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Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series by Hisaichi Ishii

Hisaichi Ishii

is a Japanese manga artist born on 2 September 1951 in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. He is best known outside of Japan for his manga series Nono-chan, which was made into the Studio Ghibli anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas. Topics covered by Ishii's manga include baseball , politics,...

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TV series

A 103-episode anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 TV series was produced for the Fuji TV network and aired from 28 September 1980 to 10 October 1982. The series aired on Sunday nights from 7:00 to 7:30.

Staff

• Director: Hiromitsu Furukawa
• Planning: Hiro Akieda
• Producer: Tadami Watanabe
• Executive Producer: Kōichi Sasaki
• Chief Director: Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu
• Animation Director: Hiroshi Kanazawa
  Hiroshi Kanazawa
  is an anime character designer and animator who currently works for Studio Comet. Along with Noboru Ishiguro, Norio Yazawa, Tōru Komori and Kazunori Tanahashi, he was a member of the Japan Art Bureau until it folded...
  
  
• Screenplay: Hiroshi Kaneko, Tamiko Baba, Tomoko Kanahara
• Original Creator: Hisaichi Ishii
  Hisaichi Ishii
  is a Japanese manga artist born on 2 September 1951 in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. He is best known outside of Japan for his manga series Nono-chan, which was made into the Studio Ghibli anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas. Topics covered by Ishii's manga include baseball , politics,...
  
  
• Art Director: Mariko Kadono

Cast

• Yoshio Yamada: Columbia Top
• Yoshida: Yasushi Suzuki
• Noboru: Kenbō Kaminarimon
• Ine: Reiko Susuki
• Minoru: Yūko Maruyama
  Yuko Maruyama
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• Yoneo: Mitsuo Senda
  Mitsuo Senda
  ' is a Japanese seiyū. He is originally from Hokkaidō. Senda is currently affiliated with 81 Produce.-Voice roles:*07-Ghost - Miroku*Kaleido Star - Mr. Kenneth*Naruto: Shippuden - Gread Toad Sage*YuYu Hakusho - Seiryu-External links:...
  
  
• Yoneko: Emiko Yokoyama
• Shigeru: Junji Nishino
• Sanae: Akie Yasuda
• Fukuda: Yō Yoshimura
  Yo Yoshimura
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Film

An anime film produced by Nihon Herald Pictures was released into Herald Enterprise theaters on 14 March 1981.

Staff

• Director: Hiromitsu Furukawa
• Planning: Hiro Akieda
• Producer: Tadami Watanabe
• Executive Producer: Kōichi Sasaki
• Chief Director: Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu
• Animation Director: Hiroshi Kanazawa
• Screenplay: Hiroshi Kaneko, Tamiko Baba, Tomoko Kanahara
• Original Creator: Hisaichi Ishii
• Art Director: Mariko Kadono

Cast

• Yoshio Yamada: Columbia Top
• Yoshida: Yasushi Suzuki
• Noboru: Kenbō Kaminarimon
• Ine: Reiko Susuki
• Minoru: Yūko Maruyama
• Yoneo: Mitsuo Senda
• Yoneko: Emiko Yokoyama

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