21 Emon

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = 21 Emon vol 01.png

| caption = First {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volume cover (Mushi Comics edition)

| ja_kanji = 21エモン

| ja_romaji = Nijūichi Emon

| genre = {{ubl|Adventure|Science fiction comedy}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Fujiko Fujio{{efn|name="HiroshiF"|Hiroshi Fujimoto alone}}

| publisher = {{ubl|Shogakukan|Mushi Pro Shōji{{efn|name="Mushi"|1971–72 edition}}|Chuokoron-Shinsha{{efn|name="Chuokoron"|1984 edition}}}}

| demographic = Shōnen

| imprint = {{ubl|Mushi Comics{{efn|name="Mushi"}}|Tentōmushi Comics{{efn|name="Shogakukan1"|First Shogakukan collected edition (1977–78)}}|{{ill|Fujiko Fujio Land|ja|藤子不二雄ランド}}{{efn|name="Chuokoron"}}}}

| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Sunday

| first = January 1, 1968

| last = February 2, 1969

| volumes = {{ubl|3{{efn|name="Mushi"}}|4{{efn|name="Shogakukan1"}}|5{{efn|name="Chuokoron"}}}}

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = movie

| title = 21 Emon: Uchū e Irasshai!

| director = Tsutomu Shibayama

| producer =

| writer =

| music =

| studio = Shin-Ei Animation

| licensee =

| released = August 1, 1981

| runtime = 92 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = tv series

| director = Mitsuru Hongo

| producer =

| writer =

| music =

| studio = Shin-Ei Animation

| licensee =

| network = ANN (TV Asahi)

| network_en =

| first = May 2, 1991

| last = March 26, 1992

| episodes = 39

| episode_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = movie

| title = 21 Emon: Soraike! Hadashi no Princess

| director =

| producer =

| writer =

| music =

| studio = Shin-Ei Animation

| licensee =

| released = March 7, 1992

| runtime = 40 minutes

}}

{{Nihongo|21 Emon|21エモン|Nijūichi Emon|lead=yes}}, also known as 21 Emon: The 21st Century Kid,{{cite web|title=21 Emon: The 21st Century Kid|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ips/animation/21Emon/index.html|publisher=Asahi National Broadcasting (TV Asahi)|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031016193640/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ips/animation/21Emon/index.html|archive-date=October 16, 2003}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio.{{efn|name="HiroshiF"}} It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1968 to 1969. An anime film adaptation, animated by Shin-Ei Animation premiered in 1981. A 39-episode anime television series was broadcast on TV Asahi from May 1991 to March 1992. A second anime film premiered in March 1992. Set in a futuristic world, the series follows a boy named 21 Emon, heir to a long dynasty of hotel owners, whose ancestor goes back to the Edo Period.

Plot

Having to struggle with keeping up their family hotel business at 21 Emon is trying his hardest to help out his family as the new heir, although his dream is not being in the hotel business his whole life but exploring the wide space as a space pilot.

Media

=Manga=

Written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio,{{efn|name="HiroshiF"}} 21 Emon was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from the January 1, 1968, to the February 2, 1969, issues;{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン [マンガ雑誌掲載履歴]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C91630|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213174622/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C91630|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}} additional stories were also published in special issues of Shōnen Sunday (March, August, and October 1968 issues) and CoroCoro Comic (August 1981 issue); a spin-off, titled {{Nihongo|Monger-chan|モンガーちゃん|Mongā-chan}}, was published in {{ill|Shogakukan no Yochien|ja|幼稚園 (雑誌)}} (July to September 1968 issues).{{cite book|script-title=ja:21エモン|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/pr/fzenshu/lineup/21emon/|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702095317/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/pr/fzenshu/lineup/21emon/|archive-date=July 2, 2022|url-status=live}} Three collected {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes were released by Mushi Pro Shōji, under the Mushi Comics imprint, from October 30, 1971,{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン 1 [虫コミックス]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224265|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213175157/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224265|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}} to January 30, 1972.{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン 3 [虫コミックス]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224263|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213175158/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M224263|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}} Shogakukan released the series in four volumes, under their Tentōmushi Comics imprint, from August 25, 1977,{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン 1 [てんとう虫コミックス]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M328403|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213175738/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M328403|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}} to April 25, 1978.{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン 4 [てんとう虫コミックス]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M220143|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213175754/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M220143|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}} A five-volume edition was released by Chuokoron-Shinsha, under the {{ill|Fujiko Fujio Land|ja|藤子不二雄ランド}} imprint, from June to October 1984.{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン 1 [藤子不二雄ランド]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M238699|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213183238/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M238699|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン 5 [藤子不二雄ランド]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M238677|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213183145/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M238677|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}} A three-volume {{Lang|ja-latn|bunkoban}} edition was released by Shogakukan on April 25, 1997.{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン〔小学館コロコロ文庫〕|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_series?tid=6758|website=s-book.com|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122024900/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_series?tid=6758|archive-date=January 22, 2005|language=ja}} A two-volume edition was released by Shogakukan as part of their "Fujiko F. Fujio Complete Works" collection on August 25 and December 24, 2010.{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤子・Ｆ・不二雄大全集　２１エモン|url=https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784091434371|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704145229/https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784091434371|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤子・Ｆ・不二雄大全集　２１エモン　２　モンガーちゃん|url=https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784091434470|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012010229/https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784091434470|url-status=live}} Shogakukan published another four-volume edition under the Tentōmushi Comics imprint from July 27 to October 25, 2018.{{cite web|script-title=ja:藤子・F・不二雄「21エモン」新装版1巻、図書カード当たるプレゼント企画も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/293056|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|date=July 27, 2018|archive-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728111935/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/293056|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:【10月25日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/304956|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|date=October 25, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221045941/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/304956|url-status=live}}

=Anime=

An anime film, titled {{Nihongo||21エモン宇宙へいらっしゃい!|21 Emon: Uchū e Irasshai!|"21 Emon: Welcome to Space!"}}, animated by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by Tsutomu Shibayama, premiered on August 1, 1981.{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン宇宙へいらっしゃい!|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C409860|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213191131/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C409860|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}

A 39-episode anime television series, animated by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by Mitsuru Hongo, was broadcast on TV Asahi from May 2, 1991, to March 26, 1992.{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C8738|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213191442/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C8738|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}

A second anime film, titled {{Nihongo||21エモン宇宙いけ! 裸足のプリンセス|21 Emon: Soraike! Hadashi no Princess|"21 Emon: Outer Space! Barefoot Princess"}}, premiered on March 7, 1992.{{cite web|script-title=ja:21エモン宇宙いけ!裸足のプリンセス|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C410463|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213191806/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C410463|archive-date=December 13, 2023|language=ja}}