Fisherman Sanpei | |
![]() Cover of the first
tankōbon volume, featuring Sanpei Mihira | |
釣りキチ三平 (Tsurikichi Sanpei) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Takao Yaguchi |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1973 – 1983 |
Volumes | 65 |
Manga | |
Written by | Takao Yaguchi |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 2002 – 2010 |
Volumes | 12 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yoshikata Nitta |
Studio | Nippon Animation |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | April 7, 1980 – June 28, 1982 |
Episodes | 109 |
Fisherman Sanpei ( Japanese: 釣りキチ三平, Hepburn: Tsurikichi Sanpei) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Takao Yaguchi. The manga was serialised in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1973 to 1983. Kodansha has published the manga's 57 bound volumes between July 5, 2003 and October 5, 2005.
The manga was adapted into an 109-episode anime series. [1] [2] Directed by Yoshikata Nitta, the anime's 109 episodes were broadcast on Fuji TV between April 7, 1980 and June 28, 1982. The official English name is Fisherman Sanpei. [3]
As of October 2020, the Fisherman Sanpei manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. [4]
The anime uses two pieces of theme song. "Wakaki Tabibito" (若き旅人) by MoJo is the series' opening theme, while "Ore wa tsurikichi Sanpei da" (おれは釣りキチ三平だ) also by MoJo is the series' ending theme. An OVA called まんがビデオシリーズ 釣りキチ三平 was released in 2001 on VHS only.
It was made into a live action film in 2009, starring Kenta Suga, Takashi Tsukamoto and Yuu Kashii. The official English name of this movie is Sanpei the Fisher Boy. [5]
There were two official videogames, made by Cross Media Soft for MSX home computers:
Fisherman Sanpei | |
![]() Cover of the first
tankōbon volume, featuring Sanpei Mihira | |
釣りキチ三平 (Tsurikichi Sanpei) | |
---|---|
Manga | |
Written by | Takao Yaguchi |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1973 – 1983 |
Volumes | 65 |
Manga | |
Written by | Takao Yaguchi |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 2002 – 2010 |
Volumes | 12 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yoshikata Nitta |
Studio | Nippon Animation |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | April 7, 1980 – June 28, 1982 |
Episodes | 109 |
Fisherman Sanpei ( Japanese: 釣りキチ三平, Hepburn: Tsurikichi Sanpei) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Takao Yaguchi. The manga was serialised in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1973 to 1983. Kodansha has published the manga's 57 bound volumes between July 5, 2003 and October 5, 2005.
The manga was adapted into an 109-episode anime series. [1] [2] Directed by Yoshikata Nitta, the anime's 109 episodes were broadcast on Fuji TV between April 7, 1980 and June 28, 1982. The official English name is Fisherman Sanpei. [3]
As of October 2020, the Fisherman Sanpei manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. [4]
The anime uses two pieces of theme song. "Wakaki Tabibito" (若き旅人) by MoJo is the series' opening theme, while "Ore wa tsurikichi Sanpei da" (おれは釣りキチ三平だ) also by MoJo is the series' ending theme. An OVA called まんがビデオシリーズ 釣りキチ三平 was released in 2001 on VHS only.
It was made into a live action film in 2009, starring Kenta Suga, Takashi Tsukamoto and Yuu Kashii. The official English name of this movie is Sanpei the Fisher Boy. [5]
There were two official videogames, made by Cross Media Soft for MSX home computers: