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is a Japanese manga series created by Suih Tagawa, originally published by Kodansha in 'Shnen Kurabu', and one of the first series' to be reprinted in tankbon format.Jason S. Yadao. The Rough Guide to Manga The titular protagonist, Norakuro, or Norakuro-'kun', is an anthropomorphic black and white dog inspired by Felix the Cat. The name 'Norakuro' is an abbreviation of and .

Norakuro strongly influenced Machiko Hasegawa, the author of 'Sazae-san', who apprenticed with its author Suih Tagawa, as well as 'Fullmetal Alchemist' author Hiromu Arakawa.

History



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In the original story, the central character Norakuro was a soldier serving in an army of dogs called the . The strip's publication began in Kodansha's 'Shnen Kurabu' in 1931, and was based on the Imperial Japanese Army of the time; the manga artist, Suih Tagawa, had served in the Imperial Army from 1919 to 1922. Norakuro was gradually promoted from private to captain in the stories, which began as humorous episodes, but eventually developed into propaganda tales of military exploits against the "pigs army" on the "continent" - a thinly-veiled reference to the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Serialization of 'Norakuro' stopped in 1941 for wartime austerity reason. After the war, due to the popularity of the strip, the character returned in various guises, including a sumo wrestler and a botanist.

Pre-war animated films based on the military 'Norakuro', and two post-war animated series of 'Norakuro', in 1970 and 1987, have also been produced. In the 1970 series, the voice of Norakuro was played by Nobuyo yama, also known as the voice of Doraemon. During the 1980s and early 1990s Norakuro was the mascot of the Physical Training School (Tai-Iku Gakko) of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.

There is an excerpt that appears in the sixth 'Kramer's Ergot' comics anthology which is the only example of Tagawa's work published in English.

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