Papuwa

Papuwa
Cover of DVD 1: Wild Things
パプワ
Manga
Papuwa-kun: The Southern Boy
Written byAmi Shibata
Published byEnix
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Gangan
Original run1991 – 1995
Volumes7
Anime television series
Papuwa-kun: The Southern Boy
Directed byJun Takagi
Produced by
  • Kenji Ota
  • Shigeo Endo
Music byNobuyuki Nakamura
StudioNippon Animation
Original networkANN (TV Asahi)
Original run 10 October 1992 – 2 October 1993
Episodes42
Manga
Written byAmi Shibata
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Gangan
Original runApril 2002 – April 2008
Volumes14
Anime television series
Directed byKenichi Nishida
Written byToshiki Inoue
Music byYuko Fukushima
StudioNippon Animation
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run 30 September 2003 – 30 March 2004
Episodes26

Papuwa-kun: The Southern Boy (南国少年パプワくん, Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ami Shibata that was serialized in Enix's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1991 to 1995, with its chapters being collected into 7 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Kotaro who is stranded on an uncharted island inhabited by strange talking animals and has no memory of his past. The series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television series by Nippon Animation which aired on TV Asahi and its affiliates from October 1992 to June 1995.

A sequel, titled Papuwa (パプワ; stylized as PAPUWA), was serialized on Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine from 2002 to 2008 with its chapters being collected into 14 volumes. The series was adapted into an anime television series also produced by Nippon Animation which aired on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from September 2003 to March 2004.

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