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Fuku-chan () is a manga series by Ryūichi Yokoyama. The ''yonkoma'' series appeared in Japanese newspapers from 1936 to 1971, making it one of the longest-running Japanese comic strip series. During the World War II, Second World War, three films about Fuku-chan were made for propaganda purposes and in 1982 they were adapted into an anime television series. The character became the mascot of Waseda University. Synopsis The series' protagonist is the five-year-old street boy Fukuo “Fuku-chan” Fuchida, who mostly plays pranks on the people around him. Recurring characters include Fuku-chan's friend Kumi, playmate Namiko and her younger brother Kiyo, the cheeky twins Doshako and Garako, and Ganchan, who always annoys the other children at preschool. Publication The character first appeared in Yokoyama's older series ''Edokko Ken-chan'', where he appeared several times as a mischievous street boy and soon became more popular than the main character. Therefore, the Fuku-c ...
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Ryūichi Yokoyama
Ryūichi Yokoyama (; May 17, 1909 – November 8, 2001) was a Japanese mangaka and animation director. He has created very successful ''yonkoma'' comic strips since the 1930s. Life Yokoyama was born in Kōchi, Kōchi, Kōchi; his parents were silk wholesalers. After finishing high school, he moved to Tokyo and worked as a sculptor apprentice. He started to submit comics to magazines, and soon his works got serialized. His series ''Edokko Ken-chan (''江戸っ子健ちゃん'')'', created in 1936, quickly achieved great success and was the first manga to be adapted as a live-action film (1937). In the same year, the ''Fuku-chan'' (フクちゃん) spin-off came out, which became the most popular manga of its time and influenced several other artists, including Osamu Tezuka. It appeared in 5534 strips in the ''Mainichi Shimbun'' newspaper from 1936 to 1971, making it one of the longest-running Japanese comic strips. The stories focus on the little boy Fukuo "Fuku-chan" Fuchida and hi ...
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