Abu-san

Abu-san (あぶさã‚") is a baseball manga by Shinji Mizushima that has been serialized in seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original since 1973. It tells the story of fictional baseball player Yasutake Kageura (景浦安武, Kageura Yasutake). Despite enjoying a long serialization spanning over 30 years, it has received no anime or live-action adaptations. In 1977, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga. The first manga volume was released on 01974-05-15-0000May 15, 1974 and as of 02014-04-01-0000April 2014, 107 volumes have been released.

In 2004, Mizushima auctioned off the right to appear as a character in Abu-san for over ¥3 million, as a fundraiser for Mangajapan.

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks currently honours Squad no.90, which belongs to Yasutake Kageura.

References

1. ^ 小学館漫ç"»è³žï¼šæ­´ä»£å—賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-22. 
2. ^ あぶさã‚" 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved September 30, 2010. 
3. ^ "Kochikame Manga Reaches 1,750 Chapters, Abu-san Reaches 100 Volumes". Retrieved April 17, 2012. 
4. ^ "Become a Manga Character". Anime News Network. 2004-09-02. Retrieved 2007-12-31.