Keshikasu-kun

Keshikasu-kun
ケシカスくん
Manga
Written by Noriyuki Murase
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Children
Magazine CoroCoro Comic
Original run June 2004 – May 2011
Volumes 10
Anime television series
Studio ShoPro
Network Oha Coliseum
Original run Jan 4, 2010 – ongoing

Keshikasu-kun (ケシカスくん, a keshi-gomu (消しゴム) is a white eraser) is a Japanese children's manga written and illustrated by Noriyuki Murase (村瀬 範行 Murase Noriyuki). It has been serialized in Monthly CoroCoro Comic from June 2004.[1]

The series is about a white eraser who becomes Keshikasu-kun by putting an eraser crumb on his head and a paper costume on his body. Keshikasu-kun wants to become the best of the stationary supplies, outdoing other characters such as the blackboard eraser (kokuban-keshi) and the correction fluid (shūseieki).[1]

Beginning in 2008 Keshikasu-kun appeared in the television program Oha Coliseum.[1] Keshikasu-kun received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the children's category in 2008.[2] The January issue of Monthly Coro Coro Comic, released on December 15, 2009.[1]

The January 2010 issue of Monthly Coro Coro Comic, released on December 15, 2009, revealed that an anime adaptation, classified by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions as a television program, has been approved.[1]

The anime has been airing since January 2010.

Characters

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Keshikasu-kun Children's Manga Gets TV Anime Green-Lit." Anime News Network. December 26, 2009. Retrieved on March 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "53rd Shogakukan Manga Award Winners Announced". Anime News Network. 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2009-02-12.

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