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