Norakuro
| Norakuro | |
Manga volume 1 cover (1975 bunkoban edition) | |
| のらくろ | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Suihō Tagawa |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Shōnen Kurabu |
| English magazine | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 1931 – 1981 |
| Volumes | 36 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toru Murayama |
| Music by | Hidehiko Arashino |
| Studio | TCJ |
| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| Original run | 5 October 1970 – 29 March 1971 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Anime television series | |
| Norakuro-kun | |
| Directed by | Masami Anno |
| Studio | Pierrot |
| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| Original run | 4 October 1987 – 2 October 1988 |
| Episodes | 50 |
Norakuro (Japanese: のらくろ) is a Japanese manga series created by Suihō Tagawa, originally published by Kodansha in Shōnen Kurabu, and one of the first series' to be reprinted in tankōbon format. The titular protagonist, Norakuro, or Norakuro-kun, is an anthropomorphic black and white dog inspired by Felix the Cat. The name Norakuro is an abbreviation of norainu (野良犬; stray dog) and Kurokichi (黒吉; the name of the dog, literally meaning "black luck").