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Mōretsu Atarō (1969)

Mōretsu Atarō poster
Original title
もーれつア太郎
Genre
comedy anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 90 episodes
Rating
1.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This comedy series follows the misadventures of a reckless young boy and his eccentric friends in a cartoonish world. They get into silly fights and create playful trouble with wild humor.

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What happens

Mōretsu Atarō (もーれつア太郎; "Fierce Atarō") is a Japanese comedy manga series written by Fujio Akatsuka. It was serialized from 1967 to 1970 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Two anime television adaptations were produced by Toei Doga (now known as Toei Animation), and aired by TV Asahi (then called NET TV). The 60s version of this anime ran for 90 episodes and the 1990s version ran for 34 episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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