Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun
1988
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 1988
- Episodes
- 59
- Status
- Finished
- Genres
- Comedy
Hagemaru Hageda is a young kid, studying in fourth standard living with his parents in Japan. Only child of his parents, he and his parents are a big misers. They do anything for saving money and this is the basic plot of the show. Hagemaru also has a pet dog named Pesu, who often comments about Hagemaru's family being too miser and not giving him anything to eat.
He is best friend of his class-mate Masaru Kondo and he has a crush on Midori, a girl from his class. In most of the episodes, Hagemaru goes to school and the story revolves around his teacher (his 'miss') and his friends. At the end of the each episode, top ten snippets are shown.
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Where it came from
Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun originated as a long-running manga series by Shinbo Nomura, which began serialization in 1985 before being adapted into this 58-episode anime series in 1988. Produced by Shin-Ei Animation, the show focused on the daily life of Hagemaru Hanada, a primary school student whose family is comically obsessed with frugality. The series captured the cultural anxieties of the late-Showa period, using hyper-exaggerated humor to depict the lengths to which a household might go to save money.
The character design remains iconic for its stark, minimalist simplicity, featuring a bald head and oversized features that emphasized the protagonist's eccentric personality. Nomura’s work was widely received as a lighthearted satire of domestic austerity, and the 1988 animation successfully translated the manga's gag-heavy style into a fast-paced episodic format that resonated with young audiences across Japan during the late 1980s.
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