Shōnen Ashibe

Shōnen Ashibe (少年アシベ; lit. 'Boy Ashibe') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromi Morishita. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 1988 to 1994, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. It describes the daily life of Ashibe, an elementary school boy, and his family and friends, including his spotted seal pup named Goma-chan.

It received a six-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation in 1991, which led to an anime television series adaptation aired on TBS in that same year; a second season aired from 1992 to 1993. A second manga series, titled ComaGoma, which depicts Ashibe as a second grade student, was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 2000 to 2004, with its chapters collected in six volumes.

A second anime television series adaptation, titled Shōnen Ashibe Go! Go! Goma-chan, was broadcast for four seasons on NHK Educational TV from 2016 to 2019. A manga adaptation of Shōnen Ashibe Go! Go! Goma-chan, illustrated by Junko Ogino, was published in Futabasha's Monthly Action and Manga Town from 2016 to 2018, and its chapters were collected in three volumes.

Another manga series illustrated by Shōhei, titled Seishōnen Ashibe, was serialized in Monthly Action, and later on the Web Action website, from 2017 to 2024. It depicts an older Ashibe as a freshman in high school. In 2020, Morishita started another manga series, titled Shō 3 Ashibe QQ Goma-chan, which depicts Ashibe as a third grade student.