Kobo, the Li'l Rascal
| Kobo, the Li'l Rascal | |
| コボちゃん (Kobo-chan) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masashi Ueda |
| Published by |
Soyosha (strip) Houbunsha (current volumes) |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Yomiuri Shimbun |
| Original run | April 1, 1982 – present |
| Volumes |
60 (Soyosha) 36 (Houbunsha) |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiromitsu Morita |
| Produced by | Michihiko Suwa, Tatsuo Ono |
| Studio | Eiken |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | October 19, 1992 – March 21, 1994 |
| Episodes | 63 |
Kobo, the Li'l Rascal, also known as Kobo-chan (コボちゃん), is a manga created by Masashi Ueda.[1] Kodansha published the book in a bilingual Japanese-English edition, and Kodansha America distributed the book in the United States.[2]
Kobo-chan began publication in the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun on April 1, 1982. Beginning in December of that year, Soyosha published the series in book form.[3] Nippon Television began airing the Kobo-chan strip on television on September 15, 1990. The weekly anime series ran on that channel from October 19, 1992, to March 21, 1994. Yomiuri had published 6,000 Kobo-chan strips by March 1999.[4] Soyosha published Volume 60 on October 22, 2003.[5] Houbunsha began publishing volumes on May 6, 2004.[6] Its most recently volume, the 36th, was published on November 7, 2016.[7]
Characters
- Kobo Tabata (田畑 小穂 Tabata Kobo, Kobo コボちゃん Kobo-chan) - The namesake of the series.
- Sanae Tabata (田畑 早苗 Tabata Sanae) - Kobo's mother.
- Koji Tabata (田畑 耕二 Tabata Kōji) - Kobo's father
- Miho Tabata (田畑 美穂 Tabata Miho) - Kobo's younger sister
- Iwao Yamakawa (山川 岩夫 Yamakawa Iwao) - Kobo's grandfather and Sanae's father
- Mine Yamakawa (山川 ミネ Yamakawa Mine) - Kobo's grandmother and Sanae's mother
- Takeo Omori (大森 竹男 Ōmori Takeo, タケオ Takeo) - Takeo is Iwao's nephew
- Sakiko Omori (大森 咲子 Ōmori Sakiko) - Takeo's wife
- Pochi (ポチ) - family dog
- Mi (ミー) - family cat
References
- ↑ "(10) コボちゃんで作文の一歩." Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved on October 1, 2009.
- ↑ Kobo, the Li'l Rascal. Volume 2 Bilingual. August 2001. Kodansha International. ISBN 4-7700-2663-3, ISBN 978-4-7700-2663-7
- ↑ "コボちゃん (1) (Soyosha comics)" [Kobo-chan (1) (Soyosha comics)] (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ↑ Kobo, the Li'l Rascal. Volume 1 Bilingual. August 2001. Kodansha International. ISBN 4-7700-2662-5, ISBN 978-4-7700-2662-0. Book cover inlet.
- ↑ "コボちゃん (60) (Soyosha comics)" [Kobo-chan (60) (Soyosha comics)] (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ↑ "Works" (in Japanese). Houbunsha. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ "Works" (in Japanese). Houbunsha. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
External links
- Kobo, the Li'l Rascal (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Kobo, the Li'l Rascal (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia