Sasuke (manga)

Sasuke
20th tankōbon volume cover published by Seirindō, featuring Sasuke
サスケ
GenreAction, Drama, Historical
Manga
Written bySanpei Shirato
Published by
MagazineShōnen
Original runJuly 1, 1961March 1, 1966
Volumes20
Anime television series
Produced byKazuo Otomo
Written byJunji Tashiro
Music byMasafumi Tanaka
StudioTCJ
Licensed by
Original networkTBS Television
Original run September 3, 1968 March 25, 1969
Episodes29
Manga
Written bySanpei Shirato
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
Original runJuly 20, 1968May 25, 1969

Sasuke (Japanese: サスケ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanpei Shirato. It was serialized in Kobunsha's Monthly magazine Shōnen from July 1961 to March 1966. A remake ran in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 1968 to May 1969. In 1963, the manga, together with Shirato's other series Seton's Wild Animals, won the 4th Kodansha Children's Manga Award.

TCJ produced a 29-episode anime television series adaptation that aired between September 1968 to March 1969 on TBS Television. The series was licensed for North America by AnimEigo.