Perman

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Perman
Cover of the second FF Land volume featuring Booby (left), Mitsuo Suwa (center), and Sumire Hoshino (right) in their Perman personas.
パーマン (Pāman)
Genre	Superhero
Created by	Fujiko Fujio
Manga
Written by	Fujiko Fujio
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday etc.
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1966 – 1986
Volumes	8
Anime television series
Music by	Hiroshi Tsutsui
Studio	Tokyo Movie
Original network	TBS
Original run	April 2, 1967 – April 14, 1968
Episodes	54
Anime film
Perman: Birdman Has Arrived!!
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Released	March 12, 1983
Runtime	25 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Sasagawa Sadayoshi Tominaga
Written by	Fujiko Fujio
Music by	Akihiko Takashima
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Original network	ANN (TV Asahi)
English network	IN: Nickelodeon SEA: Disney Channel
Original run	April 4, 1983 – July 2, 1985
Episodes	526 + 3 specials[1]
Anime film
Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman: Psychic Wars
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Released	March 17, 1984
Runtime	52 minutes
Anime film
Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman: Ninja Beast Jippō vs. Miracle Egg
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Released	March 16, 1985
Runtime	50 minutes
Anime film
Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Released	March 8, 2003
Runtime	31 minutes
Anime film
Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman: Tako de Pon! Ashi wa Pon!
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Released	March 6, 2004
Runtime	32 minutes
Video games
Perman: Enban o Torikaese!! (1990) Perman Part 2: Himitsu Kessha Madoodan o Taose! (1991)

Perman (Japanese: パーマン, Hepburn: Pāman) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist duo Fujiko Fujio about a clumsy boy, Mitsuo Suwa, who is chosen to apprentice to a powerful superhero to save the world along with other superheroes. The manga series was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1967. The first anime series was first produced in black-and-white in 1967. The second anime series was made in color in 1983 with short films releasing in 1983, 2003 and 2004.

The original manga which started serialization in 1966 was a joint work. Perman 2 (Booby), Kabao, Sabu, and Birdman (Superman) were drawn by Abiko.^[2]

The continuation of the series serialized in 1983, was solely written by Fujimoto.

Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman was serialized in 1984 and was written by Abiko alone. Two short films for the series were made in 1984 and 1985.