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The Laughing Salesman
Volume 1 of the manga The Laughing Salesman.
笑ゥせぇるすまん
(Warau Serusuman)
GenreHorror, Psychological thriller, Drama
Manga
Written byFujiko Fujio A
Published byShogakukan (one-shot)
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
MagazineBig Comic
Manga Sunday
DemographicSeinen
Original run1968 – 1971
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byYoshitomo Yonetani
Written byYasuo Tanami
Music byKōhei Tanaka
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Original networkTBS
Original run 17 October 1989 – 24 March 1992
Episodes103
Video game
DeveloperCompile
PublisherCompile
GenreVisual Novel
PlatformMSX2
NEC PC-9801
Released1991
Video game
DeveloperCompile
PublisherSega
GenreVisual Novel
PlatformSega CD
Released17 September 1993
Television drama
Produced byMasaru Takahashi
Gō Nakajima
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run June 26, 1999 – September 18, 1999
Episodes10
Anime television series
The Laughing Salesman NEW
Directed byHirofumi Ogura
Written byNaohiro Fukushima
Asami Ishikawa
Midori Natsu
Music byKohei Tanaka
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, Yomiuri TV, BS11, Animax
Original run April 3, 2017 – June 19, 2017
Episodes12

The Laughing Salesman (Japanese: 笑ゥせぇるすまん, Hepburn: Warau Serusuman) is a horror manga created by duo Fujiko Fujio, and later, Fujiko Fujio A. The manga began as a one-shot series serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine on 1968, later becoming a full-fledged series published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Manga Sunday magazine from 1969 to 1971. The manga tells the story of a salesman named Moguro Fukuzo, whose job is to help people fill gaps in their soul. However, in reality, he ruins people's lives if his clients backstab him or never ask him for help.

It is notable in Japan as the only series by Fujiko Fujio to be darker and more mature in its themes as opposed to their previous works, focusing more on psychological drama, suspense, and horror, providing a dark satire on regular workers and life living in Japan. An anime adaptation was produced by Shin-Ei Animation, directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani and written by Yasuo Tanami. It aired on TBS from October 17, 1989 to March 24, 1992 with a total of 103 episodes. A second anime adaptation was announced and aired on Tokyo MX from April 3, 2017 to June 19, 2017.

Plot

In a society filled with people who do whatever with their lives, there are some who struggle with it or never achieved their goals. The story focuses on individuals who meet a shadowy and ominous salesman, Moguro Fukuzo (喪黒 福造), who promises them a better life if they follow his advice. However, the clients that Moguro meet often cheat, refuse to rely on his help, or worse - deny that they received assistance at all. When this invariably happens, Fukuzo punishes his clients by using their reliance on his aid against them. With their lives ruined, he is satisfied with his job and looks for more potential clients.

Media

Manga

Co-creator Motoo Abiko first created the manga as a one-shot in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine in 1968. However the manga was deemed too scary for the publisher, and he ended up publishing the work in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Manga Sunday magazine from 1969 to 1971.

A bilingual (Japanese-English) volume has been released as The Salesman Returns.[1]

Anime

An anime adaptation of the manga was produced by Shin-Ei Animation and aired on TBS from October 17, 1989 to March 24, 1992. It was directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani and written by Yasuo Tanami, while Kōhei Tanaka handled the music composition. The opening song is titled Kodoku no Uta (孤独の唄, lit. Song of Loneliness) while the ending is titled Kokoro no Uta (ココロの唄, lit. Song of the Heart), both performed by Tomio Umezawa.

A DVD box set of the series was released by Pony Canyon on March 20, 2013.

Episode List: Season 1

Each episode is 10 minutes in length.

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Episode List: The Laughing Salesman NEW

A second anime adaptation titled The Laughing Salesman NEW (Japanese: 笑ゥせぇるすまんNEW, Hepburn: Warau seerusuman NEW) has been released, Hirofumi Ogura directed at Shin-Ei Animation. Naohiro Fukushima, Asami Ishikawa and Midori Natsu written scripts. Fujio Suzuki drawn the character designs and is also the chief animation director. Minoru Nishida is the art director, and Akiko Inoue is in charge of color design and Kohei Tanaka composed the music. It aired on Tokyo MX from April 3, 2017 to June 19, 2017.[2][3][4] It was streaming on Crunchyroll, marking it as the first The Laughing Salesman material available outside Japan.[5] The opening song is titled "Don't" by NakamuraEri while the ending theme is titled "Don! Yara re Chatta Setsu" (ドーン!やられちゃった節, Dōn! Yara re chatta setsu, "Don! Incomplete Section") by Mike Sugiyama.

Each episode is 20 minutes in length and consists of two separate, unrelated stories. Some episodes contain remakes of stories shown in the earlier series.

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Video games

A Visual Novel of the series was released on the Sega CD in Japan on September 17, 1993. It was developed by Compile and published by Sega, adapting three episodes of the anime.

Fukuzō Moguro makes an appearance as a guest character in the 2012 game Girls RPG Cinderelife developed by Level-5 for the Nintendo 3DS.[7]

Live-Action Drama

A live action adaptation was produced by TV Asahi, which stars Shirō Itō as Moguro Fukuzo. It aired from June 26 to September 18, 1999.

Reception

In June 1999, the manga sold more than 3.5 million copies in Japan alone.[8]

References

  1. ^ https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E5%B8%B0%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%AD%E3%82%BF%E3%81%9B%E3%81%87%E3%82%8B%E3%81%99%E3%81%BE%E3%82%93-%E5%AE%9F%E6%97%A5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-%E8%97%A4%E5%AD%90-%E4%B8%8D%E4%BA%8C%E9%9B%84A/dp/4408612790/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VK5Z5B57A0EQNSM0MHFT
  2. ^ http://animeanime.jp/article/2016/12/16/31784.html
  3. ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-16/doraemon-co-creator-warau-salesman-manga-gets-new-tv-anime/.109979
  4. ^ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-10/warau-salesman-new-tv-anime-video-reveals-april-3-premiere/.112065
  5. ^ http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/04/03/crunchyroll-streams-alice-zoroku-and-the-laughing-salesman
  6. ^ http://warau-new.jp/onair/
  7. ^ Loo, Egan (2011-10-16). "Sailor Moon's Tuxedo Mask/Kamen Joins Level-5's Girls RPG". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  8. ^ 「世紀末のココロのスキマお埋めします「笑ゥせぇるすまん」テレ朝系でドラマ化」『Yomiuri Shimbun』1999年6月22日付東京夕刊、9面。
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