Shōnen Ashibe
It was published from 1988 to 1994 in the magazine "Weekly Young Jump", owned by Shueisha, with a total of 8 volumes. It received an OVA in January 1991, which led to an animated television adaptation in the same year, aired on TBS from April to December 1991. It was followed by another season named "Shōnen Ashibe 2" from 1992 to 1993. In the same magazine, a sequel of the manga, named "ComaGoma", which depicted Ashibe as a 2nd grade student, was serialized from November 2001 to July 2004, with 6 volumes. And in April 2016, 22 years  after the original run ended, it began serializing in Futabasha's magazine "Monthly Action" a continuation of the original manga, named "Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan", illustrated by Ogino Junko, which was published from April 2016 to March 2017, with 8 volumes. It had a 32-episode animated television adaptation from 2016 to 2017 in NHK Educational TV. Several seasons have been broadcast since then: "Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan 2" from April 2017 to February 2018 with 32 episodes, "Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan 3" from April 2018 to February 2019 with 32 episodes and "Shōnen  Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan 4" from April to December 2019 with 24 episodes. In July 2017, it was first published in "Monthly Action" the continuation of the "ComaGoma" manga, named "ComaGoma Goma-chan", and ended in July 2018 with 6 volumes. Another sequel of the manga, named "Seishōnen Ashibe" began serializing also in "Monthly Action" in the same month. It depicts an older Ashibe, who has become a freshman in high school, with Shohei in charge of the illustration. And in February 2020, another sequel named "3rd Grade Ashibe QQ Goma-chan" began its serialization in Futabasha's magazine  Manga Action, and it depicts Ashibe as a 3rd grade student. Reception. When the anime was aired, the manga gained an explosive popularity, and by 2016, the original 1988 run had sold 20 million copies.