Kyūkyoku Chōjin R
| Kyūkyoku Chōjin R | |
Manga volume 1 cover, featuring R. Ichiro Tanaka | |
| 究極超人あ～る (Kyuukyoku Choujin a~ru) | |
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| Genre | Science fiction comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masami Yuki |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | August 7, 1985 – July 22, 1987 |
| Volumes | 9 (+1 volume in 2018) |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Ami Tomobuki |
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| Studio | Studio COA |
| Released | September 26, 1991 |
| Runtime | 74 minutes |
Kyūkyoku Chōjin R (Japanese: 究極超人あ～る, Hepburn: Kyūkyoku Chōjin Āru; "Ultimate Superhuman R") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1985 to 1987. The series revolved around a teenage robot named R. Ichiro Tanaka. Later, it was revealed that R's creator Dr. Narihara only built R for a failed attempt to take over the world.