Hanappe Bazooka

Hanappe Bazooka (花平バズーカ, Hanappe Bazuuka) is a Japanese manga series created by Kazuo Koike and Go Nagai. It was originally published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from 7 June 1979 to the issue of 7–14 January 1982. An OVA based on the manga was released in 1992 by Nippon Crown and it would later be released in the United States by ADV Films, in Italy by Dynamic Italia, and in Spain by Manga Films.

Hanappe Bazooka
Cover of the DVD release of the OVA by Pioneer (2001)
花平バズーカ (Hanappe Bazuuka)
Manga
Written by	Kazuo Koike
Illustrated by	Go Nagai
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	June 7, 1979 – January 7, 1982
Volumes	10
Original video animation
Directed by	Takahiro Ikegami
Produced by	Ikuya Kōmori Ryūji Kumano Kio Inoue
Written by	Fumio Nishikitera
Music by	Nozomi Aoki
Studio	Studio Signal
Licensed by	NA: ADV Films
Released	September 4, 1992
Runtime	46 minutes

Characters

• Hanappe Yamada (山田花平, Yamada Hanappe)
• Mephisto Dance (メフィスト・ダンス, Mefisuto Dansu)
• Ophisto Bazooka (オフィスト・バズーカ, Ofisuto Bazuuka)
• The Spirit of The World Tree (世界樹の精, Seikaiju no Sei)