Dokaben

ドカベン
Dokaben
Screenshot from the anime opening featuring the team.
Genre	Sports, School
Manga
Written by	Shinji Mizushima
Published by	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
Original run	April 24, 1972 – March 27, 1981
Volumes	48
Anime television series
Studio	Nippon Animation
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 6, 1976 – December 26, 1979
Episodes	163^[1]
Manga
Dai Kōshien
Written by	Shinji Mizushima
Published by	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
Original run	March 23, 1983 – August 7, 1987
Volumes	26
Manga
Dokaben Professional Baseball
Written by	Shinji Mizushima
Published by	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
Original run	March 23, 1995 – December 25, 2003
Volumes	52
Manga
Dokaben Superstars
Written by	Shinji Mizushima
Published by	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
Original run	January 8, 2004 – May 8, 2012
Volumes	45
Manga
Dokaben Dream Tournament
Written by	Shinji Mizushima
Published by	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
Original run	2012 – present
Volumes	27

Dokaben (Japanese: ドカベン) is a baseball manga by Shinji Mizushima, serialized in Akita Shoten Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from April 24, 1972 to March 27, 1981. Chapters of the series published in 48 tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten. It was later made into an anime by the same name. It was immensely popular in Japan during its original release, and in sports manga of all time it likely ranks second to Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue.

A dokaben is a kind of bento which the protagonist, Taro Yamada, likes to eat.

Outline

Dokaben is centered on Taro Yamada and his teammates Iwaki, Tonoma, and Satonaka and was focused mainly on their activity as a high school baseball team. At first, it focused on Yamada, Iwaki, and Sachiko and was set in Takaoka Middle School. But in Volume 8 the team is transferred to Meikun High School for their baseball skills.

The story of Dokaben continues in Dai Kōshien, Dokaben Pro Baseball Story, and Dokaben SuperStars Story.

Characters

Meikun High School baseball team

Yamada generation

Taro Yamada (山田太郎,, Yamada Tarō): Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka; Position: Catcher

Masami Iwaki (岩鬼正美,, Iwaki Masami): Voiced by: Tessho Genda; Position: Third baseman

Kazuto Tonoma (殿馬一人,, Tonoma Kazuto): Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki; Position: Second baseman

Satoru Satonaka (里中智,, Satonaka Satoru): Voiced by: Akira Kamiya; Position: Pitcher

Santaro Hohoemi (微笑三太郎,, Hohoemi Santarō): Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara; Position: Catcher, Left fielder

Senior / Younger student

Sho Doigaki (土井垣将,, Doigaki Shō): Voiced by: Katsuji Mori; Position: Catcher, First baseman

Tetsuji Yamaoka (山岡鉄司,, Yamaoka Tetsuji): Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba; Position: Center fielder

Mitsuo Kita (北満男,, Kita Mitsuo): Voiced by: Kazuomi Ikeda; Position: Right fielder

Koichi Ishige (石毛幸一,, Ishige Kōichi): Voiced by: Bungo Nakano; Position: Shortstop

Keiichi Nagisa (渚圭一,, Nagisa Keiichi): Voiced by: Toshio Furukawa; Position: Pitcher

Tomoaki Takashiro (高代智秋,, Takashiro Tomoaki): Voiced by: Yū Mizushima; Position: Shortstop, Second baseman

Manager

Ieyasu Tokugawa (徳川家康,, Tokugawa Ieyasu): Voiced by: Reizou Nomoto; Manager of Meikun High School baseball team

Yamada family

Sachiko Yamada (山田サチ子,, Yamada Sachiko): Voiced by: Minori Matsushima; Taro's 9-year-old little sister

Ji-chan (じっちゃん): Voiced by: Minoru Yada; Taro's grandfather; "Ji-chan" means grandpa in English

Rivals

Kanagawa

Mamoru Shiranui (不知火守,, Shiranui Mamoru): Voiced by: Osamu Ichikawa
Daigoro Unryu (雲竜大五郎,, Unryū Daigorō): Voiced by: Hiroshi Ohtake
Gosuke Domon (土門剛介,, Domon Gōsuke): Voiced by: Mugihito
Goro Tanitsu (谷津吾郎,, Tanitsu Gorō): Voiced by: Yoku Shioya
Gonza Nankai (南海権左,, Nankai Gonza): Voiced by: Setsuo Wakui
Shinji Kobayashi (小林真司,, Kobayashi Shinji): Voiced by: Makio Inoue

Kantō

Gosuke Gama (賀間剛介,, Gama Gōsuke): Voiced by: Takeshi Kuwabara
Hayato Kagemaru (影丸隼人,, Kagemaru Hayato): Voiced by: Masane Tsukayama → Michihiro Ikemizu (ep. 82)
Jiro Kinoshita (木下次郎,, Kinoshita Jirō): Voiced by: Haruya Kato
Chuji Kunisada (国定忠治,, Kunisada Chūji): Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa
Fumio Ataru (中二美夫,, Ataru Fumio): Voiced by: Ryoichi Tanaka → Takashi Tanaka

Whole Japan

Sankichi Sakata (坂田三吉,, Sakata Sankichi): Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara
Kojiro Inukai (犬飼小次郎,, Inukai Kojirō): Voiced by: Masato Ibu
Takezo Inukai (犬飼武蔵,, Inukai Takezō): Voiced by: Shingo Kanemoto
Tsutomu Ogata (緒方勉,, Ogata Tsutomu): Voiced by: Rokuro Naya
Ryo Inugami (犬神了,, Inugami Ryō): Voiced by: Shun Yashiro
Kazuma Musashibo (武蔵坊数馬,, Musashibō Kazuma): Voiced by: Osamu Saka
Hikaru Yoshitsune (義経光,, Yoshitsune Hikaru): Voiced by: Rokuro Naya

Others

Natsuko Natsukawa (夏川夏子,, Natsukawa Natsuko): Voiced by: Yuko Maruyama; Iwaki's girlfriend
Toshiko Kobayashi (小林稔子,, Kobayashi Toshiko): Voiced by: Mami Koyama; Shinji Kobayashi's little sister

Manga

When Takehiko Inoue (author of Slam Dunk & Vagabond) was young, he drew a lot of spectacular scene from Tokaben, the first manga he paid.

Cultural references

In the "Simpsons Comics internationale" in issue #132, the Japanese supplement (Too crazy, Juvenile Prankster, BARTOMU! (serialized in "Laughing Laughing everyone is laughing")) opens as a parody of Dokaben, with Bartomu playing for the "Yokohama Li'l Ninjas", and an art style heavily based on Dokaben's highly recognised style of art.

Art style

The art style of Dokaben is very rubbery and motional, with surprisingly dynamic use of speed lines, with a heavy use of black and very straightforward body construction. The motion and Dynamics are highly retained even in reprints. In his book Reinventing Comics, Scott McCloud mentions it as the example of the sports genre, drawing high recognition to the style.

References

↑ "Dokaben". Nippon Animation. Retrieved 2010-09-10.

External links

Official Nippon Animation Dokaben introduction page (in Japanese)
Dokaben (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Dai Koushien (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Dokaben Professional Baseball (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Dokaben Superstars (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Nippon Animation

Television series

1970s	Fables of the Green Forest (1973) Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974) Vicky the Viking (1974–1975) Dog of Flanders (1975) Maya the Honey Bee (1975–1976) Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (1975–1976) Laura, the Prairie Girl (1975–1982) 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976) Piccolino no Bōken (1976–1977) Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster (1976–1977) Little Lulu and Her Little Friends (1976–1977) Dokaben (1976–1979) Rascal the Raccoon (1977) Attack on Tomorrow (1977) Chōgattai Majutsu Robo Ginguiser (1977) Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (1977) Ore wa Teppei (1977–1978) Wakakusa no Charlotte (1977–1978) Angie Girl (1977–1978) Yakyū-kyō no Uta (1977–1979) The Story of Perrine (1978) Future Boy Conan (1978) Highschool Baseball Ninja (1978) Haikara-san ga Tōru (1978–1979) Anne of Green Gables (1979) Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel (1979) The New Adventures of Maya the Bee (1979–1980) Misha the Little Bear (1979–1980)
1980s	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980) Tsurikichi Sanpei (1980–1982) The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island (1981) Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari (1981) Fūsen no Doratarō (1981) Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (1981–1982) Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow (1982) Story of the Alps: My Annette (1983) Around the World with Willy Fog (1983) Fushigi no Kuni no Alice (1983–1984) Mīmu Iro Iro Yume no Tabi (1983–1985) Manga Aesop Monogatari (1983) Katri, Girl of the Meadows (1984) Ruy the Little Cid (1984) Noozles (1984) Princess Sarah (1985) Bumpety Boo (1985–1986) Uchūsen Sagittarius (1986–1987) The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love (1986) Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986) Bosco Adventure (1986–1987) Tales of Little Women (1987) Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987–1988) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1988) Dagon in the Land of Weeds (1988) Topo Gigio (1988) New Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1988–1989) Yume Miru Topo Gigio (1988) The Adventures of Peter Pan (1989) Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli (1989–1990)
1990s	Chibi Maruko-chan (1990–1992) My Daddy Long Legs (1990) Pygmalio (1990–1991) Trapp Family Story (1991) Moero! Top Striker (1991–1992) The Bush Baby (1992) Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun (1992–1993) Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (1992–1993) Mikan Enikki (1992–1993) Boukensha: The Man was from Spain (1992–1993) Little Women II: Jo's Boys (1993) Muka Muka Paradise (1993–1994) Bow Wow (1993–1994) Tico of the Seven Seas (1994) Yamato Takeru (1994) Tonde Burin (1994–1995) Mahōjin Guru Guru (1994–1995) Chibi Maruko-chan (1995–present) Romeo's Blue Skies (1995) Mama Loves the Poyopoyo-Saurus (1995–1996) Famous Dog Lassie (1996) Remi, Nobody's Girl (1996–1997) Grander Musashi (1997) Chūka Ichiban! (1997–1998) Coji-Coji (1997–1999) Grander Musashi RV (1998) Hanasaka Tenshi Ten-Ten-kun (1998–1999) Corrector Yui (1999–2000) Shūkan Storyland (1999–2001) Future Boy Conan II: Taiga Adventure (1999–2000) Hunter × Hunter (1999–2001)
2000s	Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru (2000) Marcelino Pan y Vino (2000) Cosmic Baton Girl Princess Comet (2001–2002) The Legend of Condor Hero (2001–2002) Beyblade V-Force (2002) Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (2002–2003) Beyblade G-Revolution (2003) Papuwa (2003–2004) Battle B-Daman (2004) Sore Ike! Zukkoke Sannin-gumi (2004) Fantastic Children (2004–2005) Battle B-Daman: Fire Spirits! (2005) Crash B-Daman (2006) Poka Poka Mori no Rascal (2006–2007) The Wallflower (2006–2007) Ukkari Pénélope (2006) Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette (2007) Zero Duel Masters (2007) Porphy no Nagai Tabi (2008) Antique Bakery (2008) Hyakko (2008) Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables (2009) Ukkari Pénélope (2009–2010)
2010s	Karl to Fushigi na Tou (2010–2011) Rita to Nantoka (2010) Ukkari Pénélope (2013) Chou Zenmairobo: Patrasche (2013–2014) Meitantei Rascal (2014)
Specials	King Fang (1978) Anne's Diary: The Story of Anne Frank (1979) Hit and Run (1979) Maegami Tarou (1979) Tondemo Nezumi Daikatsuyaku: Manxmouse (1979) Back to the Forest (1980) Sango-sho Densetsu: Aoi Umi no Erufii (1986) The Story of Fifteen Boys (1987) Kuni-chan no Ikka Ranran (1994) Miyori no Mori (2007)

OVAs

Locke the Superman: Lord Leon (1989)
Jungle Wars (1991)
Locke the Superman: New World Command (1991)
Yamato Takeru: After War (1995)
Boku wa Ō-sama (1996)
Hunter × Hunter (2002–2004)
Araiso Private School Student Council Executive Committee (2002)
Ukkari Pénélope OVA (2007)

Films

Yakyū-kyō no Uta: Kita no Ōkami, Minami no Tora (1979)
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1980)
Future Boy Conan: The Revival of the Giant Machine (1984)
Locke the Superman: Witch Era (1984)
Utsunomiko (1989)
The Story of Perrine: The Movie (1990)
Chibi Maruko-chan (1990)
Tottoi (1992)
Chibi Maruko-chan: My Favorite Song (1992)
Kin-chan no Cinema Jack 1 (1993)
Heisei Inu Monogatari Bau: Genshi Inu Monogatari Bau (1994)
Kin-chan no Cinema Jack 2 (1994)
Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō (1996)
Mahōjin Guru Guru (1996)
Violinist of Hameln (1996)
The Dog of Flanders: The Movie (1997)
Marco: 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1999)
Locke the Superman: Mirror Ring (2000)
Beyblade: Fierce Battle (2002)
Tensai Bakavon: Yomigaeru Flanders no Inu (2015)
Sinbad: A Flying Princess and a Secret Island (2015)
Chibi Maruko-chan: Italia Kara Kita Shōnen (2015)
Sinbad: The Magic Lamp and the Moving Islands (2016)
Sinbad: Night at High Noon and the Wonder Gate (2016)
Gekijōban Haikara-san ga Tōru Zenpen - Benio, Hana no 17-sai (2017)
Gekijōban Haikara-san ga Tōru Kōhen - Tokyo Dai Roman (2018)

Other works

World Masterpiece Theater (1969–1997, 2007–2009)
Mix Master (2005–2006)
Hammerin' Harry (web, 2008)

People

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