Salaryman Kintarō

Salaryman Kintarō
Cover of the First Tankobon Volume.
サラリーマン金太郎 (Sarariiman Kintarō)
Genre	Comedy-drama
Manga
Written by	Hiroshi Motomiya
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Original run	1994 – 2002
Volumes	30
Live-action film
Directed by	Takashi Miike
Studio	Toho
Released	November 13, 1999
Runtime	110 minutes
Television drama
Original network	TBS
Original run	1999 – 2004
Episodes	44 (+ 1 special)
Anime television series
Directed by	Tomoharu Katsumata
Studio	JCF
Original network	BS-i
Original run	February 18, 2001 – March 18, 2001
Episodes	20
Manga
Shin Salaryman Kintarō
Written by	Hiroshi Motomiya
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Original run	2009 – present
Volumes	7

Salaryman Kintarō (サラリーマン金太郎, Sararīman Kintarō^?) is a manga series by Hiroshi Motomiya. It has been serialized in Weekly Young Jump since 1994, but has gone through many periods of inactivity.

The manga follows Kintarō Yajima, a former Bōsōzoku leader who, as a promise to his late wife, has become a salaryman. In 2005, Kintarō went from working as a salaryman to working for a foreign bank.

In 2005, Salaryman Kintaro began appearing as an online comic and eventually returned to Young Jump.

While the manga is not available in print in English, all 30 volumes and part of the sequel had been translated into English, and were available through the Comic Friends Facebook app. However, Comic Friends recently announced it will no longer be doing business in America.

The film is available on DVD through Pathfinder Home Entertainment, and has been retitled to "White Collar Worker Kintaro".

The main cast from the film version returned for the television series.

The anime is available subtitled on DVD through Arts Magic.