is a manga written and illustrated by
Tetsuya Chiba. It ran in ''
Weekly Shonen Magazine'' for nearly eight years and received an anime adaptation in 1977. The series received the Kodansha Cultural Children's Award (not to be confused with the
Kodansha Manga Award
is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially ...
) in 1976.
Plot
Teppei Uesugi and his father have long since lived deep in the forest in search of buried treasure. Since he has not been a member of cultured society for a long time, Teppei is wild and unmannered. One day, Teppei's uncle finds him and Teppei finds out that he is actually from a very prestigious family and had five siblings. For the first time in his life, he will have to attend school and live under his grandmother's rules. Can Teppei really adapt to his new environment?
Characters
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Masako Nozawa as Teppei Uesugi
* Akiko Tsuboi as Azumi Uesugi
* Masao Imanishi as Hiromi Uesugi
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Tohru Furuya
Toru is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Toru can be expressed with several kanji. Some examples:
*徹, "penetrate"
*透, "transparent"
*享, "enjoy"
*亨, "smoothly"
*暢, "freely"
The name can also be written in hiragana と ...
as Yoshiyuki
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Makoto Kōsaka as Kanako
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Shozo Iizuka as Yoshioka
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Youko Matsuoka as Onigiri
References
External links
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{{Nippon Animation
Anime series
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