Perman
Japanese manga series by Fujiko F. Fujio / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Perman (Japanese: パーマン, Hepburn: Pāman) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist duo Fujiko Fujio about a clumsy boy, Mitsuo Suwa, who is chosen to apprentice to a powerful superhero to save the world along with other superheroes. The manga series was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1967. The first anime series was first produced in black-and-white in 1967. The second anime series was made in color in 1983 and films were released in 1983, 1984, 1985, 2003 and 2004.
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![]() Cover of the second manga volume featuring Booby (left), Mitsuo Suwa (center), and Sumire Hoshino (right) in their Perman personas. | |
パーマン (Pāman) | |
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Genre | Superhero |
Created by | Fujiko Fujio |
Manga | |
Written by | Fujiko Fujio |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday etc. |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1966 – 1986 |
Volumes | 8 |
Anime television series | |
Music by | Hiroshi Tsutsui |
Studio | Tokyo Movie |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | April 2, 1967 – April 14, 1968 |
Episodes | 54 |
Anime film | |
Perman: The Birdman Has Arrived!! | |
Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
Released | March 12, 1983 |
Runtime | 25 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Sasagawa Sadayoshi Tominaga |
Written by | Fujiko Fujio |
Music by | Akihiko Takashima |
Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
English network | |
Original run | April 4, 1983 – July 2, 1985 |
Episodes | 526 + 3 specials[1] |
Anime film | |
Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman: ESP Wars | |
Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
Released | March 17, 1984 |
Runtime | 52 minutes |
Anime film | |
Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman: Ninja Beast Jippō vs. Miracle Egg | |
Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
Released | March 16, 1985 |
Runtime | 50 minutes |
Anime film | |
Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman | |
Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
Released | March 8, 2003 |
Runtime | 31 minutes |
Anime film | |
Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman: Tako de Pon! Ashi wa Pon! | |
Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
Released | March 6, 2004 |
Runtime | 32 minutes |
Video games | |
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The manga, which started serialization in 1966, is a joint work. "Perman 2(Booby)", Kabao, Sabu, and Superman are drawn by Abiko.[2]
The manga, which began serialization in 1983, was written by Fujimoto alone.
The manga "Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman", which began serialization in 1984, was written by Abiko alone.