| 21 Emon | |
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| 21エモン (Nijūichi Emon) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Fujiko Fujio[a] |
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| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Original run | January 1, 1968 –February 2, 1969 |
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| Anime film | |
| 21 Emon: Uchū e Irasshai! | |
| Directed by | Tsutomu Shibayama |
| Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
| Released | August 1, 1981 |
| Runtime | 92 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Mitsuru Hongo |
| Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
| Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| Original run | May 2, 1991 – March 26, 1992 |
| Episodes | 39 |
| Anime film | |
| 21 Emon: Soraike! Hadashi no Princess | |
| Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
| Released | March 7, 1992 |
| Runtime | 40 minutes |
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21 Emon (Japanese:21エモン,Hepburn:Nijūichi Emon), also known as21 Emon: The 21st Century Kid,[1] is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated byFujiko F. Fujio [ja]. It was serialized inShogakukan'sshōnen manga magazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday from 1968 to 1969. Ananime film adaptation, animated byShin-Ei Animation premiered in 1981. A 39-episode anime television series was broadcast onTV Asahi from May 1991 to March 1992. A second anime film premiered in March 1992. Set in a futuristic world, the series follows a boy named 21 Emon, heir to a long dynasty of hotel owners, whose ancestor goes back to theEdo Period.
Having to struggle with keeping up their family hotel business at 21 Emon is trying his hardest to help out his family as the new heir, although his dream is not being in the hotel business his whole life but exploring the wide space as a space pilot.
Written and illustrated byFujiko Fujio,[a]21 Emon was serialized inShogakukan'sshōnen manga magazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday from the January 1, 1968, to the February 2, 1969, issues;[2] additional stories were also published inspecial issues ofShōnen Sunday (March, August, and October 1968 issues) andCoroCoro Comic (August 1981 issue); aspin-off, titledMonger-chan (モンガーちゃん,Mongā-chan), was published inShogakukan no Yochien [ja] (July to September 1968 issues).[3] Three collectedtankōbon volumes were released byMushi Pro Shōji, under the Mushi Comics imprint, from October 30, 1971,[4] to January 30, 1972.[5] Shogakukan released the series in four volumes, under their Tentōmushi Comics imprint, from August 25, 1977,[6] to April 25, 1978.[7] A five-volume edition was released byChuokoron-Shinsha, under theFujiko Fujio Land [ja] imprint, from June to October 1984.[8][9] A three-volumebunkoban edition was released by Shogakukan on April 25, 1997.[10] A two-volume edition was released by Shogakukan as part of their "Fujiko F. Fujio Complete Works" collection on August 25 and December 24, 2010.[11][12] Shogakukan published another four-volume edition under the Tentōmushi Comics imprint from July 27 to October 25, 2018.[13][14]
Ananime film, titled21 Emon: Uchū e Irasshai! (21エモン 宇宙へいらっしゃい!; "21 Emon: Welcome to Space!"), animated byShin-Ei Animation and directed byTsutomu Shibayama, premiered on August 1, 1981.[15]
A 39-episode anime television series, animated by Shin-Ei Animation and directed byMitsuru Hongo, was broadcast onTV Asahi from May 2, 1991, to March 26, 1992.[16]
A second anime film, titled21 Emon: Soraike! Hadashi no Princess (21エモン 宇宙いけ! 裸足のプリンセス; "21 Emon: Outer Space! Barefoot Princess"), premiered on March 7, 1992.[17]
