Obake no Q-tarō

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Obake no Q-tarō
オバケのQ太郎 (Q-tarō, the ghost)
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Authored by	Fujiko Fujio
Publisher	Shogakukan
Serialized in	Weekly Shonen Sunday etc.
Original run	1964 – 1973
No. of volumes
TV anime
Directed by	Daikichirou Kusube
Studio
Network	TBS
Original run	29 Ausgust 1965 – 26 March 1967
No. of episodes	89
TV anime
Directed by
Studio
Network	Nippon Television
Original run	1 September 1971 – 27 December 1972
No. of episodes	70
TV anime
Directed by
Studio
Network	TV Asahi
Original run	1 April 1985 – 29 March 1987
No. of episodes	510

Obake no Qtarō (オバケのQ太郎, Obake no Qtarō^?), by Fujiko Fujio, is a Japanese manga about a ghost, Qtarō (Sometimes also spelled as Q-tarō) who lived with the Ohara family. Qtarō, also known as Q-chan or Oba-Q, was a mischief-maker who liked to fly around scaring people and stealing food. However, he himself was deathly afraid of dogs.

The stories are formulaic, usually focussed on the antics of Qtarō and his friend Doronpa.

The manga was drawn in 1964-1966 by Fujiko Fujio (Fujiko F. Fujio and Fujiko Fujio A) and in 1971-1974 by Fujiko F. Fujio.

There are three anime series of Qtaro. The first anime adaptation of Obake no Qtarō was shown on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) and ran from 1965-1968. Machiko Soga was the voice of Qtarō. The series was especially popular amongst younger children, preceding Doraemon. It also ran outside Japan, in Hong Kong under the name Q-tailo. The second series ran from 1971-1972 on Nihon TV, and the third series ran from 1985-1987 on TV Asahi.