Shōnen Ashibe

Shōnen Ashibe
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ashibe Ashiya and his pet Goma-chan
少年アシベ
GenreComedy, slice of life
Manga
Written byHiromi Morishita
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original run19881994
Volumes8
Further information
Original video animation
Directed byNoboru Ishiguro
Music byToshiyuki Arakawa
StudioNippon Animation
Released January 21, 1991 July 27, 1991
Runtime50 minutes
Episodes6
Anime television series
Directed bySusumu Ishizaki
Music byToshiyuki Arakawa
StudioLife Work
Original networkTBS
Original run April 11, 1991 March 27, 1993
Episodes62
Manga
ComaGoma
Written byHiromi Morishita
Published byShueisha
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 12, 2000March 25, 2004
Volumes6
Manga
Shōnen Ashibe Go! Go! Goma-chan
Written byHiromi Morishita
Illustrated byJunko Ogino
Published byFutabasha
Magazine
  • Monthly Action (2016–2017)
  • Manga Town (2017–2018)
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 1, 2016March 5, 2018
Volumes3
Anime television series
Shōnen Ashibe Go! Go! Goma-chan
Directed byNobuhiro Kondō
Written by
  • Toshimitsu Takeuchi (S1–S3)
  • Masashi Sogo (S4)
Music by
  • Kenji Kato
  • Hiromi Mizutani (38–120)
Studio
Original networkNHK Educational TV
Original run April 5, 2016 December 17, 2019
Episodes120
Manga
Seishōnen Ashibe
Written byHiromi Morishita
Illustrated byShōhei
Published byFutabasha
Magazine
  • Monthly Action (2017–2024)
  • Web Action (2024)
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 25, 2017November 8, 2024
Volumes8
Manga
Shō 3 Ashibe QQ Goma-chan
Written byHiromi Morishita
Published byFutabasha
MagazineManga Action
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 17, 2020 – present
Volumes2

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.