Shunsaku Ban
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| Shunsaku Ban / Higeoyaji | |
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 Shunsaku Ban as "Sam Yudo" in the 1953 manga X-Point on the South Pacific |
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| Age | 42 (most of the time) |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Detective / Teacher (most of the time) |
Shunsaku Ban (Japanese:伴俊作 BAN Shunsaku), also known as Higeoyaji (hige-oyaji ヒゲオヤジ "Mustache-Daddy"), Albert "Daddy Walrus" Duncan (and also Dr. McNuggett and Mr. Pompous) in the English versions of the 1963 and 1980 Astro Boy anime, Mustachio in the English version of the Astro Boy manga and as Wally Kisagiri in the English version of the 2003 anime, is a recurrent character in the works of Osamu Tezuka, especially Astro Boy and Metropolis, and a part of Osamu Tezuka's Star System. He has had many voice actors in many of his anime appearances, but his most famous seiyuu is Kazuo Kumakura.
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[edit] Appearance
Higeoyaji is a middle-aged Japanese man (actually 42 years old, as he said in Volume 1 of the Astro Boy manga), is from Tokyo, and is prematurely bald, portly, and has, his most distinguishing feature, a large moustache. (The moustache, which gives him a resemblance to a walrus, is the reason for his nickname in the English version of the anime -- although as a bonus it is also a pun on the name of Daddy Warbucks.)
In most of his manga/anime appearances, Higeoyaji is a private investigator, a teacher (especially in Astro Boy, at Ochanomizu Elementary School), an expert at various martial arts (judo, boxing, karate, pro wrestling, and aikido are mentioned), as well as practiced in flower arranging.
[edit] Prominent roles
(The following is a list of the manga/anime in which Shunsaku Ban has appeared. This list will expand soon.)
- "Higeoyaji" in Lost World - 1948
- "Dr. Higeta" in Magic House, The - 1948
- "Grandfather" in Moony Man, The - 1948
- "Uncle Bill" in Mysterious Underground Man, The - 1948
- "Uncle" in Tuberculoses - 1948
- "Frank Alain" in Man of a Tail - 1949
- "Detective Higeoyaji" in Metropolis - 1949
- "Shunsaku Ban" in Jungle Emperor Leo - 1950
- "Shoya" in Plain of Abusegahara, The - 1950
- "Higeoyaji" in Wonderful Journey, The - 1950
- "Higeoyaji" in Captain Atom - 1951
- "Higeoyaji" in Nextworld - 1951
- "Higeoyaji" in Adventure of Rock, The - 1952
- "Higeoyaji" in Astro Boy - 1952
- "Detective Higeoyaji" in Man From Mars, A - 1952
- "Higeoyaji" in Monster of the 38th Parallel - 1953
- "Sam Yudo" in X-Point on the South Pacific - 1953
- "Higeoyaji" in Age of Great Floods - 1955
- "Owner of the Kenka Nagaya" in Super Taiheiki - 1958
- "Doctor Thrill" in Dr. Thrill - 1959
- "Shunsaku Ban" in White Pilot, The - 1961
- "Yakeppachi's father" in Yakeppachi's Maria - 1970
- "???" in Buddha - 1972
- "Various Roles" in Black Jack - 1973
- "Higeoyaji" in The Three-Eyed One - 1974
- "Shunsaku Ban" in MW - 1976
- "Shunsaku Ban" in Undersea Super Train: Marine Express - 1979 (anime)
- "Midnight's Father" in Midnight - 1986
- "Dr. Moustache" in Jungle Emperor Leo - 1997 (anime)
- "Shunsaku Ban" in Metropolis - 2001 (anime)
- "Wally Kisagiri" in Astroboy - 2003 (anime)
