Ore wa Teppei

Ore wa Teppei
cover of volume 6 of the manga
おれは鉄兵
Genre	comedy, sports (kendo)
Manga
Written by	Tetsuya Chiba
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shonen
Magazine	Weekly Shonen Magazine
Original run	August 1973 – April 1980
Volumes	33
Anime television series
Teppei
Directed by	Tadao Nagahama
Music by	Michiaki Watanabe
Studio	Nippon Animation
Original network	Fuji Television Network
Original run	September 12th, 1977 – March 27th, 1978
Episodes	28

Ore wa Teppei (おれは鉄兵) or I am Teppei! is a manga written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. It ran in Weekly Shonen Magazine for nearly eight years and received an anime adaptation in 1977. The series received the Kodansha Cultural Children's Award (not to be confused with the Kodansha Manga Award) in 1976.

Teppei Uesugi and his father have long since lived deep in the forest in search of buried treasure. Since he has not been a member of cultured society for a long time, Teppei is wild and unmannered. One day, Teppei's uncle finds him and Teppei finds out that he is actually from a very prestigious family and had five siblings. For the first time in his life, he will have to attend school and live under his grandmother's rules. Can Teppei really adapt to his new environment?