21 Emon

21 Emon (Japanese: 21エモン, Hepburn: Nijūichi emon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio published from 1968 to 1969 in the Shogakukan magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Set in the same universe as Doraemon, and predating that work by only one year, the manga was then made in a TV anime series by the animation studio Shin-Ei Animation in 1991. From the manga also two animated films were made: 21 Emon: Uchuu e Irasshai! and 21 Emon: To Space! The Barefoot Princess. The official English name is 21 Emon: The 21st Century Kid.[1]

21 Emon 
21エモン
(Nijūichi emon)
Manga
Written byFujiko F. Fujio
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original run1968 – 1969
Volumes4
Anime film
21 Emon: Uchū e Irasshai!
Directed byTsutomu Shibayama
StudioShin-Ei Animation
ReleasedAugust 1, 1981
Runtime92 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byMitsuru Hongo
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run 1991 – 1992
Episodes39
Anime film
21-Emon: To Space! The Barefoot Princess
StudioShin-Ei Animation
ReleasedMarch 7, 1992
Runtime40 minutes

The manga, set in a science fiction 2018, tells the story of 18-year-old 21 Emon (although he is 16 in the anime), heir to a long dynasty of hotel owners, whose ancestor goes back to the Tokugawa shogunate. The anime, unlike the manga, is set between 2051 and 2071.

The robot character Gonsuke would go on to make numerous cameo appearances in the 2005 Doraemon series.

Plot

Manga

Having to struggle with keeping up their family hotel business at the age of 18, 21 Emon is trying his hardest to help out his family as the new heir, although his dream is not being in the hotel business his whole life but exploring the wide space as a space pilot.

Anime

The plot is the same as the manga, but with changes. Although 21 Emon is 18 in the manga, he is around 11–13 years old in the anime adaptation.

References
  1. "Animation detail". 2003-12-29. Archived from the original on 2003-12-29. Retrieved 2018-03-08.


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