Diary of Ma-chan

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Diary of Ma-chan
Cover of "Diary of Ma-chan" from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition
マアチャンの日記帳 (Maachan no Nikkichou)
Genre	Slice of life
Manga: Diary of Ma-chan
Author	Osamu Tezuka
Publisher	Mainichi Newspaper
Demographic	Kodomo
Magazine	Shokokumin Shinbun (Mainichi elementary school children's Newspaper)
Original run	January 4, 1946 – March 31, 1946
Volumes	1^[1]

Diary of Ma-chan (マアチャンの日記帳, Maachan no Nikkichou^?) is a manga by Osamu Tezuka that began serialization in 1946.

1 Plot
2 Characters
3 First work by Tezuka
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Diary of Ma-chan is a collection of 4-panel comic strips about the everyday adventures of a small pre-school boy named Ma-chan. Living in Post-World War II Japan, he and his friend Ton-chan argue and get into mischief during the American occupation of Japan. As a social observation of post-WWII Japan, Ma-chan is more interested in learning the ABC's from the American soldier's than Japan "AIUEO" phonetic system. The comic strip lasted for 73 strips.

[edit] Characters

Ma-chan: A mischievous little pre-school boy growing up immediately after World War 2.
Ton-chan: Ma-chan's friend.
University-age boy:
Father: Ma-chan's father.
Mother: Ma-chan's mother.
Teacher: Ma-chan's pre-school teacher.

[edit] First work by Tezuka

Diary of Ma-chan is very important as it was Osamu Tezuka's first professional work to ever be published. When Tezuka drew this in 1946, he was only 17 years old. While the drawings were crude compared to his later art work, many elements of his art style first became visible in this comic strip.