Tsurupika Hagemaru

Tsurupika Hagemaru
つるピカハゲ丸 chuchu
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Shinbo Nomura
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic
Demographic	Kodomo
Original run	1985 – 1995
Volumes	25
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Sasagawa (supervision); Tetsuo Yasumi
Produced by	Junichi Kimura (TV Asahi); Sōjirō Masuko (Shin-Ei Animation)
Written by	Masaaki Sakurai
Music by	Kuni Kawachi
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Original network	ANN (TV Asahi)
Original run	March 3, 1988 – October 6, 1989
Episodes	59 + 3 specials (List of episodes)
Video game
Tsurupika Hagemaru Mezase! Tsuru Seko no Shou
Publisher	Jaleco
Genre	Action
Platform	Family Computer
Released	December 13, 1991

Tsurupika Hagemaru (つるピカハゲ丸, lit. "Little Baldy Hagemaru"), or simply Hagemaru, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinbo Nomura. The series was published in the Shogakukan magazine CoroCoro Comic from 1985 to 1995. It tells the story of a young boy named Hagemaru and his ideas for saving money.

Premise

The light-hearted story revolves around a young boy named Hagemaru with notably thick eyebrows and an unashamed positive and upbeat attitude. It spreads focus on his greedy family and the slice of life adventures he has with his schoolmates, typically his best friend and teacher who are irked by Hagemaru's schemes and disruptive demeanor.

Cast

Noriko Tsukase as Hagemaru (episodes 1 – 37)
Kazuko Sugiyama as Hagemaru (episodes 38 – 52)
Jun'ichi Kanemaru as Masaru Kondou
Naoki Makishima as Pesu
Ginzô Matsuo as Homework Mask
Mariko Mukai as Aiko Hageda
Riyako Nagao as Kurumi
Ken'ichi Ogata as Yuji Hageda
Tomoko Ohtsuka as Mrs. Kondou
Yoshino Takamori as Sakiki Sakura

Media

Anime

Due to the popularity of the manga in Japan, an anime adaptation was produced by Shin-Ei Animation in 1988. It was directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa and was broadcast by TV Asahi from March 3, 1988, to October 6, 1989.^[1] The 58 episode anime series also became a big hit, and, because of its popularity, a game was also created for the Family Computer. Since then, Tsurupika Hagemaru has been aired all around the world.

In India, it was titled Hagemaru by [[Pogo (TV channel or Hungama TV channel)Pogo TV and was dubbed into Hindi and a few other languages like Tamil and Telugu. The show later aired on Hungama TV from 10 April 2020 with the official title The Hagemaru Show.

The English dub of Hagemaru by Pogo TV is considered lost media.

In Malaysia, it is aired by Astro Ceria. The official English title is Hagemaru the Bald One.^[2]

A 3D cartoon, intended as a soft reboot, was slated for 2021 but production status and release are still unknown.

Accolades

Tsurupika Hagemaru received the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1987.

References

^ つるピカハゲ丸くん (1988). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
^ "Animation detail". www.tv-asahi.co.jp. Archived from the original on 29 December 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

External links

Tsurupika Hagemaru (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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[1] つるピカハゲ丸くん (1988). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved September 29, 2014.

[2] "Animation detail". www.tv-asahi.co.jp. Archived from the original on 29 December 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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