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Mōretsu Atarō もーれつア太郎 Genre Comedy Manga Written by Fujio Akatsuka Published by Shogakukan Demographic Shōnen Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday Original run 1967 – 1970 TV anime Studio Toei Animation Network TV Asahi Original run April 04, 1969 – December 25, 1970 Episodes 90 TV anime Directed by Junichi Sato Studio Toei Animation Network TV Asahi Original run April 21, 1990 – December 22, 1990 Episodes 34 Mōretsu Atarō (もーれつア太郎 Extraordinary Atarō ) is a gag manga by Fujio Akatsuka. It was serialized from 1967 to 1970 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Two anime adaptations were produced for TV Asahi (then called NET TV).
The plot revolves around a young edokko named Atarō who lives with his father X-gorō (read as Batsu-gorō) in downtown Tokyo running the family store. After his father's sudden death, Atarō must take care of the store himself and, along with the help of his father's ghost, his friend Dekoppachi, former yakuza leader Butamatsu, and a nutty alley cat named Nyarome, he protects it from the tanuki-faced gang leader Kokoro Boss.
Cast
- Atarō (Voice: Keiko Yamamoto (1st); Tomoko Maruo (2nd))
- X-gorō (Voice: Ichirō Nagai (1st); Sanji Hase (2nd))
- Nyarome (Voice: Hiroshi Ōtake (1st); Akira Kamiya (2nd))
- Dekoppachi (Voice: Midori Katō (1st); Kyōko Tongū (2nd))
- Butamatsu (Voice: Kōsei Tomita (1st); Yō Yoshimura (2nd))
- Kokoro Boss (Voice: Jōji Yanami (both series))
- A-suke (Voice: Keiichi Noda (1st); Toshio Kobayashi (2nd))
- B-suke (Voice: Isamu Tanonaka (1st); Shinobu Satōchi (2nd))
- God (Voice: Takuzō Kamiyama (1st); Isamu Tanonaka (2nd))
- God's Pupil (Voice: Masako Nozawa (1st); Mie Suzuki (2nd))
- Kumagorō (Voice: Yonehiko Kitagawa (1st); Masaharu Satō (2nd))
- Kumagorō's wife (Voice: Mariko Tsuda (1st); Noriko Uemura (2nd))
- Kemunpasu (Voice: Keiichi Noda (1st); Keiichi Nanba (2nd))
- Beshi (Voice: Kōsei Tomita (1st); Kōzō Shioya (2nd))
- Doctor Fukuwarai (Voice: Kiyoshi Kobayashi (2nd only))
- Momoko (Voice: Aya Hisakawa (2nd only))
- Kōban Officer (Voice: Kazumi Tanaka (2nd only))
Cameos
The first anime featured cameo appearances by several characters from other Akatsuka works.
- Iyami (Osomatsu-kun) (Voice: Yonehiko Kitagawa)
- Chibita (Osomatsu-kun) (Voice: Kazue Tagami, Masako Nozawa)
- Totoko (Osomatsu-kun) (Voice: Kazuko Sugiyama)
- Omawari-san (Tensai Bakabon) (Voice: Isamu Tanonaka, Keiichi Noda, and others)
- Papa (Tensai Bakabon) (Voice: Jōji Yanami)
External links
- Mōretsu Atarō at Kore de ii noda (Fujio Akatsuka database)
Categories:- Manga series
- Anime series
- Comedy anime and manga
- Manga of 1967
- Anime of 1969
- Anime of 1990
- Shōnen manga
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