Tsurupika Hagemaru

Tsurupika Hagemaru
つるピカハゲ丸
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byShinbo Nomura
Published byShogakukan
MagazineCoroCoro Comic
Original run19851995
Volumes25
Anime television series
Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun
Directed byTetsuo Yasumi
Produced byJunichi Kimura (TV Asahi)
Sōjirō Masuko (Shin-Ei Animation)
Written byMasaaki Sakurai
Music byKuni Kawachi
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Original networkANN (TV Asahi)
Original run March 3, 1988 October 6, 1989
Episodes59 + 3 specials
Video game
Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun 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.

An anime television series produced by Shin-Ei Animation titled Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun (つるピカハゲ丸くん), aired on TV Asahi and its affiliates from March 1988 to October 1989.