Otoko Oidon
Manga
Otoko Oidon is a Japanese manga by Leiji Matsumoto, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine (Kodansha) from the May 9, 1971 issue to the August 5, 1973 issue. It won the children's manga category of the 3rd Kodansha Publishing Culture Award. It portrays the youth of hero Noboru Ōyama and the other young people living in a tiny four-and-a-half-tatami boarding house. Its final arc is set on a future Earth and in space, making it a landmark that leads into his later Space Battleship Yamato, Galaxy Express 999 and Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
Translated from the Japanese Wikipedia article, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Translated and shortened by ManhWatch AI; may contain errors.