- Yuko (The Thriller Family)
93. **Yoshibe**- A Kuseko-like girl with a round nose and no blush swirls. Her pose seems to have been referenced from an image of Setsuko (The Meddling Family), although her face has been entirely redesigned.
94. **Ranbe**- A man in a military jacket and an ornate, candlestick-like hairstyle

## External Links

* Samples of owned stickers at "Ancho's Homepage" (Japanese)
* Listing of 67 of the sticker types at "Coredom" (Japanese)