is a

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manga series by Masashi Ueda which has been serialized in several magazine. In the early 1980s, the manga was published simultaneously in Takeshobo's ''

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'', '' Kindai Mahjong Original'', and '' Gamble Punch''. It was then published in ''

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'' magazine from November 1984 (in the first issue of the magazine) to 1994. The series was started again in January 2001 and is currently running in ''Manga Life''. The title of the series was changed to in March 2002. The manga was adapted into a theatrical film and an

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in the early 1980s. Several

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systems have been released which feature ''Furiten-kun'' as the theme. It won the 28th

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along with Ueda's '' Kariage-kun'' in 1982.

Anime film

Staff

*Director: Taku Sugiyama *Producers: Seishi Nishino, Satoshi Sakai *Executive Producer: Katsuo Seijō *Original story: Masashi Ueda *Screenplay:

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, Tsunehisa Itō,

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, Taku Sugiyama Sources:

Cast

*Furiten-kun: Haruo Chikada Sources:

References

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