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 Cover ofAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 3, featuring Ackman and Gordon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ゴーゴーアックマン (Gō Gō Akkuman) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Written by | Akira Toriyama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Published by | Shueisha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Magazine | V Jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Original run | July 7, 1993 –October 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Directed by | Takahiro Imamura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Produced by | Kozo Morishita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Written by | Takao Koyama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Studio | Toei Animation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | July 28, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runtime | 15 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Go! Go! Ackman (Japanese:ゴーゴーアックマン,Hepburn:Gō Gō Akkuman) is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated byAkira Toriyama. It was published irregularly inV Jump for 11 chapters from July 1993 to October 1994.Go! Go! Ackman is a humorous series about a demon child named Ackman who harvests souls for the Great Demon King. It was adapted into ananimated short film and several video games.Viz Media released the manga in North America on December 7, 2021 as part ofAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater.
Ackman, a short demonic child, wakes up after a 50-year nap. Since he is now 200 years old, his parents explain that it is time he starts killing humans and selling their souls to the Great Demon King. Gung-ho about killing, Ackman ends up spending most of his time wandering around looking for goodhearted young women to kill as their pure souls are worth more, only to be embarrassed after finding out that they are actually immodest.
Ackman's nemesis Tenshi-kun, aCherub-like angel who thought he was dead, is shocked to find Ackman has started killing. Tenshi-kun repeatedly tries to kill Ackman throughout the series but fails miserably. One example is him trying to hit Ackman with a missile, but missing and killing a school bus full of school children. Upon learning of Ackman's weakness to bawdiness, Tenshi-kun hires a stripper, which works, until the stripper is revealed to have a penis.
Ackman bumps into the female demon Witchney (マージョ,Mājo) when selling souls to the Great Demon King, and after learning of the extraordinary amount she earned, he proposes marriage. More than twice his age and already in a relationship, Witchney tells the annoying Ackman she will accept if he defeats her boyfriend. When he does so easily, it is Witchney's turn to be infatuated. The series ends with Ackman running from his wife that same night after she tried to initiate romance in the bedroom.
Voiced by:Megumi Urawa
Voiced by:Bin Shimada
Voiced by:Yōko Teppōzuka
Published irregularly between July 1993 to October 1994,Go! Go! Ackman is written and illustrated byAkira Toriyama. The manga is eleven chapters long, with each chapter being five pages long. Toriyama said the story was fun to draw, and because it is short, he was able to finishGo! Go! Ackman before getting sick of it.[1] When printed inShueisha'sV Jump magazine, all of the pages were in color. When collected inAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 3 on August 4, 1997, they weregreyscaled.[2] The series would receive another reprint inAkira Toriyama Mankanzenseki 1 on August 8, 2008.[3]Go! Go! Ackman was released in English byViz Media on December 7, 2021 as part of their single volumeAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater.[4]
In 1994, the series was adapted into a fifteen-minuteanimated film shown at V Jump Festa. The film managed to retell the first few chapters involving Ackman's bouts with Tenshi-kun and the first two hired thugs. A few frames from the later chapters were used during the closing credits.
The manga has been adapted into a series of three console basedplatformvideo games for theSuper Famicom. The first of these was more closely based on the comics. The second pitted Ackman against an angelic rock group called the Metal Angels. The last saw Ackman face a flamboyant police officer, and teaming up with his longtime rival Tenshi-kun. Both characters were playable and could be switched between. These games were action platformers, with gameplay vaguely similar toMega Man. All three Super Famicom games have received English fan translations.[5] There was also a handheld game for theGame Boy that was amaze chase game likePac-Man.
ReviewingAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater forAnime News Network, Christopher Farris singled outGo! Go! Ackman for being "very entertaining and funny all the way through."[6] The Game Boy video game received a rating of 26/40 byFamicom Tsūshin.[7]
Ackman is briefly seen in several Toriyama-related works. He is seen inThe Brief Return of Dr. Slump, in the background of an episode ofDragon Ball Z, inDragon Ball SD and in the fourth chapter ofDragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission.
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