The Abashiri Family
| Abashiri Ikka | |
Abashiri Ikka vol. 1, 1985 edition | |
| あばしり一家 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, comedy, crime |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | August 10, 1969 – April 9, 1973 |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Takashi Watanabe |
| Produced by | Yukina Hiiro Shigenori Kurii |
| Written by | Takashi Watanabe |
| Music by | Takeo Miratsu |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot Tokyo Kids |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | May 21, 1991 – November 21, 1991 |
| Runtime | 20 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 4 |
| Live-action film | |
| Abashiri Ikka: The Movie | |
| Directed by | Teruyoshi Ishii |
| Produced by | Seiji Nanbaz Hideo Iwashita |
| Written by | Sadayuki Murai |
| Studio | Total Media Corporation Oscar |
| Released | November 21, 2009 |
| Runtime | 75 minutes |
Abashiri Ikka (あばしり一家; known in the United States as The Abashiri Family) is a Japanese manga series created by Go Nagai that originally ran in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion. Some of its characters returned with different names as part of other series, such as Cutie Honey, UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinger Angels Z among others.
Some of the first stories were adapted into an original video animation by Studio Pierrot in 1991, distributed by Pony Canyon in four installments as part of Anime V Comic Rentaman, and later released as a standalone VHS and LaserDisc on March 21, 1992, also by Pony Canyon. The OVA was brought to North America by ADV Films in 1995.
The manga was also adapted into a live-action film released in 2009.