Tsurupika Hagemaru

Tsurupika Hagemaru
つるピカハゲ丸 chuchu
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byShinbo Nomura
Published byShogakukan
MagazineCoroCoro Comic
DemographicKodomo
Original run19851995
Volumes25
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Sasagawa (supervision)
Tetsuo Yasumi
Produced byJunichi Kimura (TV Asahi)
Sōjirō Masuko (Shin-Ei Animation)
Written byMasaaki Sakurai
Music byKuni Kawachi
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run March 3, 1988 October 6, 1989
Episodes59 + 3 specials (List of episodes)
Video game
Tsurupika Hagemaru Mezase! Tsuru Seko no Shou
PublisherJaleco
GenreAction
PlatformFamily Computer
ReleasedDecember 13, 1991

Tsurupika Hagemaru (つるピカハゲ丸, lit. "Little Baldy Hagemaru"), or simply Hagemaru, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinbo Nomura. The series was published in the Shogakukan magazine CoroCoro Comic from 1985 to 1995. It tells the story of a young boy named Hagemaru and his ideas for saving money.