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Makoto-chan 
Volume 12 of Makoto-chanまことちゃん Genre Comedy Manga Written by Kazuo Umezu Published by Shogakukan Demographic Shōnen Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday Original run 1976 – 1981 Volumes 24 Manga Heisei-ban Makoto-chan Written by Kazuo Umezu Published by Shogakukan Demographic Shōnen Magazine Shōnen Sunday Original run 1988 – 1989 Volumes 4 Anime film Directed by Tsutomu Shibayama Studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha Released 1980-07-26 Runtime 85 minutes Makoto-chan (まことちゃん) is a shōnen gag manga by Kazuo Umezu. The series was initially published in Shōnen Sunday from the late 1970s through the early 1980s, and later returned at the end of the decade retitled as "Heisei-ban Makoto-chan".
Plot
The series follows the odd life of kindergartener Makoto Sawada and his family. Makoto gets into all sorts of toilet and adult humor. He sometimes dresses in his mother's and sister's clothing, and often has a long strand of mucus dangling from his nose.
Trivia
- Makoto's grandfather is the main character of another of Kazuo Umezu's works entitled Again.
- One of the most familiar aspects of the series is the catch phrase used by many of the characters, "Gwashi!", which is accompanied by a hand sign made by pressing the middle and pinky fingers down while leaving the other fingers sticking out.
External links
- Kazuo Umezu Official Homepage
- Gwashi at the Kazuo Umezu Official Homepage (Japanese)
- Makoto-chan (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Makoto-chan (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Categories:- Manga series
- Anime films
- Shōnen manga
- Comedy anime and manga
- Manga of 1976
- Manga of 1988
- Anime of 1980
- Animated features released by Toho
- Anime and manga stubs
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