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21 Emon
First tankōbon volume cover (Mushi Comics edition)
21エモン
(Nijūichi Emon)
Genre
Manga
Written byFujiko Fujio[a]
Published by
Imprint
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 1, 1968 – February 2, 1969
Volumes
Anime film
21 Emon: Uchū e Irasshai!
Directed byTsutomu Shibayama
StudioShin-Ei Animation
ReleasedAugust 1, 1981
Runtime92 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byMitsuru Hongo
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run May 2, 1991 – March 26, 1992
Episodes39
Anime film
21 Emon: Soraike! Hadashi no Princess
StudioShin-Ei Animation
ReleasedMarch 7, 1992
Runtime40 minutes

21 Emon (Japanese: 21エモン, Hepburn: Nijūichi Emon), also known as 21 Emon: The 21st Century Kid,[1] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio.[a] It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1968 to 1969. An anime film adaptation, animated by Shin-Ei Animation premiered in 1981. A 39-episode anime television series was broadcast on TV Asahi from May 1991 to March 1992. A second anime film premiered in March 1992. Set in a futuristic world, the series follows a boy named 21 Emon, heir to a long dynasty of hotel owners, whose ancestor goes back to the Edo Period.

Plot

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Having to struggle with keeping up their family hotel business at 21 Emon is trying his hardest to help out his family as the new heir, although his dream is not being in the hotel business his whole life but exploring the wide space as a space pilot.

Media

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Manga

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Written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio,[a] 21 Emon was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from the January 1, 1968, to the February 2, 1969, issues;[2] additional stories were also published in special issues of Shōnen Sunday (March, August, and October 1968 issues) and CoroCoro Comic (August 1981 issue); a spin-off, titled Monger-chan (モンガーちゃん, Mongā-chan), was published in Shogakukan no Yochien [ja] (July to September 1968 issues).[3] Three collected tankōbon volumes were released by Mushi Pro Shōji, under the Mushi Comics imprint, from October 30, 1971,[4] to January 30, 1972.[5] Shogakukan released the series in four volumes, under their Tentōmushi Comics imprint, from August 25, 1977,[6] to April 25, 1978.[7] A five-volume edition was released by Chuokoron-Shinsha, under the Fujiko Fujio Land [ja] imprint, from June to October 1984.[8][9] A three-volume bunkoban edition was released by Shogakukan on April 25, 1997.[10] A two-volume edition was released by Shogakukan as part of their "Fujiko F. Fujio Complete Works" collection on August 25 and December 24, 2010.[11][12] Shogakukan published another four-volume edition under the Tentōmushi Comics imprint from July 27 to October 25, 2018.[13][14]

Anime

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An anime film, titled 21 Emon: Uchū e Irasshai! (21エモン 宇宙へいらっしゃい!, "21 Emon: Welcome to Space!"), animated by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by Tsutomu Shibayama, premiered on August 1, 1981.[15]

A 39-episode anime television series, animated by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by Mitsuru Hongo, was broadcast on TV Asahi from May 2, 1991, to March 26, 1992.[16]

A second anime film, titled 21 Emon: Soraike! Hadashi no Princess (21エモン 宇宙いけ! 裸足のプリンセス, "21 Emon: Outer Space! Barefoot Princess"), premiered on March 7, 1992.[17]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Hiroshi Fujimoto alone
  2. ^ a b c 1971–72 edition
  3. ^ a b c 1984 edition
  4. ^ a b First Shogakukan collected edition (1977–78)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "21 Emon: The 21st Century Kid". Asahi National Broadcasting (TV Asahi). Archived from the original on October 16, 2003. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  2. ^ 21エモン [マンガ雑誌掲載履歴]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ^ 21エモン. Shogakukan. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  4. ^ 21エモン 1 [虫コミックス]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  5. ^ 21エモン 3 [虫コミックス]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  6. ^ 21エモン 1 [てんとう虫コミックス]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  7. ^ 21エモン 4 [てんとう虫コミックス]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  8. ^ 21エモン 1 [藤子不二雄ランド]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  9. ^ 21エモン 5 [藤子不二雄ランド]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  10. ^ 21エモン〔小学館コロコロ文庫〕. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 22, 2005. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  11. ^ 藤子・Ｆ・不二雄大全集　２１エモン (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  12. ^ 藤子・Ｆ・不二雄大全集　２１エモン　２　モンガーちゃん (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 12, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  13. ^ 藤子・F・不二雄「21エモン」新装版1巻、図書カード当たるプレゼント企画も. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 27, 2018. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  14. ^ 【10月25日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 25, 2018. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  15. ^ 21エモン 宇宙へいらっしゃい!. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  16. ^ 21エモン. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  17. ^ 21エモン 宇宙いけ!裸足のプリンセス. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
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