Gorillaman
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Gorillaman 1.png
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover
| ja_kanji = ゴリラーマン
| ja_romaji = Gorirāman
| genre = Comedy
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Harold Sakuishi
| publisher = Kodansha
| publisher_en =
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| imprint =
| magazine = Weekly Young Magazine
| first = 1988
| last = 1993
| volumes = 19
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = ova
| director = {{ubl|Yoshinori Nakamura (1)|Osamu Sekita (2)}}
| producer =
| writer = Jou Hirose
| music =
| studio = J.C.Staff
| first = June 25, 1992
| last = December 24, 1993
| runtime = 46 minutes (each)
| episodes = 2
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = {{ubl|Gorillaman 40|Gorillaman 40: Family Arc}}
| author = Harold Sakuishi
| publisher = Kodansha
| publisher_en =
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| imprint =
| magazine = Weekly Young Magazine
| first = October 12, 2020
| last = May 13, 2024
| volumes = 4
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|Gorillaman|ゴリラーマン|Gorirāman|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi. It was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1988 to 1993, with its chapters collected in 19 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. It was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) animated by J.C.Staff in 1992. A sequel, titled Gorillaman 40, was serialized in Weekly Young Magazine from 2020 to 2022. A spin-off, titled Gorillaman 40: Family Arc, was serialized in the same magazine from 2023 to 2024.
In 1990, Gorillaman won the 14th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category.
Media
=Manga=
Written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi, Gorillaman was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1988 to 1993.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゴリラーマン：29年ぶり連載復活 「ゴリラーマン40」で40歳に 第1話に「ストッパー毒島」アスレチックス火野も|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220327dog00m200061000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=January 14, 2023|language=ja|date=March 28, 2022|archive-date=March 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330141522/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220327dog00m200061000c.html|url-status=live}} Kodansha collected its chapters in nineteen {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from April 6, 1989,{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゴリラーマン（１）|url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1021435|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=January 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040927030918/http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1021435|archive-date=September 27, 2004|language=ja}} to October 6, 1993.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゴリラーマン（１９）|url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3234258|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=January 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040927030454/http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3234258|archive-date=September 27, 2004|language=ja}}
For the magazine's 40th anniversary, Sakuishi launched a two-chapter story in Weekly Young Magazine, under the title Gorillaman 40, on October 12 and 17, 2020;{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゴリラーマンが帰ってきた！特別読切「ゴリラーマン40」がヤンマガに2号連続掲載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/400128|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 14, 2023|language=ja|date=October 12, 2020|archive-date=April 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419200240/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/400128|url-status=live}} it was later serialized in the same magazine from March 28 to August 22, 2022.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Beck's Harold Sakuishi Launches Gorillaman 40 Manga on March 28|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-13/beck-harold-sakuishi-launches-gorillaman-40-manga-on-march-28/.183518|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 14, 2023|date=March 13, 2022|archive-date=August 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828112609/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-13/beck-harold-sakuishi-launches-gorillaman-40-manga-on-march-28/.183518|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Pineda|first1=Rafael|title=Harold Sakuishi's Gorillaman 40 Manga Ends on August 22|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-15/harold-sakuishi-gorillaman-40-manga-ends-on-august-22/.188668|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 14, 2023|date=August 15, 2022|archive-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827152358/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-15/harold-sakuishi-gorillaman-40-manga-ends-on-august-22/.188668|url-status=live}} A spin-off manga, titled {{Nihongo|Gorillaman 40: Family Arc|ゴリラーマン40 ファミリー編|Gorirāman 40 Famirī-hen}}, was first published as a one-shot in Weekly Young Magazine on October 3, 2022,{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Gorillaman 40 Manga Gets 'Family Arc' Spinoff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-10/gorillaman-40-manga-gets-family-arc-spinoff/.189435|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 14, 2023|date=September 10, 2022|archive-date=September 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910171800/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-10/gorillaman-40-manga-gets-family-arc-spinoff/.189435|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゴリラーマン40：特別読み切り「ファミリー編」 主人公はゴリラーマンのめい イマドキ女子|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20221001dog00m200064000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=May 12, 2024|language=ja|date=October 2, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130163024/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20221001dog00m200064000c.html|url-status=live}} and was later serialized in the same magazine from December 25, 2023,{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゴリラーマン40：新連載「ファミリー編」が「ヤンマガ」に ゴリラーマン一族の知られざる現代暮らし|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231223dog00m200021000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=May 12, 2024|language=ja|date=December 24, 2023|archive-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225015351/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231223dog00m200021000c.html|url-status=live}} to May 13, 2024.{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Gorillaman 40 Family Arc Spinoff Manga Ends|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-12/gorillaman-40-family-arc-spinoff-manga-ends/.210726|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 12, 2024|date=May 12, 2024|archive-date=May 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512154122/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-12/gorillaman-40-family-arc-spinoff-manga-ends/.210726|url-status=live}}
Kodansha collected the Gorillaman 40 chapters in three {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from April 6 to September 6, 2022;{{cite web|script-title=ja:40歳になり多忙な日々を送るゴリラーマンの活躍を描く「ゴリラーマン40」1巻|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/472859|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 14, 2023|language=ja|date=April 6, 2022|archive-date=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002044750/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/472859|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:【9月6日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/491719|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 14, 2023|language=ja|date=September 6, 2022|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008034446/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/491719|url-status=live}} a fourth volume, including the first six chapters of Gorillaman 40: Family Arc, was released on April 5, 2024,{{cite web|script-title=ja:【4月5日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/566790|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 12, 2024|language=ja|date=April 5, 2024|archive-date=April 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406063035/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/566790|url-status=live}} and the fifth volume is set to be released in July of the same year.
=Original video animation=
The series was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) animated by J.C.Staff, released on June 25, 1992, and December 24, 1993.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゴリラーマン|url=http://jcstaff.co.jp/sakuhin/nenpyo/1992/04_goriraman/goriraman.htm|publisher=J.C.Staff|access-date=January 14, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120073244/http://jcstaff.co.jp/sakuhin/nenpyo/1992/04_goriraman/goriraman.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ごりらーまん ２|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M1003875|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=National Center for Art Research|access-date=May 9, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509174112/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M1003875|archive-date=May 9, 2025|language=ja|url-status=live}}
Reception
In 1990, alongside The Silent Service, Gorillaman won the 14th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category.{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.php|author=Joel Hahn|title=Kodansha Manga Awards|work=Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630033000/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.php|archive-date=June 30, 2012|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Anime News Network|manga|7351}}
{{Weekly Young Magazine - 1980s–1990s}}
{{Weekly Young Magazine - 2020–2029}}
{{Kodansha Manga Award - General}}
{{J.C.Staff OVAs}}
Category:Comedy anime and manga