Haguregumo (浮浪雲, literally "Vagrant Cloud")[1] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by George Akiyama. It has been serialized by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original from 1973 to 2017 and collected in 112 tankōbon volumes. Haguregumo received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for the general category.[2]
Haguregumo | |
浮浪雲 (Haguregumo) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | George Akiyama |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Magazine | Big Comic Original |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1973 – 2017 |
Volumes | 112 |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Mori Masaki |
Produced by | Chiaki Imada |
Written by | Atsushi Yamatoya |
Music by | Seiji Yokoyama |
Studio | |
Released | 24 April 1982 |
Runtime | 91 minutes |
It was adapted into a television series on TV Asahi in 1978,[3] airing for 20 episodes and an anime film in 1982 by Madhouse Studios and Toei Animation. Directed by Mori Masaki, it premiered in Japan on the 24 April 1982.
Plot
Set at the end of the Edo period, the series depicts Cloud's family with his wife, Turtle, their 11-year-old son, and 8-year-old daughter. The Clouds are always ignoring work and playing. Cloud is notorious for womanising.
Characters
- Cloud (雲, Kumo) is the protagonist of the series. He is a famous womaniser and rarely works.
- Turtle (かめ, Kame) is the wife of Cloud and often joins her husband in his idling.
- Shinnosuke (新之助) is the 11-year-old son of Cloud and Turtle. His personality is completely opposite to that of his father's.
- Flower (お花, Ohana) is the 8-year-old daughter of Cloud and Turtle. She is a tomboy and has a serious attitude, opposite to those of her parents.
Manga
Volume list
No. | Release date | ISBN | ||
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1 | June 6, 1975[4] | 4-09-180051-3 | ||
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2 | July 9, 1975[5] | 4-09-180052-1 | ||
3 | August 7, 1975[6] | 4-09-180053-X | ||
4 | January 28, 1976[7] | 4-09-180054-8 | ||
5 | February 27, 1976[8] | 4-09-180055-6 | ||
6 | September 1, 1976[9] | 4-09-180056-4 | ||
7 | December 23, 1976[10] | 4-09-180057-2 | ||
8 | March 31, 1977[11] | 4-09-180058-0 | ||
9 | January 31, 1978[12] | 4-09-180059-9 | ||
10 | June 29, 1978[13] | 4-09-180060-2 | ||
11 | December 21, 1978[14] | 4-09-180181-1 | ||
12 | August 1, 1979[15] | 4-09-180182-X | ||
13 | September 1979[16] | 978-4-09-180183-8 | ||
14 | March 29, 1980[17] | 4-09-180184-6 | ||
15 | April 25, 1980[18] | 4-09-180185-4 | ||
16 | October 29, 1980[19] | 4-09-180186-2 | ||
17 | March 28, 1981[20] | 4-09-180187-0 | ||
18 | December 1, 1981[21] | 4-09-180188-9 | ||
19 | January 28, 1982[22] | 4-09-180189-7 | ||
20 | February 26, 1982[23] | 4-09-180190-0 | ||
21 | September 28, 1982[24] | 4-09-180521-3 | ||
22 | October 28, 1982[25] | 4-09-180522-1 | ||
23 | September 30, 1983[26] | 4-09-180523-X | ||
24 | October 29, 1983[27] | 4-09-180524-8 | ||
25 | November 30, 1983[28] | 4-09-180525-6 | ||
26 | August 30, 1984[29] | 4-09-180526-4 | ||
27 | September 29, 1984[30] | 4-09-180527-2 | ||
28 | February 28, 1985[31] | 4-09-180528-0 | ||
29 | June 29, 1985[32] | 4-09-180529-9 | ||
30 | January 30, 1986[33] | 4-09-180530-2 | ||
31 | June 30, 1986[34] | 4-09-181121-3 |
Television series 1978
- Tetsuya Watari as Kumo
- Kaori Momoi as Kame Onna
- Toshio Shiba as Aota
- Rinichi Yamamoto as Shunjyu Oyabun
- Hideji Otaki as Chojyuro Suzuki
- Chishū Ryū as Shibusawa
- Yujiro Ishihara as Iwakichi
- Written by Sō Kuramoto.[35]
References
External links
- Haguregumo at IMDb
- Official Madhouse Haguregumo movie website (in Japanese)
- Gomunime
- Haguregumo (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- gomunime