is a

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series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura, a young girl everyone calls ''Maruko'', and her family in

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in the year 1974. Maruko is a troublemaker, and every episode recounts Maruko's trouble and how she and her friends succeed in solving the situation. The series is set in the former of Irie

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(入江町), Shimizu, now part of

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, birthplace of its author. The first story under the title "Chibi Maruko-chan" was published in the August 1986 edition of the

magazine ''

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''. Other semi-autobiographical stories by the author had appeared in ''Ribon'' and ''

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'' in 1984 and 1985, and were included in the first "Chibi Maruko-chan"

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in 1987. The author first began writing and submitting strips in her final year of senior high school, although

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(the publisher of ''Ribon'' and ''Ribon Original'') did not decide to run them until over a year later. The author's intent was to write "essays in manga form";"夢の音色" ''Chibi Maruko-chan'', January 18, 1989, volume 4, page 135. many stories are inspired by incidents from her own life, and some characters are based on her family and friends. The nostalgic, honest and thoughtful tone of the strip led to its becoming popular among a wider audience. ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' was adapted into an

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television series by

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, which originally aired on

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and affiliated TV stations from January 7, 1990 to September 27, 1992. It has also spawned numerous games, animated films and

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, as well as a second TV series running from 1995 to the present. Maruko's style and themes are sometimes compared to the classic comic '' Sazae-san''. In 1989, the manga tied to receive the

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for shōjo. As of 2006, the collected volumes of the manga had sold more than 31 million copies in Japan, making it the fifth best-selling shōjo manga ever. On April 25, 2020, it was announced that the second series would be suspended due to the

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. On June 14, 2020, it was announced that it would resume on June 21, 2020.

Themes

The trademark face fault of this series, in reaction to an awkward "don't know what to say" situation (or sometimes, embarrassment) is the sudden appearance of on a character's face, sometimes with an unexplained gust of wind blowing above that character's head.

Characters

The series has a large number and variety of secondary and recurring characters, some inspired by people who Sakura met. Some of them debuted in the anime and others derive from the original manga. Following are descriptions of the main characters and family members that appear frequently in all chapters and episodes.

Sakura family

; :, Live-Action: Ei Morisako (2006 special), Ayaka Ito (2007 show) :The title character, Maruko (born May 8, 1965), is a nine-year-old third-grade student raised in a modest family of six. It is implied that the show is drawn by Maruko herself. ; : (1990-2016),

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(2016-), Live-Action:

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(2006 special), Maaya Murasaki (2007 show) :Maruko's older sister. Her birthday is March 21, 1963, making her 11 in the series. ; :, Live-Action: Katsumi Takahashi (2006 special), Masakazu Mimura (2007 show) :Maruko's father. He was introduced to Maruko's mother by her friend. His birthday is June 20, 1934, making him 40 years old during the series. ; :, Live-Action: Michiko Shimizu (2006 special),

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(2007 show) :Maruko's mother. Her birthdate is May 25, 1934. It is revealed in one episode that her maiden name is Kobayashi. ; :''Voiced by:''

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(1990-1995),

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(1995-2010),

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(2010-), Live-Action: Fuyuki Moto :Maruko's kind but absent-minded paternal grandfather, Hiroshi's father, and Sumire's father-in-law. His birthday is October 3, 1898, making him 76 in the series. The author has said that she used her own grandfather as the model for Tomozou, but that his personality is the opposite of Tomozou's. ; :, Live-Action: Yoshie Ichige (2006 special), Yoshiko Miyazaki (2007 show) :Maruko's paternal grandmother, Hiroshi's mother, and Sumire's mother-in-law. She's wise and knows what's good for the human body and wears a traditional

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. She was born on April 4, 1902. Her name of Kotake was never known in the series until it appeared in a 4-panel manga (

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) on July 1, 2007.

Media

Manga

The original ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' manga was serialized in the shōjo-oriented '' Ribon Magazine''. 14 volumes were published from July 1987 to December 1996, with a 15th volume published in February 2003. In July 2007, a 4-frame version of ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' was published in every morning edition of several Japanese newspapers such as the

Tokyo Shimbun ''The Tokyo Shimbun'' (東京新聞, ''Tōkyō Shinbun'', literally ''Tokyo Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published by The Chunichi Shimbun Company. The group publishes newspapers under the brand name of The Tokyo Shimbun in the Tokyo Met ...

and the

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. The 16th volume of the manga was published on April 15, 2009 and 17th volume was issued on Dec 25, 2018. The 18th volume was issued on Oct 25, 2022. The new manga was produced by Sakura's long-time assistant Botan Kohagi and other assistants at Sakura Production. The volume contains seven new chapters, and are based on stories that Sakura originally created for the Chibi Maruko-chan television anime ٩(＾◡＾)۶

Spin-offs

A spin-off manga by Momoko Sakura titled focuses on the character Kimio Nagasawa on High School, was published on the magazine Shogakkan's '' Big Comic Spirits'' from January 1993 and May 1995. It was made into an live-action drama, premiering on

Tokyo Broadcasting System Television JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network ...

on April 1, 2013. A square-headed parody version of manga Chibi Maruko-chan titled was published on Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine from October 19, 2016.

Anime

First series

''Chibi Maruko-chan'' originally aired on

and affiliated TV stations. 142 episodes were broadcast, from January 1990 to September 1992. Maruko was voiced by Tarako; other voice actors included Kappei Yamaguchi and Hideki Saijo. Original manga author Momoko Sakura wrote the

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for most episodes. The first series was directed by Yumiko Suda, animated by Masaaki Yuasa (who later directed ''

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'' in 2004), while the music was composed by Nobuyuki Nakamura. The series attained a TV viewer rating of 39.9% on October 28, 1990, the highest rating ever attained by an animated TV series in Japan. The outro song '' Odoru Ponpokorin'' became a hit and was interpreted by several artists including the

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and

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. The series was exported throughout Asia and was especially popular in

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. In addition, 65 episodes were dubbed into Arabic (called Maruko Assagheera, which means Little Maruko), where it garnered attention from people of all ages. It also aired in Germany with the same title as the original and was broadcast by

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and

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. It aired weekdays on

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. Opening theme: #'' Yume Ippai'' (ゆめいっぱい "Full of Dreams") by Yumiko Seki (eps. 1–142) Ending themes: #''

Odoru Pompokolin is a song by Japanese pop group B.B.Queens, serving as their debut single on April 4, 1990. It was used as the original ending theme of the anime series ''Chibi Maruko-chan''. On July 9, 1990, "Odoru Pompokolin" reached the top of the Oricon Sin ...

'' (おどるポンポコリン) by

B.B.Queens were a 1990s J-pop group whose debut single "Odoru Pompokolin" was the #1 song in 1990 on the Oricon charts, won the 32nd Japan Record Awards, was listed as the 3rd song on the JASRAC lists for 1991, and certified as a Recording Industry Associa ...

(eps. 1-66) #''Hashire Shoujiki-mono'' (走れ正直者 "Run, Honest Person") by Hideki Saijo (eps. 67-142)

Second series

A second series debuted on Fuji Television and affiliated TV stations in January 1995, airing on Sundays in the 6:00 pm time slot, before '' Sazae-san'' at 6:30 pm. The series is directed by Jun Takagi and Nobuyuki Nakamura, like the first series, composes the music. The majority of the voice actors from the first series reprised their roles. The first 219 episodes were written by Momoko Sakura, however, she had supervised the episode screenplays from episode 220 up until her death in 2018. In Spain, the show is available via VOD on the website of Neox's children's block, Neox Kidz. On

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, which is available in the United States and Canada, the second series (starting with the episodes broadcast in 2009) now broadcasts weekly in Japanese. In

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, is distributed by

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, the dub was produced in

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and broadcast on several local, public and other private television networks. Opening themes: #''Ureshii Yokan'' (うれしい予感 "Feeling Happy") by

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(eps. 1-73), Chibi Maruko-chan (Tarako) (ep. 28) #''Humming ga Kikoeru'' (ハミングがきこえる "Hear the Humming") by

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(eps. 74-179) #''Odoru Ponpokorin'' (おどるポンポコリン) by

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(eps. 180–253) #''KinKi no Yaruki Man Man Song'' (KinKiのやる気まんまんソング) by

(eps. 254–294) #''Odoru Ponpokorin'' (おどるポンポコリン) by B.B.Queens (eps. 295–746; 793–807; 888–953) #''Odoru Ponpokorin'' (2010 Version) (おどるポンポコリン（2010年バージョン）) by

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(eps. 747-792) #''Odoru Ponpokorin'' (25th Anniversary Version) (おどるポンポコリン（ちびまる子ちゃん誕生25周年バージョン）) by B.B. Queens (eps. 808–887) #''Odoru Ponpokorin'' (2014 Version) (おどるポンポコリン（2014年バージョン）) by

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(eps. 954–1046) #''Odoru Ponpokorin'' by Sakurako Ohara (Special 19) #''Odoru Ponpokorin'' by Golden Bomber (eps. 1047–1190) #''Odoru Ponpokorin'' by

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(eps. 1091-) Ending themes: #''Hari-kiri Jiisan no Rock 'n' Roll'' (針切じいさんのロケン・ロール) by

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(eps. 1-27, 29–73) #''Hari-kiri Jiisan no Rock 'n' Roll'' by Grandfather (Takeshi Aono) and the children (ep. 28) #''Akke ni Torareta Toki no Uta'' (あっけにとられた時のうた) by Tama (eps. 74-130, 132–179) #''Yume Ippai Shin Version'' (ゆめいっぱい（新バージョン） "Full of Dream (New Version)") #''Jaga Buttercorn-san'' (じゃがバタコーンさん) by ManaKana (eps. 180–230) #''Chibi Maruko Ondo'' (ちびまる子音頭) by ManaKana (eps. 231–340) #''Kyuujitsu no Uta (Viva La Viva)'' (休日の歌（Viva La Vida）) by Delighted Mint (eps. 341–416) #''Uchū Dai Shuffle'' (宇宙大シャッフル "Big Shuffle in Outer Space") by Love Jets (eps. 417–481) #''Arara no Jumon'' (アララの呪文) by Chibi Maruko-chan with Bakuchu Mondai (eps. 482–850) #''Hyaku-man Nen no Shiawase!!'' (100万年の幸せ!! "100 Thousand Years of Happiness!!") by

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(eps. 851-special 21) #''Kimi o Wasurenai yo'' (キミを忘れないよ "I Won't Forget You") by Sakurako Ohara (special 19) # by PUFFY (eps. 1119–1216) # by

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(eps. 1217–)

Live action

A live action series was shown on Fuji Television in 2006. The series was created to commemorate ''Chibi Maruko-chans 15th anniversary and had 3 episodes, each 2 hours. All costumes and hairstyles are faithful to the original manga. A Taiwanese live-action adaptation was also made begin airing on March 13, 2017. Both of the second television series and the live action series were broadcast in 1080i

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Films

"Frame Ritz Cinema is famous In this world" (Festival Frame Ritz Film Layar Lebar) *''Chibi Maruko-chan'' (

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, 1990) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: My Favorite Song'' (television film, 1992) *'' Chibi Maruko-chan: A Boy from Italy'' (2015) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: The Fantastic Notebook'' (2022) (Chinese 3DCG film)

Video games

All the Game Boy titles (which consists of

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s) were developed by KID and published by

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. The other titles were published by different companies like

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and

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. *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Uki Uki Shopping'' (

Famicom The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit Third generation of video game consoles, third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the commonly known as the The NES, a redes ...

, 1990) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Okozukai Daisakusen'' (

Game Boy The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America later the same year, and in Europe in late 1990. It was designed by the same t ...

, 1990) *''Chibi Maruko-chan 2: Deluxe Maruko World'' (Game Boy, 1991) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Harikiri 365-Nichi no Maki'' (

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, 1991) *''Chibi Maruko-chan 3: Mezase! Game Taishou no Maki'' (Game Boy, 1992) *''Chibi Maruko-chan 4: Korega Nihon Dayo Ouji Sama'' (Game Boy, 1992) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Quiz de Piihyara'' (

PC Engine The TurboGrafx-16, known as the outside North America, is a home video game console designed by Hudson Soft and sold by NEC Home Electronics. It was the first console marketed in the fourth generation, commonly known as the 16-bit era, thoug ...

, 1992) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Waku Waku Shopping'' (

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, 1992) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Maruko Deluxe Quiz'' (

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/Game Boy/ Neo-Geo, 1995) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Mezase! Minami no Island!!'' (Super Famicom, 1995) *'' Chibi Maruko-chan no Taisen Puzzle Dama'' (

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, 1995) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Maruko Enikki World'' (

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, 1995) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Go Chounai Minna de Game Dayo!'' (

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, 2001) *''Chibi Maruko-chan DS Maru-chan no Machi'' (

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, 2009) *''Chibi Maruko-chan (

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, 2016) *''Chibi Maruko-chan: Dream Stage'' iOS/Android, 2016

Stage

As part of the project to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the original work, it was announced in October 2021 that the first stage of this work, "Chibi Maruko-chan The Stage", will be produced, scheduled to be performed at the end of 2022. Nelke Planning is in charge of planning and production. In August 2022, it was announced that the title would be "High School Days" and that it would be performed at the Galaxy Theatre from December 15th to December 25th.

Notes

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(former Japanese international football player). Momoko Sakura, the author of the manga, created a character called Kenta -kun who occasionally makes an appearance. He loves football and is a classmate of Chibi Maruko. This character was created after Hasegawa. Sakura and Hasegawa attended the same primary school during the same period.

References

External links

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Official International website
* {{Nippon Animation films 1990 anime television series debuts 1992 anime films 1992 Japanese television series endings 1995 anime television series debuts 1996 comics endings Japanese children's animated comedy television series Japanese adult animated comedy television series Fiction set in 1974 Comics set in the 1970s Animated television series about children Anime series based on manga Comedy anime and manga Fuji TV original programming Japanese television dramas based on manga Manga adapted into films Nippon Animation Television shows written by Eriko Shinozaki Shōjo manga Shueisha franchises Shueisha manga Video games based on anime and manga Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo) Animated children's television sitcoms Animated adult television sitcoms Anime postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic Anime productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic