The Burning Wild Man
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The Burning Wild Man, known in Japanese as is a manga
created by Tadashi Satō
. It ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump
from 1987 to 1991 with 19 volumes
. It was later adapted into an anime series by Studio Pierrot
. The 24 episode series aired on Nihon Television from March 1988 to September 1988.
became lost in the mountains as a small child. A foster father raised Kenichi; when Kenichi was 15 the foster father told Kenichi about his background and the teenager returned to the civilized world at age 15.
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
created by Tadashi Satō
Tadashi Satō
was Mayor of Hiroshima from January 10 to April 20, 1896.-References:* based on a printed information sheet issued by the Hiroshima municipality, titled "Chronological List of the Mayors of Hiroshima City" and the Japanese page of this same entry....
. It ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump
Weekly Shonen Jump
is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The first issue was released with a cover date of July 2, 1968, and it is still circulating. One of the longest-running manga magazines in Japan, it has a circulation of 2.8 million copies...
from 1987 to 1991 with 19 volumes
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
. It was later adapted into an anime series by Studio Pierrot
Studio Pierrot
is a Japanese animation/animation studio, founded in 1979 by former employees of Tatsunoko Production. Its headquarters is located in Mitaka, Tokyo.The company has a simple logo of the face of a clown...
. The 24 episode series aired on Nihon Television from March 1988 to September 1988.
became lost in the mountains as a small child. A foster father raised Kenichi; when Kenichi was 15 the foster father told Kenichi about his background and the teenager returned to the civilized world at age 15.
Kokuhō Family
- AKA . The main character and a practitioner of Cha Genmai Style KarateKarateis a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
.
- Kenichi's little sister who often acts as his straight manDouble actA double act, also known as a comedy duo, is a comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin and profession, but drastically different personalities or behavior...
.
- AKA . The head of the Kokuhō family and a potted plant artisan.
- Kenichi's little brother.
- The young girl who lived as Kenichi's sister in the mountains.
- The old man who found and raised Kenichi and taught him karate.
- Kenichi's wolf companion from the mountains. He becomes the Kokuhō family pet. His face looks more like a catCatThe cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
face.
Classmates
- A school delinquent and third generation yakuzaYakuza, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
of the Hidou Boryokudan Group. He is always depicted with his mouth open in an evil smile. He likes Yukie.
- Yukie's best friend.
- A half-JapaneseJapanese peopleThe are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
and half-FilipinoFilipino peopleThe Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
boy who is highly influenced by American culture and is always wearing flashy outfits.
Teachers
Animals
- AKA .
External links
- The Burning Wild Man
- Moero! Oni-san Studio PierrotStudio Pierrotis a Japanese animation/animation studio, founded in 1979 by former employees of Tatsunoko Production. Its headquarters is located in Mitaka, Tokyo.The company has a simple logo of the face of a clown...