Osomatsu-kun

Osomatsu-kun
Original title	お そ 松 く ん
transcription	Osomatsu-kun
genre	Shōnen , slapstick
Manga
country	Japan
author	Fujio Akatsuka
publishing company	Shogakukan
magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
First publication	1962-1969
expenditure	34
Anime television series
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
year	1966
Studio	Studio Zero
length	25 minutes
Episodes	57
Director	Makoto Nagasawa , Hiroe Mitsunobu
music	Urahito Watanabe
First broadcast	February 5, 1966 on MBS
synchronization
Anime television series
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
year	1988
Studio	Studio Pierrot
length	25 minutes
Episodes	86
Director	Akira Shigino
production	Kenji Shimizu , Kyotaro Kimura
music	Yusuke Honma
First broadcast	February 13, 1988 on Fuji TV
synchronization
Movie
► Osomatsu-kun: Suika no Hoshi kara Konnichiwa zansu! (1989)
continuation
► Osomatsu-san (2015)

Osomatsu-kun ( Japanese お そ 松 く ん ) is a manga series by Fujio Akatsuka that was published in Japan from 1962 to 1969. The Shōnen and Slapstick series was filmed as an anime television series in both the 1960s and 1980s . In 1985 a television real film special came out for the series and in 1993 a manga short story appeared. A sequel in the form of a television series followed with Osomatsu-san from autumn 2015.

content

The series revolves around the sextuplets of the Matsuno family ( 松 野 ). The ten-year-olds are in fifth grade and cause all kinds of trouble for their parents Matsuzō ( 松 造 ) and Matsuyo ( 松 代 ) and in the neighborhood. The “eldest”, Osomatsu ( お そ 松 , from お 粗 末 , Japanese for “coarse”) is the best fighter and often plays the leader of the six siblings. Karamatsu ( カ ラ 松 , from 唐松 , Japanese for larch ) is fickle, but always neat and tidy. The clever Choromatsu ( チ ョ ロ 松 , from ち ょ ろ い , Japanese for "child's play") often hatches something together with Osomatsu. Ichimatsu ( 一 松 , from 市 松 模 様 , Japanese for checkerboard pattern ) is honest and strong; the fifth brother Jūshimatsu ( 十四 松 , from 十姉妹 , Japanese for Japanese seagull ) is very nice and friendly. The carefree Todomatsu ( ト ド 松 , from 椴 松 , Japanese for Sakhalin fir ) is the “youngest” of the six. In their neighborhood live the pushy and malicious Iyami, who always claims to come from France, the little Chibita, who often appears as a rival of the sextuplets, the hatabō, which is quite normal except for his flag stuck in his head, the fat animal-loving Dekapan, who always only wears huge striped pants, and the voracious Dayōn, who has a huge mouth. Totoko also lives in the neighborhood, the daughter of fish traders, with whom the sextuplets are in love and about whom they fight.

Manga publication

The manga was published from 1962 to 1969 in the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday the publisher Shogakukan . The anthology edition reached 34 volumes and the series was published several times in parallel or again: in Shogaku Ichinensei (1966-1967), Boy's Life (1966), Shōnen King (1972-1973), Comic BonBon (1987-1990) and Monthly TV Magazines.

Anime adaptation

In 1966, Studio Zero created the first anime version of the material under the direction of Makoto Nagasawa and Hiroe Mitsunobu . The scripts were written by Fujio Akatsuka and Kon Kitagawa , while Nagasawa was also responsible for the character design. The 57 episodes of the series were shown from February 5, 1966 to March 25, 1967 by MBS .

A remake of the manga was produced by Studio Pierrot in 1988 . Directed by Akira Shigino and producers were Kenji Shimizu and Kyotaro Kimura . The series concept comes from Hiroyuki Hoshiyama and the artistic direction was first Shichirō Kobayashi and then Setsuki Ishizu. The 86 episodes were shown on Fuji TV from February 13, 1988 to December 23, 1989. In March 1989 the television film Osomatsu-kun: Suika no Hoshi kara Konnichiwa zansu! broadcast.

Since October 2015 the sequel Osomatsu-san can be seen on Japanese television , which is subtitled in German as Mr. Osomatsu and is also streamed on Crunchyroll .

synchronization

role	Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) 1966	Speaker 1988
Osomatsu	Midori Kato	Yō Inoue
Karamatsu	Fuyumi Shiraishi	Mari Mashiba
Choromatsu	Keiko Yamamoto	Rica Matsumoto
Ichimatsu	Haruko Kitahama	Mari Yokō , Rica Matsumoto
Jushimatsu	Mie Azuma	Naoko Matsui
Todomatsu	Haruko Kitahama	Megumi Hayashibara
Iyami	Kyōji Kobayashi	Kaneta Kimotsuki
Chibita	Kazue Tagami , Kazuko Sawada	Mayumi Tanaka
Hatabō	Takako Sasuga	Mari Mashiba
Dekapan	Takuzō Kamiyama , Setsuo Wakui	Tōru Ōhira
Dayon	Hiroshi Ōtake	Takuzo Kamiyama
Totoko	Fuyumi Shiraishi , Junko Hori	Naoko Matsui

music

The music for the first series was composed by Urahito Watanabe . The two songs Osomatsu-kun no Uta ( お そ 松 く ん の う た ) and Osomatsu-kun no Uta 2 ( お そ 松 く ん の う た 2 ) were used for the opening and closing credits of the episodes . The text of both titles is by Fujio Akatsuka , the music by Urato Watanabe and Keitarō Miho and they were sung by the voice actors of the series.

In the 1980s, Yusuke Honma was signed . The opening credits were underlaid with Seichō Osomatsu Setsu ( 正 調 お そ 松 節 ), whose text was written by Yasushi Akimoto . The music comes from Akira Mitake and Kōji Ryūzaki . The final title is Osomatsu-kun Ondō ( お そ 松 く ん 音 頭 ), written by Yukinojō Mori , composed by Daigiburō Nakayama and arranged by Kōji Ryūzaki. Both songs were sung by Takashi Hosokawa .

Video game

Sega developed a video game for the Mega Drive console based on the manga . It was published on December 24, 1988 under the title Osomatsu-kun: Hachamecha Gekijō ( お そ 松 く ん は ち ゃ め ち ゃ 劇場 ).

reception

In 1964 Akatsuka was awarded the 10th Shogakukan Manga Prize for Osomatsu-kun . Both manga and anime were very popular with their children and adolescents in Japan, but were sharply criticized by parent representatives as "one of the worst programs ever produced" . The remake of the 1980s was also popular and achieved an audience rate of 20%. The Anime Encyclopedia compares the humor of Osomatsu-kun with the younger, more internationally known Crayon Shin-chan . Frederik L. Schodt counts the series among the classics of the gag manga genre.

Web links

• Information at Anime News Network (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition. Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 1-933330-10-4 , pp. 470f.
2. ↑ Osomatsu-kun: Hachamecha Gekijou. segadoes.com, accessed November 30, 2015 . 
3. ↑ yes: 小学 館 漫画 賞 ： 歴 代 受 賞 者. Shogakukan, accessed November 30, 2015 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ Frederik L. Schodt : Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics . Kodansha America, 1983, ISBN 0-87011-752-1 , p. 121.