Makoto-chan

Makoto-chan
Volume 12 of Makoto-chan
まことちゃん
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Kazuo Umezu
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	1976 – 1981
Volumes	24
Manga
Heisei-ban Makoto-chan
Written by	Kazuo Umezu
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Shōnen Sunday
Original run	1988 – 1989
Volumes	4
Anime film
Directed by	Tsutomu Shibayama
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Released	1980-07-26
Runtime	85 minutes

Makoto-chan (まことちゃん) is a shōnen gag manga by Kazuo Umezu. The series was initially published in Shōnen Sunday from the late 1970s through the early 1980s, and later returned at the end of the decade retitled as "Heisei-ban Makoto-chan".

Plot

The series follows the odd life of kindergartener Makoto Sawada and his family. Makoto gets into all sorts of toilet and adult humor. He sometimes dresses in his mother's and sister's clothing, and often has a long strand of mucus dangling from his nose.

Trivia

• Makoto's grandfather is the main character of another of Kazuo Umezu's works entitled Again.
• One of the most familiar aspects of the series is the catch phrase used by many of the characters, "Gwashi!", which is accompanied by a hand sign made by pressing the middle and pinky fingers down while leaving the other fingers sticking out.

External links

• Kazuo Umezu Official Homepage
• Gwashi at the Kazuo Umezu Official Homepage (Japanese)
• Makoto-chan (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Makoto-chan (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia