Shōnen Ashibe
Shōnen Ashibe | |
少年アシベ | |
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Genre | Comedy, Slice of life[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Hiromi Morishita |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Young Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1988 – 1994 |
Volumes | 8 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Noboru Ishiguro |
Produced by | Pony Canyon |
Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Studio | Nippon Animation |
Released | Jan 21, 1990 |
Runtime | 50 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Ishizaki Susumu |
Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Studio | Life Work |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | Apr 11, 1991 – Dec 28, 1991 |
Episodes | 37 |
Anime television series | |
Shōnen Ashibe 2 | |
Directed by | Ishizaki Susumu |
Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Studio | Life Work |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | Oct 3, 1992 – Mar 27, 1993 |
Episodes | 25 |
Manga | |
ComaGoma | |
Written by | Hiromi Morishita |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | Nov, 2001 – Jul 16, 2004 |
Volumes | 6 |
Manga | |
Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan | |
Written by | Hiromi Morishita |
Illustrated by | Ogino Junko |
Published by | Futabasha |
Magazine | Monthly Action |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | Apr 1, 2016 – Mar 28, 2017 |
Volumes | 8 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kondō Nobuhiro |
Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Studio | Bridge, Husio Studio |
Original network | NHK Educational TV |
Original run | Apr 5, 2016 – Feb 21, 2017 |
Episodes | 32 |
Anime television series | |
Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan 2 | |
Directed by | Kondō Nobuhiro |
Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Studio | Bridge, Husio Studio |
Original network | NHK Educational TV |
Original run | Apr 4, 2017 – Feb 13, 2018 |
Episodes | 32 |
Manga | |
ComaGoma Goma-chan | |
Written by | Hiromi Morishita |
Published by | Futabasha |
Magazine | Monthly Action |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | Jul 12, 2017 – April 12, 2018 |
Volumes | 6 |
Anime television series | |
Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan 3 | |
Directed by | Kondō Nobuhiro |
Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Studio | Bridge, Husio Studio, Studio Palette |
Original network | NHK Educational TV |
Original run | Apr 3, 2018 – Feb 26, 2019 |
Episodes | 32 |
Manga | |
Seishōnen Ashibe | |
Written by | Hiromi Morishita |
Illustrated by | Shouhei |
Published by | Futabasha |
Magazine | Monthly Action |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | April 12, 2018 – present |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan 4 | |
Directed by | Kondō Nobuhiro |
Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
Original network | NHK Educational TV |
Original run | Apr 2, 2019 – Dec 17, 2019 |
Episodes | 24 |
Manga | |
3rd Grade Ashibe QQ Goma-chan | |
Written by | Hiromi Morishita |
Published by | Futabasha |
Magazine | Manga Action |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | Feb, 2020 – present |
Shōnen Ashibe (Japanese: 少年アシベ, lit. "Boy Ashibe") is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Hiromi Morishita. It describes the daily life of Ashibe (an elementary school boy) and his family and friends, including a white sea lion pet named Goma-chan.
It was published from 1988 to 1994 in the magazine Weekly Young Jump, owned by Shueisha, with a total of 8 volumes. It received an OVA in January 1991, which led to an animated television adaptation in the same year, aired on TBS from April to December 1991. It was followed by another season named Shōnen Ashibe 2 from 1992 to 1993.
In the same magazine, a sequel of the manga, named ComaGoma, which depicted Ashibe as a 2nd grade student, was serialized from November 2001 to July 2004, with 6 volumes. And in April 2016, 22 years after the original run ended, it began serializing in Futabasha's magazine Monthly Action a continuation of the original manga, named Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan, illustrated by Ogino Junko, which was published from April 2016 to March 2017, with 8 volumes. It had a 32-episode animated television adaptation from 2016 to 2017 in NHK Educational TV. Several seasons have been broadcast since then: Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan 2 from April 2017 to February 2018 with 32 episodes, Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan 3 from April 2018 to February 2019 with 32 episodes and Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan 4 from April to December 2019 with 24 episodes.[1]
In July 2017, it was first published in Monthly Action the continuation of the ComaGoma manga, named ComaGoma Goma-chan, and ended in July 2018 with 6 volumes. Another sequel of the manga, named Seishōnen Ashibe began serializing also in Monthly Action in the same month. It depicts an older Ashibe, who has become a freshman in high school, with Shohei in charge of the illustration.[2]
And in February 2020, another sequel named 3rd Grade Ashibe QQ Goma-chan began its serialization in Futabasha's magazine Manga Action, and it depicts Ashibe as a 3rd grade student.[3]
Reception[]
When the anime was aired, the manga gained an explosive popularity, and by 2016, the original 1988 run had sold 20 million copies.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "「少年アシベ」約20年ぶりにTVアニメ化!4月からEテレで". Natalie (in Japanese). January 20, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "青少年アシベ11話掲載の月刊アクション2月24日発売!". Morishita Hiromi Store (in Japanese). February 23, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "小3アシベQQゴマちゃんはじまるよ!". Note (in Japanese). March 16, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "ゴマちゃんが江ノ島へ!アニメ復活を記念した特別企画『湘南アシベ』がスタート" (in Japanese). Livedoor NEWS. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
External links[]
- Shōnen Ashibe official manga page in the Futabasha website (in Japanese)
- Shōnen Ashibe: GO! GO! Goma-chan official anime website (in Japanese)
- Manga series
- 1988 manga
- 1990 anime OVAs
- 1991 anime television series
- 1992 anime television series
- 2021 manga
- 2016 manga
- 2016 anime television series
- 2017 anime television series
- 2017 manga
- 2018 anime television series
- 2018 manga
- 2019 anime television series
- Seinen manga
- Shueisha manga
- Anime series based on manga
- Comedy anime and manga
- Futabasha manga
- Shin-Ei Animation
- Slice of life anime and manga
- NHK original programming
- 2001 manga
- 2020 manga
- Anime and manga stubs