| Shakotan Boogie | |
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| シャコタン★ブギ | |
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| Genre | Action, Racing, Drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Michiharu Kusunoki |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Magazine |
| Original run | 1 March 1986 – 6 August 1996 |
| Volumes | 32 |
| Original video animation | |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Released | February 06, 1991 – July 17, 1992 |
| Episodes | 4 |
Shakotan Boogie (シャコタン★ブギ) is a manga by Michiharu Kusunoki, detailing the adventures of two brothers interested in shakotan, extremely lowered street cars.
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A self-titled live-action movie adaptation was released in 1987.
A series of OVAs based on the manga were released in 1991 and 1992.
A series of arcade racing games based on manga, developed and published by Sega, was released in 1994 as Shakotan Boogie: The Arcade (シャコタン★ブギ THE ARCADE), using Sega Model 2 arcade board. The game was later ported to Sega Saturn in 1996 as Shakotan Boogie: The Final Legend (シャコタン★ブギ：最後の伝説 Shakotan★ bugi: Saigo no densetsu). The Sega Saturn version had more features than its arcade counterpart. The sequel to these games, Shakotan Boogie: Return (シャコタン★ブギ：リターン Shakotan★ bugi: Ritān), which produced by Namco, and distributed through Sega, were released in early 2002 as an arcade game based on Namco System 246. The Genki-distributed version was later ported to Playstation 2. All of these games were released only in Japan.