Gokudo

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Jester the Adventurer


caption =
ja_name = ゴクドーくん漫遊記
ja_name_trans = Gokudō-kun Man'yūki
genre = ActionInfobox animanga/Novel
light = yes
title =
author = Usagi Nakamura
illustrator = Takeru Kirishima
publisher = flagicon|Japan Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
demographic = Male
first = 1 June 1991
last = 1 September 1999
volumes = 13Infobox animanga/Novel
light = yes
title = Gokudo-kun Man'yūki Gaiden
author = Usagi Nakamura
illustrator = Takeru Kirishima
publisher = flagicon|Japan Dengeki Bunko
demographic = Male
first = 10 June 1993
last =
volumes = 10 Infobox animanga/Manga
title =
author =
illustrator =
publisher = Kadokawa Shoten
publisher_en =
publisher_other =
magazine = Dengeki Daioh
first = 1995
last = 2000
volumes =
chapter_list =
demographic = SeinenInfobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Kunihisa Sugishima
studio = Softx
network = TV Tokyo
network_other = flagicon|Philippines ABS-CBN, Hero TV
first = 2 April 1999
last = 24 September 1999
episodes = 26

Nihongo|"Gokudo"|ゴクドーくん漫遊記|Gokudō-kun Man'yūki is an anime about a mercenary named Gokudo (full name is Gokudo Yuccot Kikansky). Unlike most main characters, he is closer to a villain than a hero. He doesn't hesitate to abuse the needs of people, sell out his friends to save himself, run away from any dangers, or ditch others who helped him if he doesn't have any more interest in them. His life starts to change when he finds a magical Genie named Djinn who wants to grant him three wishes. As most people would benefit from having three wishes, in his case it leads him to a lot of trouble, and it doesn't take long before he tries to escape from Djinn, as well as every other person he meets.

Other important characters are the Old Seer (or the Queen of the Magic World) who constantly appears out of nowhere seemingly only to make Gokudo suffer more, Rubette La Lette, a noble girl with a tomboy attitude who sees Gokudo as a rival, and Prince (called Niari by the Old Seer), a mage much better at handling women than Gokudo will ever be.

The series has been released on DVD by Anime Works.

In episode 17, there is a cameo appearance of Ten, from Urusei Yatsura, banging a gong.

External links

* [http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/library/jester.htm Official site]