The Abashiri Family

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Abashiri Family


caption = Cover for "Abashiri Family" Volume 1, 1977 edition.
ja_name = あばしり一家
ja_name_trans = Abashiri Ikka
genre = Action, ComedyInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Go Nagai
publisher = flagicon|Japan Akita Shoten
publisher_other = flagicon|Japan Kadokawa Shoten flagicon|Japan ebookjapan
magazine = Weekly Shōnen Champion
first = 1969-08-10
last = 1973-04-09
volumes = 15
chapter_list =
demographic = ShōnenInfobox animanga/OVA
ONA =
title =
director = Takashi Watanabe
writer = Go Nagai, Takashi Watanabe
studio = Studio Pierrot
licensor = ADV Films
licensor_other =
episodes = 4
episode_list =
released = 1992
runtime =

nihongo|"The Abashiri Family"|あばしり一家|Abashiri Ikka is a manga series by Go Nagai that ran in "Shōnen Champion". [cite web |title=あばしり一家 |url=http://www.mazingerz.com/ABAS/ABAS.html |accessdate=2008-02-20 ] After the series' four-year run, some of its characters returned with different names as part of the shorter-lived "Cutie Honey" series and its successors.

The series was remade by Studio Pierrot into a four-episode OVA in 1992, and released in North America by ADV Films. [cite web |title=The Abashiri Family |url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=5 |work=THEM Anime Reviews ]

Anime plot

The most famous and terrible family of gangsters in the whole world is about to dissolve, once it's revealed the mysterious secret of the third member, Kikunosuke, the most powerful member of the Abashiri. However, the almost pacific life of the Abashiri family gets complicated when Kikunosuke enters in one of the most prestigious elite schools, where instead of learning about art and culture, students must learn the most dangerous techniques for fighting and murdering, at the hands of cruel psychopath teachers. Only a few students manage to survive this hell of a school... but of course, in this occasion, the new student will be most terrible of the Abashiri, and things will no longer will be the same.

Legacy

The characters Daemon, Kichiza, Naojiro, and Goemon would all appear in Go Nagai's later series "Cutie Honey". In it, Daemon became Hayami Danbei and Kichiza became Hayami Junpei. Naojiro later appeared as Danbei's nephew, and boss of Paradise School. Goemon appeared with Naojiro as a teacher of Paradise School.

References

External links

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*ja icon [http://www.mazingerz.com/ABAS/ABAS.html "Abashiri Ikka"] at "The World of Go Nagai" webpage.
*it icon [http://www.d-world.jp/dv/gonagai.php?action=aba "Abashiri Ikka"] at D/visual.