is a Japanese

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 written and illustrated by . It was serialized in

Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's '' Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in volumes under the "Y ...

'' from 1997 to 2000, with its chapters collected in 15 ''

tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...

'' volumes. It was adapted into a two-season

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broadcast on TBS; the first season was broadcast from April to June 2003, and the second season from October to December 2004.

Plot

The series follows (portrayed by

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), an ex-delinquent and currently a school art teacher who takes care of his 5-year-old daughter, (portrayed by Nana Yamauchi), of whom he has no idea who her mother is. He also lives with his four siblings whose fathers are all different. Enzo's daughter suffers from severe

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, so he throws himself into managing her diet to alleviate her condition. Enzo pursues life passionately for his little girl and his family. This is a story about how desperately Enzo tries to hold his family together in spite of all the hardships.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by , ''Hotman'' was serialized in

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

'' from 1997 to 2000. Shueisha collected its chapters in fifteen ''

'' volumes, released from June 19, 1997, to October 19, 2000; an additional volume, ''Hotman 2003'', was released on June 20, 2003.

Drama

The manga was adapted into a

which was broadcast for two seasons on TBS. The first season was broadcast from April 10 to June 19, 2003; the second season, ''Hotman 2'', was broadcast from October 7 to December 23, 2004.

References

External links

* * * {{Weekly Young Jump - 1979–1999 Drama anime and manga Seinen manga Shueisha manga Shueisha franchises TBS Television (Japan) dramas