Nono-chan

Nono-chan
Cover of volume 5 of the manga published by Futabasha.
ののちゃん
Genre	Humor, Slice of life story
Manga
Tonari no Yamada-kun
Written by	Hisaichi Ishii
Published by	Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Sogensha Tokuma Shoten
Magazine	Asahi Shimbun
Original run	October 1, 1991 – March 31, 1997
Volumes	6 (Asahi) 11 (Sogensha) 3 (Tokuma)
Manga
Written by	Hisaichi Ishii
Published by	Futabasha (Channel Zero) Tokyo Sogensha Tokuma Shoten
Magazine	Asahi Shimbun
Original run	April 1, 1997 – present
Volumes	10 (Futabasha/Channel Zero) 12 (Sogensha) 7 (Tokuma)
Anime film
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Directed by	Isao Takahata
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Written by	Isao Takahata
Music by	Akiko Yano
Studio	Studio Ghibli
Licensed by	Buena Vista Home Entertainment (former) GKIDS (current)
Released	July 17, 1999
Runtime	104 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by	Toshinori Fukuzawa
Produced by	Yumi Shimizu Kenji Oota Hiroyuki Sakurada
Written by	Takashi Yamada
Music by	en avant
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	July 7, 2001 – September 28, 2002
Episodes	61

Nono-chan (ののちゃん) is a yonkoma manga series begun in 1991 by Hisaichi Ishii originally serialized as My Neighbors the Yamadas (となりのやまだ君, Tonari no Yamada-kun) in the Asahi Shimbun in Japan. When the series first began, it was generally focused on all of the members of the Yamada family. As the series progressed, the daughter (Nonoko, or "Nono-chan") became the most popular character among readers and more of the strips focused on her and her point of view. In 1997, the series title was changed to reflect this change of focus.

In July 1999, Studio Ghibli released My Neighbors the Yamadas, a film based on this series.^{[1][unreliable source]} From 2001 to 2002, a 61 episode anime television series based on the manga was shown on the TV Asahi network in Japan.