Space Family Carlvinson

Space Family Carlvinson (Japanese: 宇宙家族カールビンソン, Hepburn: Uchū Kazoku Kārubinson) is a Japanese science fiction comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoh Asari. It was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Captain between 1985 and 1996, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes. A reboot was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from 1999 to 2000. Portions of the manga was adapted into a 45-minute original video animation directed by Kimio Yabuki which aired in 1988.

An alien acting troupe accidentally orphaned a young human girl and take it upon themselves to raise her in the customs of her human family until her biological family arrives to bring her to her original home. The manga's title is a parody on Swiss Family Robinson, in addition to referencing the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, which was stationed in Japan at the time of the manga's creation, which in turn was named after Georgia congressman Carl Vinson. It has received generally favorable reviews praising its emotional core and underlying themes, but critiquing its lack of substantiative development for its cast.