Plawres Sanshiro

Plawres Sanshiro
Cover of the first DVD volume
プラレス3四郎
(Puraresu Sanshirō)
GenreMecha, martial arts, sports
Manga
Written byJirō Gyū
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Champion
DemographicShōnen
Original run19821985
Volumes14
Anime television series
Directed byKunihiko Yuyama
Produced by
Written by
Music byYasunori Tsuchida
StudioKaname Production
Original networkTBS
Original run June 5, 1983 February 26, 1984
Episodes37

Plawres Sanshiro (プラレス3四郎, Puraresu Sanshirō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jirō Gyū. It was serialized in the Akita Shoten magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from 1982 to 1985. An anime television series adaptation was broadcast from 1983 to 1984. The name is a shortened derivative of "Plastic Model Wrestling Sanshiro" and the visuals of the characters, in particular the PlaWrestler robots, were different from the manga.