is a
yonkoma
is a comic strip format that generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom. They also sometimes run right-to-left horizontally or use a hybrid 2×2 style, depending on the layout requiremen ...
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series by
Masashi Ueda which has been serialized in several magazine. In the early 1980s, the manga was published simultaneously in
Takeshobo's ''
Kindai Mahjong'', ''
Kindai Mahjong Original'', and ''
Gamble Punch''.
It was then published in ''
Manga Life
was a manga magazine published monthly by Takeshobo in Japan since the November 1984 issue (published in October 1984). Its original title was , and the change to ''Manga Life'' was made to better compete with '' Manga Time'', a rival magazine p ...
'' magazine from November 1984 (in the first issue of the magazine) to 1994. The series was started again in January 2001 and is currently running in ''Manga Life''. The title of the series was changed to in March 2002. The manga was adapted into a
theatrical film
A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a film (motion picture, "movie" or simply “picture”) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation ...
and an
OVA
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the ...
in the early 1980s.
Several
pachinko
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systems have been released which feature ''Furiten-kun'' as the theme.
It won the 28th
Bungeishunjū Manga Award
The was an annual award established in 1955 and given out by Bungeishunjū in Japan for gag, , one-panel, and satirical manga. The award was also given out for works considered the magnum opus of manga creators.
Past winners of the award inclu ...
along with Ueda's ''
Kariage-kun'' in 1982.
Anime film
Staff
*Director:
Taku Sugiyama
*Producers:
Seishi Nishino,
Satoshi Sakai
*Executive Producer:
Katsuo Seijō
*Original story: Masashi Ueda
*Screenplay:
Noboru Shiroyama,
Tsunehisa Itō,
Haruya Yamazaki, Taku Sugiyama
Sources:
Cast
*Furiten-kun:
Haruo Chikada
Sources:
References
1980 manga
1981 anime films
1981 films
1984 manga
2001 manga
2002 manga
Animated films based on manga
Manga adapted into films
Mahjong in anime and manga
Takeshobo manga
Toho animated films
Yonkoma
Seinen manga
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