is a Japanese children's

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written and illustrated by (村瀬範行 ''Murase Noriyuki''). It has been serialized in Monthly ''

CoroCoro Comic is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, established on May 15, 1977. Its main target is elementary school-aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga, shōnen manga. Several of its properties, like ''Doraemon'' and ...

'' from June 2004.Keshikasu-kun Children's Manga Gets TV Anime Green-Lit
" '' Anime News Network''. December 26, 2009. Retrieved on March 25, 2014. The series is about a white eraser who becomes ''Keshikasu-kun'' by putting an eraser crumb on his head and a paper costume on his body. Keshikasu-kun wants to become the best of the stationery supplies, outdoing other characters such as the blackboard eraser (''kokuban-keshi'') and the correction fluid (''shūseieki''). Beginning in 2008 ''Keshikasu-kun'' appeared in the television program ' (おはコロシアム). ''Keshikasu-kun'' received the

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in the children's category in 2008. The January 2010 issue of ''Monthly Coro Coro Comic'', released on December 15, 2009, revealed that an anime adaptation, classified by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions as a television program, had been approved. The anime aired for 44 episodes from 2010 to 2013. A videogame ''called Keshikasu-kun Battle Kastival'' was released by Konami in 2010.

Characters

* Keshikasu (ケシカス) - The white eraser * Bōzu (ボウズ) - The student boy who is the owner of Keshikasu * Enpitsu (エンピツ) - The

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* Chibikasu (チビカス) - The white eraser who is Keshikasu's young brother * Shūseieki (修正液) - The

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* Kokuban Keshi (黒板消し) - The

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References

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