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 by Kenji Hamaoka. An

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adaptation by

Studio Deen is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1975 by former Sunrise producer Hiroshi Hasegawa, along with a team of ex-Sunrise animators. The studio owns three subsidiaries: Danny Donghua (), a Chinese sub-contracting studio; Megumi (め組), a di ...

aired on TBS in 1998. A second anime adaptation was announced on 2014's 10th issue of

Akita Shoten is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Teio Akita in 1948. As of May 2023, the company's president is Shigeru Higuchi. The company is known for publishing the manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Champ ...

's Weekly Shonen Champion on January 29, 2014. The second season was aired from July 6 to December 21, 2014. A live-action series adaptation of the series premiered on

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Bitter! Squid Man (辛辣!イカ男) # Maruki Figure (マルキーフィギュア) # My Holiday (彼はお休み) # I'm Really Sorry (どーもすいません) # Sure You Want to Piggyback? (便乗してもいいですか?) # New Homeless Miao (真・野良ミャオ) # Sweet Claw (甘い爪) # Teru (てる) # Wonderful, Japanese! (素晴らしき哉、日本人!) # King Squid Story (大王イカ物語) # Ito Story 3 (イトーストーリー3) # Bose Detective (ボーズ探偵) # Osment (オスメント) # To The Distant Sky of Muta (遠い空のムタへ) # Poseidon (ポセイドン) # Hikaden (ヒカデン) # Throat Wheel (ノド輪) # Edible Briefs (食用ブリーフ) # Umbrella Story, Casa Pass (傘ネタ、カーサ渡し) # Toccata and Daitetsu (トッカータと大鉄) # My Neighbor is Noriko Nishikawa 西川のり子 # The tale of Harumaki Ryu はるまきりゅう)no monogatari

Opening Themes

Super Radical Gag Family (1998)

# Summer's Illusion (ナツノマボロシ) (1-16) (Sheep) # -I'll- (17-33) (

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)

Always! Super Radical Gag Family (2014)

# The Town of Steel (鋼の街)

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