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Yuuyake Banchō | |
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cover of volume 2 published by Akita Shoten
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夕やけ番長 | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Ikki Kajiwara |
Illustrated by | Toshio Shouji |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
Magazine | Bōken Ō Weekly Shōnen Champion |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1967 – 1971 |
Volumes | 17 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Renzo Kinoshita Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Written by | Shunichi Yukimuro Yoshiaki Yoshida |
Studio | Tokyo TV Doga |
Original network | Nippon Television |
Original run | September 30, 1968 – March 29, 1969 |
Episodes | 26 |
Yuuyake Banchō (Japanese: 夕やけ番長, Hepburn: Yūyake Banchō, lit. Sunset Banchō) is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Toshio Shoji. The term "banchō" refers to the leader of youth delinquents in Japan.
Chuuji Akagi has just transferred to a new school and soon discovers it's overrun by a youth gang. Akagi has a strong sense of justice and fights the gang leader through various sports in order to protect the school. As he wins, he slowly begins to reform the school.
Chuuji Akagi
Teruo Aoki
Yoko Mizunoe
Kojiro Kose
Mr. Araki
Kantaro
Takeshi Akagi
Hiroshi Kosai
Yusuke Kurobe
Saburo Tenma
Kyogei Samegawa
Suzumu Hayate
Genpei Watari
Tsubakijo Shiro
The episodes of the anime ran for 10 minutes. The anime has never been released on home video format. The manga has been reissued twice, as 7 volumes and as 15 volumes.