| Asari-chan | |
 Cover of the firsttankōbon volume, featuring Asari | |
| あさりちゃん | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mayumi Muroyama |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Shōgaku Ninensei |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | 1978 –2014 |
| Volumes | 100 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Osamu Kasai |
| Music by | Hiroshi Tsutsui |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| Original run | January 25, 1982 – February 28, 1983 |
| Episodes | 54 |
| Anime film | |
| Asari-chan Ai no Marchen Shōjo | |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released |
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| Runtime | 25 minutes |
Asari-chan (あさりちゃん) is a Japaneseshōjoslice of lifemanga series byMayumi Muroyama. With a total circulation of 28 million copies, it is one of thebest-selling manga.[1] It was adapted into ananime television series and an anime film.[2] The TV series was produced byToei Animation a subsidiary ofToei Company, and directed by Kazumi Fukushima.
The anime follows Asari, a normal but stupid elementary school fourth-grade girl who does not get along with her family.
The manga was written by Mayumi Muroyama and serialized from the August 1978 issue to the March 2014 issue ofShogakukan'sShogaku Ninensei magazine. During its serialization it was also published in several other Shogakukan magazines, includingCoroCoro Comic,Pyonpyon,Ciao,Shogaku Ichinensei,Shogaku Sannensei,Shogaku Yonnensei, andShogaku Gonensei.
The anime was produced byToei Animation a subsidiary ofToei Company and directed by Kazumi Fukushima. It was first broadcast in Japan on 25 January 1982, with the end last farewell final episode broadcast on 28 February 1983.[3] It was broadcast every Monday at 19:00 until 19:30JST, with 54 episodes. The opening theme isAno ko wa Asari-chan (あの子はあさりちゃん) byYoko Maekawa and the ending theme isWatashi wa Onna no ko (私は女の子) also by Maekawa.
As of December 2013, the manga had a total circulation of 28 million copies.[1]
In 1985,Asari-chan won the 30thShogakukan Manga Award in the category Best Children's Manga.[4] In 2014, it won the Judging Committee Special Award at the 59thShogakukan Manga Award.[5] The manga won the grand award at the 2014Japan Cartoonists Association Award.[6]
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