Fisherman Sanpei (1980)

Original title

釣りキチ三平

Genre

fishing

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 109 episodes

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy named Sanpei loves fishing and goes on adventures to catch different kinds of fish in rivers and lakes. He learns techniques from his grandfather and meets other fishermen along the way.

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What happens

Fisherman Sanpei (Japanese: 釣りキチ三平, Hepburn: Tsurikichi Sanpei) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Takao Yaguchi. The manga was serialised in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1973 to 1983. Kodansha has published the manga's 65 bound volumes between February 18, 1974, and May 16, 1983. The manga was adapted into an 109-episode anime series. Directed by Yoshikata Nitta, the anime's 109 episodes were broadcast on Fuji TV between April 7, 1980, and June 28, 1982. The official English name is Fisherman Sanpei. As of October 2020, the Fisherman Sanpei manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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