Anpanman
Sign in to saveis a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author's death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series among young children in Japan. The series follows the adventures of Anpanman, a superhero with an anpan (a red bean paste filled pastry) for a head, who protects the world from an evil anthropomorphic germ named Baikinman.
Key facts
- Animanga/Header.name
- Anpanman
- Animanga/Header.image
- AnpanMasterpieceBook1.jpg
- Animanga/Header.caption
- Cover of the first book, released under the "Kinder Ohanashi Ehon Masterpiece Selection" imprint
- Animanga/Header.ja_kanji
- アンパンマン
- Animanga/Header.genre
- Comedy, superhero
- Animanga/Print.type
- picture book
- Animanga/Print.author
- Takashi Yanase
- Animanga/Print.publisher
- Froebel-kan
- Animanga/Print.first
- 1973
- Animanga/Print.last
- 2013
- Animanga/Video.type
- tv series
- Animanga/Video.title
- Soreike! Anpanman
- Animanga/Video.director
- Akinori Nagaoka Shunji Ōga
- Animanga/Video.producer
- Hinta Fyumi
- Animanga/Video.writer
- Sakura Uzamacki
- Animanga/Video.music
- Hiroaki Kondo Taku Izumi
- Animanga/Video.studio
- TMS Entertainment <!--
- Animanga/Video.licensee
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.anpanman.jp
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- Anpanman
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- anime.stackexchange.com/tags/anpanman
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23 sectionsContents
- Development
- Characters
- Heroes
- Villains
- Media
- Picture books
- Manga
- Anime
- Full-length movies
- Animated shorts
- Christmas specials
- Video games
- Theme music
- Openings
- Endings
- Reception
- Retail sales
- Box office
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
is a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author's death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series among young children in Japan. The series follows the adventures of Anpanman, a superhero with an anpan (a red bean paste filled pastry) for a head, who protects the world from an evil anthropomorphic germ named Baikinman.
Heavily merchandised, the Anpanman characters appear on virtually every imaginable children's product in Japan, ranging from clothes and video games to toys and snack foods. The series spawned a short-lived spin-off show featuring one of the popular recurring characters on the show, Omusubiman. Anpanman overtook Hello Kitty as Japan's top-grossing character in 2002, and has remained the country's top-grossing character . Anpanman has sold over 80million books as of February 2019, and the franchise generated in total retail sales revenue by 2013. Works inspired by Anpanman include the manga and anime series One-Punch Man.