Gokudo

ゴクドーくん漫遊記 (Gokudō-kun Man'yūki)
Gokudo
Genre	Action, comedy, supernatural, fantasy
Light novel
Written by	Usagi Nakamura
Illustrated by	Takeru Kirishima
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
Original run	June 1, 1991 – September 1, 1999
Volumes	13
Light novel
Gokudo-kun Man'yūki Gaiden
Written by	Usagi Nakamura
Illustrated by	Takeru Kirishima
Published by	MediaWorks
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Original run	June 10, 1993 – present
Volumes	10
Manga
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh
Original run	1995 – 2000
Anime television series
Directed by	Kunihisa Sugishima
Studio	Trans Arts
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 2, 1999 – September 24, 1999
Episodes	26

Gokudo (ゴクドーくん漫遊記, Gokudō-kun Man'yūki^?) is a light novel series created by Usagi Nakamura. The light novel was first serialized by Kadokawa Shoten in their light novel magazine Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko. It was later adapted into a manga in 1995 and is released in Dengeki Daioh magazine. An anime adaptation is then produced by Trans Arts and was aired TV Tokyo from April 2, 1999 to September 24, 1999, with a total of 26 episodes.

Enoki Films holds the United States anime license under the name Jester the Adventurer.AnimeWorks translated and released the anime on DVD as Gokudo.

The story focuses about an adventurer named Gokudo (full name is Gokudo Yuccot Kikansky). Unlike most main characters he is an antihero, willing to resort to violence to fulfill his agenda. He does not hesitate to abuse the needs of people, sell out his friends to save himself, run away from any dangers, or ditch others who helped him if he does not have any more interest in them. His life starts to change when he finds a magical Genie named Djinn who wants to grant him three wishes. As most people would benefit from having three wishes, in his case it leads him to a lot of trouble, and it doesn't take long before he tries to escape from Djinn, as well as every other person he meets.

Other important characters are the Old Seer (or the Queen of the Magic World) who constantly appears out of nowhere seemingly only to make Gokudo suffer more, Rubette La Lette, a noble girl with a tomboy attitude who sees Gokudo as a rival, and Prince (called Niari by the Old Seer), a mage much better at handling women than Gokudo will ever be.

Gokudo is the main character of the series. His full name is Gokudo Yuccot Kikansky. He doesn't fit the profile of a hero and more of an anti-hero. Gokudo is rude, cowardly and lazy. He would only go on quest just for his personal gain and he is known for skipping out on paying for food and stealing or ripping people off their gold whenever he sees fit. Next to that he's always the first person to turn tail during a dangerous situation. He is voiced by Akira Ishida in the Japanese version and by Daniel Kevin Harrison in the English dub.

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