Kaibutsu-kun

Kaibutsu-kun
Volume 1 of the 'Kaibutsu-kun' manga.
怪物くん
Genre	Horror, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Manga
Written by	Fujiko Fujio
Published by	Shōnen Gahosha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Shōnen King
Original run	January 1965 – May 1969
Volumes	15
Anime television series
Directed by	Masaaki Ohsumi
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha Studio Zero
Original network	TBS
Original run	April 21, 1968 – March 23, 1969
Episodes	50
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Fukutomi
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	September 2, 1980 – September 28, 1982
Episodes	94
Anime film
Kaibutsu-kun Demon Sword
Directed by	Hiroshi Fukutomi
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Released	13 March 1982
Runtime	52 minutes
Television drama
Original network	Nippon Television Yomiuri Television
Original run	April 17, 2010 – June 12, 2010
Episodes	9

Kaibutsu-kun (Japanese: 怪物くん^?, Little Monster) is a shōnen manga and anime series by Fujiko Fujio named after its protagonist. The first anime series was broadcast on TBS from April 21, 1968 to March 23, 1969. The second was broadcast on TV Asahi from September 2, 1980 to September 28, 1982. A live action series was broadcast on Nippon Television and Yomiuri Television from April 17 to June 12, 2010.

Kaibutsu-kun and his companions, Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken, travel from Monster Land to the Human Realm, where they encounter and battle several monsters, mainly assassins from the demon group Demonish.

A TV drama adaptation was aired on Nippon TV in 2010 with nine episodes. Two drama specials were aired after the initial airing of the drama series in June 2010, where the author of Kaibutsu-kun appears as a guest, and October 2011. A 3D movie titled Kaibutsu-kun the Movie (映画　怪物くん^?) was released on November 26, 2011, directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura. It went on to be a commercial success in Japan and earned ¥3.14 billion.