| Fisherman Sanpei | |
 Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Sanpei Mihira | |
| 釣りキチ三平 (Tsurikichi Sanpei) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takao Yaguchi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 1973 – 1983 |
| Volumes | 65 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takao Yaguchi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 2002 – 2010 |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshikata Nitta |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 7, 1980 – June 28, 1982 |
| Episodes | 109 |
Fisherman Sanpei (Japanese: 釣りキチ三平, Hepburn: Tsurikichi Sanpei) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Takao Yaguchi. The manga was serialised in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1973 to 1983. Kodansha has published the manga's 57 bound volumes between July 5, 2003 and October 5, 2005.
The manga was adapted into an 109-episode anime series.[1][2] Directed by Yoshikata Nitta, the anime's 109 episodes were broadcast on Fuji TV between April 7, 1980 and June 28, 1982. The official English name is Fisherman Sanpei.[3]
As of October 2020, the Fisherman Sanpei manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.[4]
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