Fujio Akatsuka

Fujio Akatsuka
Name	Fujio Akatsuka
Occupation	Manga-ka, entertainer
Born	September 14, 1935
Died	August 2, 2008

Fujio Akatsuka (赤塚不二夫 Akatsuka Fujio, born 赤塚 藤雄, September 14, 1935 – August 2, 2008) was a prolific Japanese manga author, nicknamed "The King of Gag Manga".

He had initially began his career as a shojo manga creator, but moved to the gag genre after his series Nama-chan became a hit in 1958. He would best become known for creating Osomatsu-kun, Akko-chan's Got a Secret!, The Genius Bakabon, and Extraordinary Ataro.

Life and Career

Early Life

Fujio Akatsuka was born in the Rehe Province of Manchuria (then the puppet state of Manchukuo). He was the eldest of Toshichi and Riyo Akatsuka's six children, which had also included:

• Sumako Akatsuka (赤塚寿満子, 1938- ), later Sumako Umehara (梅原寿満子)
• Yoshio Akatsuka (赤塚義夫, 1940-?)
• Norihiro Akatsuka (赤塚宣洋, 1941-)
• Ayako Akatsuka (赤塚綾子, 1944-1945)
• Ayako Akatsuka (赤塚綾子, 1945-1946)

Toshichi had been stationed in the country as part of the Imperial Japanese police, but instead became sympathetic to the local people and begun conducting duties as part of the local anti-Japanese resistance.

Akatsuka would recall his father being very strict and authoritarian, forbidding him to read manga such as Norakuro and Hinomarunosuke as well as harshly dictating how he should hold his chopsticks while eating. Yet, he also witnessed his father's mediation skills, and that his father taught them to respect the Chinese greatly rather than discriminate against them. Akatsuka had also noted that Toshichi never judged Riyo for her past as a geisha, nor the fact she had a previous lover's name tattooed on her arm (Riyo would eventually get the tattoo professionally removed in the 1960s).

Because of his father's sense of justice and kindness shown to strangers, the family was spared in the retaliatory attacks by villagers who killed Japanese to drive them out of the country by the end of the war on August 16, 1945; the family had been smuggled out of the village under the guise of being Chinese citizens, as a violent riot broke out in Mukden.

However, Toshichi would be immediately detained by the Red Army as a result, spending four years in a harsh detainment in Siberia. Riyo and the children would attempt to return home to Japan, starting in 1946 when they headed on foot toward the Bohai coast. This was not without trouble though, as they would have to withstand the sights and attacks by Soviet soldiers that continued to go on in the country, and would risk the threat of being permanently separated if any of them strayed or let go of each others' hands. Corpses became an everyday sight for Akatsuka to see, along with the two-facedness of the Soviets; the same soldiers that could be kind to children and give them candy would be the same ones that would break into families' homes and attack. This gave Akatsuka, as he described it, the lesson that "Humans can be angels, but also beasts".

By the 15th of June, the family had made it back to Japan at the Sasebo Port. Unfortunately, by the start of the Akatsuka family's withdrawal from Mukden, the fifth child Ayako had already contracted diptheria and died, while Yoshio would be adopted by another family due to the hardships faced toward the end of their stay in China and the start back home; Akatsuka would reunite with Yoshio only once in his lifetime, finding that he worked at the Joban Coal Mine in Ibaraki. Thus, Akatsuka only had three of his siblings left at the time.

Upon arrival in Japan, Riyo and her remaining children found themselves being treated coldly and like strangers by the other Japanese that saw them walk the war-torn streets. After finally making their way to the home of Riyo's parents in Yamatokoriyama, Akatsuka would recall that the youngest daughter, named Ayako in memory of the previous one, had only lasted for a further thirty minutes before giving a final sigh and succumbing to malnutrition. As a result, only Fujio, Sumako and Norihiro were left among Riyo's children, with her having half as many as she originally had. Riyo's heart was considered to have been gouged greatly by the trauma of war and the loss of the others, to where she had no emotion or time to cry with all that had gone on. Akatsuka himself would later recount that his youngest sister dying only after they made it back to Japan was probably what had kept his mother from breaking down, as she had managed to fulfill her wish of bringing the rest of her children home.

In his adolescence in Nara afterwards, Akatsuka found his life full of hardship with facing both poverty and discrimination by peers for having grown up in China. After reading a rental manga of Osamu Tezuka's work Lost World in 6th grade, he was in awe and decided that he would become a manga-ka himself, and was spurred on more by a supportive classmate known as Okumura (the basis for "Boss" in Fujio's Waru Waru World) who had initially bullied him, but wound up ceasing such treatment after being impressed by his quick skill with drawing. From this point on, Okumura defended him from others' ostracization.

Through that time in Nara, Akatsuka and Okumura "lived like animals and demons", getting into mischief and finding fun for themselves in spite of the poverty and poor conditions. This type of living and the naughty yet free actions the children would get into would later prove influential to manga in Akatsuka's career, along with inspiring figures such as a rough little boy nicknamed "John-John" (the inspiration for Kantaro, as well as Chibita) and a stray cat that survived Okumura and Akatsuka's attempt to throw him in a lake with a rock (thus inspiring Nyarome).

Encouraged by Okumura, Akatsuka would eventually pen a 128-page science fiction story titled Diamond Island and he and his mother would travel to Osaka to pitch the manga to Miharu Shobo. Unfortunately, the story was rejected by the publisher, leaving Akatsuka to put any manga career on hold, though he was still encouraged to try again.

By 1949, the family was experiencing more poverty and difficulty to make ends meet from Riyo's factory job, so Riyo sent her three children to live with relatives in Niigata, which happened to be the hometown of their father. By the end of that very year, Toshichi would finally return home to Japan at the Maizuru Port. Though Akatsuka was overjoyed to reunite with his father, he quickly discovered that the man had underwent a startling change in personality. Toshichi was now highly eccentric, with slowed behavior and bizarre logic, with a stronger appetite than before yet a frequent tendency of ruining the kitchen when cooking. This was due to the imprisonment in Siberia and the malnutrition he faced, as well as the man learning of the devastating changes that had come about in Japan after their defeat and surrender; namely the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Though he graduated from junior high in 1952, Akatsuka would abandon any idea of entering high school due to his family's growing financial hardships. Instead, he would get a job as a signboard producer for the local movie theater in Niigata. Because he was involved in this field of work, he came to appreciate the movies that he would watch at the theater, including Western imports of actors like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.

In 1954, his father would request for him to come to Tokyo, where he would get a job at the Ebisu chemical plant that one of his father's friends had owned. But in this time, Akatsuka would continue to strive to be noticed as a manga-ka and submitted to the magazine "Manga Shonen". His submission was noticed by a fellow contributor Shotaro Onodera (later known as "Shotaro Ishimori"), and he would participate in Onodera's manga circle A Drop of Ink. He would also become acquainted with other young up-and-coming authors Kunio Nagatani, Tokuo Yokota, and Yoshiharu Tsuge.

By 1956, Akatsuka was convinced to go professional with his work by Tsuge, and managed to sign a deal with Akebono Publishing, putting out his first published work "Beyond the Storm". Though Akatsuka had initially entertained the idea of wanting to do comedic works, he knew that shojo was a huge seller and successful genre, and opted to pursue that path.

Tokiwa-so and Early Works

Akatsuka would later move to the Tokiwa-so apartments in that same year, following after his friend Ishimori to form a group known as the New Manga Party.

His mother would move in with him until the end of his days there, as she had heard after his aunt visited that the living conditions were incredibly poor and that he was practically starving due to his poverty. Riyo would continuously encourage him to marry his colleague Hideko Mizuno, who lived in a room across the hall. During this time, Akatsuka had the reputation of being the "pretty boy" of the young men that had resided there, and his mother knew it well. Other Tokiwa-so colleagues would have their own family members move in; Ishimori's older sister Yoshie would live and ultimately tragically die during her time there, Fujiko Fujio A (Motoo Abiko)'s mother and sister would come to live with him, and Fujiko F Fujio (Hiroshi Fujimoto)'s mother would arrive as well. Akatsuka would note that Tokiwa-so in general had a "family-like life" as a whole.

At the time of his Tokiwa-so era, Akatsuka was still mainly drawing for kashihon publications and had thought of eventually quitting his job due to the burnout and monotony of having to keep writing shojo, considering instead becoming a cabaret clerk in Shinjuku. Akatsuka noted that while he was not jealous of his peers, he found it hard to aspire to the likes of Ishimori, who was younger but more prolific and successful. However, Fujiko Fujio A encouraged him to get an opinion from Hiroo Terada, who lent him 50,000 yen and convinced him to stay at Tokiwa-so; according to Terada, as long as Akatsuka had money and that if he didn't ultimately succeed more as a manga-ka, he could leave to pursue other dream jobs.

In 1958, Akatsuka would collaborate on manga with both Ishimori and Mizuno due to a shortage of shojo artists in Akira Maruyama's Shojo Club magazine, with the three sharing the pen name U.MIA for their works Angel in the Dark and The Stars are Sad, while Akatsuka and Ishimori solely worked under the name of "Asuka Izumi" (derived from the author Kyoka Izumi, and also later used by Ishinomori himself for Pirate Prince and Genma Taisen) or "Fujitaro Ishizuka". Later in that same year, Ishimori turned down an offer from Akita Shoten to produce a new gag series and instead recommended Akatsuka to the editor of the Manga King magazine, Taizou Kabemura.

When Akatsuka was lost for a full idea on what his new feature would be like, Ishimori provided him with the title idea of "Nama-chan", for a series that would become his very breakout in the gag genre. Akatsuka would be surprised to even see that the pilot chapter was billed as "the first of a series" by the editors, as it was already determined to be a potential hit rather than just a placeholder.

Akatsuka would meet his fiancee Tomoko Inao during the serialization of the feature, with her becoming his own early assistant alongside Takao Yokoyama. By 1961, Akatsuka had amassed three major monthly features (Nama-chan, Matsuge-chan, and Ohana-chan) along with many other series and one-shots, but found it was time to move forward from Tokiwa-so, marrying Inao afterwards. During the last few years of his Tokiwa-so stay, he had also served as a business trip assistant for Mitsuteru Yokoyama.

In April 1962, Akatsuka was requested by Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday to come up with a month-long feature of four chapters as content in the magazine after having had previous successes with his shorts of Instant-kun and Sudara-ojisan; the latter had been a moderate hit with readers and had lasted two weeks in the magazine. The resulting "Osomatsu-kun" became a large hit instantly, and was extended to a full ongoing serialization from its initial four chapter schedule. But when Takao Yokoyama had temporarily departed for another job early into the run and Akatsuka was faced with difficulty at coming up with new ideas each week, a friend Kenichiro Takai had requested to co-author -kun with him and would become influential in some of its eventual ideas.

The series of Akko-chan's Got a Secret! would become another hit for the year, with it initially being a collaboration between Akatsuka and his wife, who would contribute ideas and help draft out the designs for the characters. Takai would also join in on the development of this series, marking more of a sign of Akatsuka's directorial nature than being the sole artist to handle things.

In 1963, he would join the group of Studio Zero, which was comprised of others who had lived at Tokiwa-so.

After the foundation of Fujio Pro

By 1965, Akatsuka had already been assisted by Takai and other colleagues in his work on various titles and officially formed the company of Fujio Productions, to handle all the duties. His daughter Rieko was also born in this year. The times at Fujio Pro were said to be fun yet chaotic through the years, as Akatsuka would like to fire a BB gun at random (at one time causing a ball to wind up in his daughter's nose) as well as his and others' ways of pranking fellow staff members. In one case, this involved Akatsuka going in the bathroom and splashing buckets of water on those that were occupying stalls; Kenichi Kitami would prepare and retaliate in one instance by having an umbrella on hand to cover himself. Other times the Fujio Pro employees would "play dead" and block stairs, making it troublesome for other people to get around. This made things a hard time for those like the Fujiko Fujio duo who shared office space in the same building, and F would try to admonish Akatsuka for his ways.

In 1967, he was notably requested by Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine to come up with a feature. Although he had tried to resist the advances of Shonen Sunday's weekly rival magazines for any long-term projects for some time, putting his prime focus on Osomatsu-kun as that frequent of a feature, he eventually relented and would come up with the resulting series of The Genius Bakabon which commenced in April. The time he spent on this series would result in "-kun" being switched from a weekly to monthly feature, although it would still be serialized in its usual magazine. A second series was also generated for Shonen Sunday in this time, Extraordinary Ataro.

The time of the late 1960s would be prosperous for both Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, with many series being published as well as animated adaptations coming out for Osomatsu-kun, as well as Akko and Ataro by the end of the decade. Although Akatsuka served in a supervising position for the -kun series, he had little to no involvement in the latter two (Toei staff having more pull, to his initial chagrin when it came to the tone of the Ataro series).

But in 1970, Akatsuka would experience tragedy when his parents were caught in a gas explosion at their home. Although both had survived and wound up discharged from the hospital, Riyo would later have a subarachnoid hemorrhage from the shock and wind up re-hospitalized, quickly declining in condition. Despite her son's wish and prayer for her to breathe once more, Riyo passed away at the age of 59. Akatsuka would soon separate from his wife by the end of the year, and Studio Zero would dissolve.

By May 1971, a new Akatsuka serialization in Weekly Shonen Sunday had been decided, but Akatsuka opted to travel to New York City as a promise to fellow manga-ka Kenji Morita and to visit MAD Magazine's editorial department. Kunio Nagatani, Kai Takizawa, and a woman he had dated at the time came with him on his trip. After two months of the stay, and as the deadline for Akatsuka's submission approached, Akatsuka sent a letter and postcard to his editor Toshiki Takei with an announcement of the new series' title, based off an English phrase he'd coined in the USA; "Let's La Gon", from his "Let's la go!".

The Genius Bakabon would be adapted into an anime series in that same year, spurring the manga to go back into regular publication although Akatsuka was disappointed at the choices made by TMS and the program's sponsor in toning down the content. This version would later be displaced a few years later when a second more successful attempt was made, in the form of "The Original Genius Bakabon".

In late 1972, Akatsuka would attempt to start his own equivalent of MAD Magazine, titled "Manga NO.1" (a title that had been used in other previous outings by Fujio Pro). But since it was impossible for the busy Akatsuka to be directly involved in all the editing work, Kunio Nagatani served as the editor-in-chief for the magazine. Unfortunately enough, Manga NO.1 would encounter a large deficit in its profits, and the magazine would go defunct after six issues.

After having been separated for three years and Akatsuka having tried to date other women in the meantime, he and Tomoko finally made their divorce official on November 5, 1973.

Starting in January 6, 1974 with the special feature "The Gag World Dictator Fujio Akatsuka's Secret Encyclopedia" in Weekly Shonen Magazine, Akatsuka announced that he would change his pen name to "Ichiro Yamada" as an experimental measure. Chapters of Gag Guerrilla subsequently began to be published with that new pen name, along with Bakabon, Gon, and all other serialized and one-shot works. However, due to complaints from the advertising side, this experiment only lasted three months before he reverted back to appearing as "Fujio Akatsuka" and admitted that the pen name stunt hadn't worked out.

On the other hand, Fujio Pro would experience a heavy fraud case in the same year when tax payments were found to be overdue by about 60 million yen. It was soon revealed that the person left in charge of accounting had embezzled 200 million yen out of the company's funds, and attempted to escape with all the money. Though the person responsible would be found and arrested, Akatsuka declined to press charges and let them go, owing to his lenient personality. This however, would create trouble as the money embezzled had also belonged to Fujio Pro employees such as Mitsutoshi Furuya and Keiji Yoshitani, who opted to split from the company and form their own (Family Planning). Akatsuka would wind up being responsible for paying off debts to them as well.

In a more positive development for that very year, the "Akatsuka Prize" would also be established as a reward at Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

Later Years and Decline

By 1975, Akatsuka was still being published in many magazines, having experienced another wave of popularity. He had five weekly titles to focus on, as well as five monthly titles. Through this busy period, he came to be acquainted with the comedic entertainer Tamori and had expressed interest in branching out into theater and performance art. Akatsuka would deepen his connections with the entertainment world, later stating that he "dissipated his energy for manga onto the stage".

As the published serializations wrapped up and declined through the final years of the decade, Akatsuka would star in the March 31, 1979 AV film "Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno Feeling". He would also pen the raunchy comedy "Shimo-Ochiai Yakitori Movie", which would be released on June 23rd. This success for Akatsuka was bittersweet, however, as his father Toshichi had passed away in the previous month from pancreatic cancer.

While Akatsuka would continue to be behind works into the early 1980s, his series Gag Guerrilla had finally wrapped up and his alcoholism began to worsen along with his general condition. By 1987, he remarried to his stylist Machiko Suzuki, who had come to support him in the time, and who was given the blessing of his former wife. Later in the year, Fujio Pro had struck up a deal with Kodansha and Yomiko Broadcasting to revive some of Akatsuka's popular works, following Shogakukan's "Fujiko Fujio revival" effort. Osomatsu-kun, The Genius Bakabon, and Akko-chan's Got a Secret! were all optioned for new projects, with the rebroadcast of The Original Genius Bakabon experiencing high ratings and showing that there was still a place for the series on TV.

The revival anime of Osomatsu-kun and Akko-chan both performed well on Fuji TV, although when it came to the manga production at Fujio Pro, Akatsuka's alcoholism and the departure of most of the original staff meant that the new works would be produced under new assistants completing his artwork. In fact, Kunio Nagatani would make some controversial and startling claims that throughout the 1980s, Akatsuka had never drawn a stroke of his own manga and that he, not Akatsuka, was the one in charge of many magazine works from draft to completion.

Such claims by Nagatani would be refuted by the later 1980s drawing chief Takayoshi Minematsu, who stated that Akatsuka and the editor would decide on the stories alone (without the earlier "idea meetings" of Fujio Pro staff) and that he himself and two other new assistants would be responsible for completing Akatsuka's drafts. Some book covers and professional artwork drawn only by Akatsuka could still be witnessed at points in this decade (even ones that only had Nagatani's hand involved in the interiors, such as the later Nyarome Science books), though many tankobon re-releases by Kodansha would have Minematsu's new art for viewers to witness. Akatsuka himself was stated to be generous to the new assistants, telling them that if they made a mistake in their drawings, it would be fine as he would take the blame since it would be assumed to be only his anyway.

When the Fuji TV revival projects for certain Akatsuka works came to an end (the last being a new adaptation of Ataro and simultaneous tie-in manga), Akatsuka's drinking and condition worsened, which lead to Nagatani abruptly leaving the company and being the last of the original guard to go. This event of course, has had different claims made about it; Nagatani professed to have left voluntarily and in disgust at Akatsuka having not taken care of himself, while others had claimed that Nagatani had already earned ill favor from Akatsuka's second wife Machiko and was let go from the company in disgrace.

The output of Fujio Pro would further decrease through the early-mid 1990s, with there being some more revival attempts at other manga series but them ultimately never lasting long. In 1996, the one-shot "The Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion" would be produced, reuniting 30 assistants of Akatsuka to collaborate on the art and story with him. However, Nagatani would not return for the project due to the fallout between him and Akatsuka, while Minematsu was absent from the full lineup (having likely tried to go independent from Fujio Pro). Still, Akatsuka's enthusiasm for his characters continued, even if his workflow slowed.

By December 1997, Akatsuka wound find out that he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and would be told that he'd be unable to eat or swallow within two months if he didn't undergo surgery. He refused the idea of having part of his intestine grafted to his esophagus, even if he had the doctor promise him "You won't poop from your mouth". He opted to instead use folk remedies, before ultimately undergoing radiation attempts to treat the tumors. By November 1998, a tumor had popped up once more, requiring a 5-month hospitalization. Yet even as he was considered to be free after his discharge, he did not quit the use of his sake and tobacco and often had to be brought to the hospital every month to undergo a "washout" rehabilitation for his alcoholism.

Although Akko-chan and Bakabon would receive newer anime adaptations through 1998 to 2000, the decrease in work at Fujio Pro meant that there would be no tie-in manga. However, he did release the adult manga "Liquor Hermit Dayoon" through Big Comic, with Kenichiro Takai and other assistants returning once more to see the story through. This manga managed to release two chapters before being indefinitely discontinued due to Akatsuka's tumor hospitalization.

On August 25, 2000, Akatsuka fell in his home and had a scare with an acute subdural hematoma, necessitating surgery to be performed after he experienced paralysis in his work hand. During and after his stay in the hospital, Akatsuka decided to put his focus towards creating Braille picture books for children, after realizing that blind children would not be able to see and enjoy TV and his works in the same manner that those with sight could. His motivation in making these books was to make sure that children could laugh and get entertainment through being able to feel the words and characters. In addition to this, he also declined the idea of copyright fees for the books so that they could be produced at a slightly more inexpensive price for such children.

Death

Akatsuka's health had experienced a sudden further hit on April 10, 2002, when he suddenly became paralyzed during a routine hospital check-up and was diagnosed with an intracerebral hemorrhage, undergoing 5 hours of surgery in an attempt to correct the damage. All activities ceased from this point, and news on his condition became vague and scarce. Shogakukan would put out a DVD-ROM collection of collected works in the meantime to celebrate his history, and his wife would be instrumental in founding the Ome Fujio Akatsuka Memorial Hall museum.

It is stated that around 2004 that the condition of Akatsuka had fallen further, being formally diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state and leaving questionable hope for his recovery at all. Even with that in mind, Machiko continued to care for him and hope for him to wake up, and had become the president of Fujio Pro in the meantime. Sadly, she herself would pass away on July 12, 2006 from a sudden subarachnoid hemorrhage.

July 30, 2008 would mark the death of Akatsuka's first wife Tomoko, followed by the announcement of his own passing three days later on August 2. The cause of death was given as pneumonia. His death took top headline on all the newspapers and entertainment programs, and was mourned greatly by Tamori. Though it was believed in rumors that Tamori had taken care of all the hospital expenses, Rieko Akatsuka would later clarify that they were all taken care of by Akatsuka's own will money at the company. At the funeral, in his speech, Tamori would give thanks to Akatsuka for their long companionship and would state "I am one of your many works".

In reminiscing on her father's final years, Rieko Akatsuka had remembered how his last conscious words in life were "Boobs" upon his collapse at the hospital (due to him accidentally touching the nurse's chest), and how when in despair after both her parents died, she experienced a vision of him telling her to stay strong and never give up.

For many years after his death, the Ome Fujio Akatsuka Memorial Hall continued to exist as a museum, until its unfortunate closure on March 27, 2020 due to the age and structural defiencies in the building that would make it hard to withstand earthquakes. Other facts like the aging population of Ome and its local shopkeepers were taken into mind, with no successors seemingly around to run the museum. Long prior to this closure, there were talks of moving the museum to Shinjuku or Niigata Prefecture due to their closer association with Akatsuka, but such plans fell through.

The Fujio Pro building in Shinjuku would also eventually be closed, bringing more of an end to an era.

Fujio Pro

Main article: Fujio Pro

After May 1965, Akatsuka's works began to have an additional "Fujio Pro" logo in their credits as a reminder that he now had his very own company and all ideas were being produced not only by him, but his system of assistants and the editors in charge of the magazines as well.

In some cases where Akatsuka himself was absent, it would only be "Fujio Pro" themselves that would be credited for a story. There would also be other cases where another member of Fujio Pro would head an idea (see the ghostwritten works section) and have their name credited where his would usually be; "Kunio Nagatani and Fujio Pro", "Mitsutoshi Furuya and Fujio Pro", etc.

The Fujio Pro system continued to exist into the 1990s, even as the number of assistants had been drastically reduced. From 2002 and on, "Fujio Pro" now mainly refers to Katta Yoshi (Takayoshi Minematsu) when it is seen as a label on new artwork, although sometimes he may also be credited by his own name.

List of Works

This list is in progress, as translations and works are catalogued. Sequel and parallel magazine runs are noted where applicable.

Generally, most monthly-serialized magazines will be published one month before the date given on the cover; Ribon's June 1962 issue (where Akko-chan debuted) would be released in May. Weekly magazines' issue dates may also differ from the day they are actually released as well, usually by a week in advance. In some cases, there may be periodicals that are published two months in advance to their date or other gaps, but it is best to list what is put on the cover itself.

However, there are cases where reported dates may be erroneous for some titles, as the Koredeiinoda official site admits to having possible discrepancies in their data and claims about serialization (and sometimes there may also be mistakes carried over in eBookJapan's publication data). This is due to Fujio Pro not keeping track of every title that Akatsuka handled, and the 1997 exhibition guide and the Akatsuka museum to this day display various omissions and glaring errors. The aim here is to represent the most accurate information where known, so please feel free to contribute any corrected information that you find.

In titles where Akatsuka's Star System is utilized, these markers have been given for titles into the 1960s and on, where the better-known incarnation of the concept is used:

★= Employs multiple characters from outside the source series to a considerable extent.

☆= Minimal or sporadic usage of the Star System.

Prior to and after the establishment of Fujio Pro, other people besides Akatsuka were known to contribute character designs and art as part of the process. However, due to the abundance of assistants that worked throughout the years and some unclear information, some series cannot be attributed to a particular person's involvement and it may be debated just how the art should be counted (eg: if it should be still counted as Akatsuka if he drew the initial sketches and the assistants followed in inking, or if it should be counted as more of the assistant's work if it had more of their touch).

The above has lead to some controversy among fans for official statements made that seem to devalue and downplay the fact that Akatsuka created series and characters to begin with, if Fujio Pro or a manga critic would emphasize credit more to the assistant or if claims were made implying Akatsuka had no interest at all in his characters after a certain point.

There are indeed some instances where Akatsuka did not necessarily write the original scenario but still did the art and visual portion of the manga (eg: Kai Takizawa-helmed stories such as "Mad Dog Trotsky" for the first few chapters, "Kusobaba!!", and "Inspector Oni"), but there may also wind up being cases where Akatsuka was not involved in either the story or the art, but it was still billed as a series of his and Fujio Pro, such as the case of "Kensaku the Architect" (Jiro Gyu writing the scripts while Akira Saito took over the illustration portion).

There may also be instances where while both his name and/or Fujio Pro were still credited, the actual art or story may have been ghostwritten by Kunio Nagatani or Mitsutoshi Furuya, leading to more ownership questioning. Series that were fully of a particular person's art or writing, or that they took over, are noted here when known.

For works on this listing, this guide has been given to denote how they may be represented across reprints:

○= This work has been left without reprint, and can only be found in copies of the original magazine.

◐= This work has been partially reprinted and represented. Due to lack of proper dates or errors by Fujio Pro themselves or by publishers, it can be difficult to ascertain what chapters are correct unless there is word clarifying the situation.

●= This work has been fully reprinted at some point, though it may not necessarily have a modern current reprint or eBook

It is to also be noted that most commonly, certain Akatsuka works may lose their original frontispieces when reprinted and re-edited for their tankobon releases as well as incur other modifications to art or text; Japanese discrimination terms (eg: "bataya"/"waste-picker", "kichigai", etc.) may be removed or celebrity names may be updated, and colored chapters or artwork may be traced or photocopied to remove any evidence of their color. Some series may also have chapters never show up in reprints due to lost or misplaced manuscripts, or an oversight by publishers.

As a consequence, the above matter makes it complicated for readers who wish to experience a "complete version" of a manga, but it still is an advantage compared to a series never having been reprinted at all.

Series

Note: A lot of research goes into the cataloguing, but it does not mean anybody who edits the wiki has all these manga or could post them. Sources are cited and linked where available.

1950s

• Yacchan ◐(ヤッちゃん, August 1957-April 1958, Shojo Book)- "Obi"-style manga, produced in small strips that were among other various features on the given pages. A somewhat remake and extension of the preceding Mako-chan obi strip, with a similar formula involving a schoolgirl and her older brother.
• Angel in the Dark ● (くらやみの天使, October 1958-March 1959, Shojo Club/少女クラブ)- co-written with Shotaro Ishinomori and Hideko Mizuno, released under their joint pename U.MIA/U.MYR. Considered to be Akatsuka's official serial debut, due to his involvement. It can currently be found reprinted in the Shotaro Ishinomori Complete Works collection, though it had also appeared in the Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set.
• Matsuge-chan ◐(まつげちゃん, October 1958-April 1961, Hitomi/ひとみ) The magazine was discontinued, with the series wrapping in the final issue, before a revival in Ribon months later.
• Nama-chan ◐ (ナマちゃん, December 1958-March 1961, Manga King/まんが王)- Official gag manga debut.
• Marippe-sensei ◐ (まりっぺ先生, April to November 1959, Ribon separate appendixes/りぼん)- Based off the TV series by Kazuo Funahashi
• Dai-chan ○(ダイちゃん, April 1959 to August 1960, Shonen)- Advertising manga for Cemedine glue. Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori, released under joint penname Asuka Izumi. It is not reprinted as an Akatsuka work, but the (black and white photocopied) strips can be found in the Ishinomori Complete Works volume of Shiawase-kun.
• Sei-chan ◐(セイちゃん, May 1959 to August 1960, Shojo)- Advertising manga for Cemedine glue. Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori, as Asuka Izumi. Though some strips were reprinted in the DVD-ROM set, the only way to currently see the entire series (via photocopied versions) is in the Ishinomori Complete Works Shiawase-kun.

1960s

• Ohana-chan ◐ (おハナちゃん, January 1960-March 1962, Shojo Club)
• Happy-chan ◐(ハッピィちゃん, March 1960-June 1961, Ribon)
• Tunnel Team ◐ (トンネルチーム, April to September 1960, Fun 4th Grader/たのしい四年生)
• Okazu-chan ◐ (おカズちゃん, April 1960-March 1961, Fun 5th Grader/たのしい五年生)
• Home Run Classroom ○(ホームラン教室, July 1960-March 1961, Adventure King/冒険王)- Based off the TV series by Aoi Takagaki. Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori in the July and August 1960 issues, with Akatsuka having taken over the series from Hiroo Terada (who had written and illustrated it from December 1959 to June 1960). Currently unreprinted, with likely ownership issues due to being a derivative work with many authors' hands.
• Oh Ma-chan ◐(あらマアちゃん, August 1960-November 1961, Nakayoshi/なかよし)
• Boku Knows Best ◐ (ボクはなんでもしっている, April 1961-March 1962, Fun 5th Grader)
• Nama-chan ◐(ナマちゃん, April to November 1961, Primary School Studies/小学生画報)- Second series published in a renamed "Manga King".
  • December 1961-May 1962, Manga King (magazine name reverted back to original). Third run of series.

• Kantaro ○(カン太郎 , May to September 1961, Adventure King)- Kantaro-centric spinoff of "Nama-chan". Not currently reprinted.
  • Revival series ★●: January 1964-April 1965, Shonen Book (少年ブック). Several chapters later reprinted in "Chibita-kun" tankobon.
• Woodpecker Kanta ◐ (キツツキ貫太, 1961, Weekly Shonen Magazine/週刊少年マガジン, issues 23-34)
• What is Mama Doing Now ◐ (ママなにしてるの, July 1961-March 1962, 3rd Grade/小学三年生)
• Matsuge-chan ◐(まつげちゃん, July-December 1961, Ribon)- Short-lived revival of series. Successor to "Happy-chan"
• Sunset Angel ◐ (夕やけ天使, November 1961-April 1962, Ribon)- Based off the TV series by Aoi Takagaki.
• Sudara-ojisan ◐ (スーダラおじさん, 1962, Weekly Shonen Sunday/週刊少年サンデー issues #5 and 6)
• Osomatsu-kun ★◐(おそ松くん, April 15, 1962- May 18, 1969, Weekly Shonen Sunday)- Serialization switched from weekly to monthly schedule with August 13, 1967/issue#33. Some chapters have missing pages or content in reprints, most notably the original ending to "We are Grand Prix Racers". The chapters may also be mislabeled with incorrect publishing dates in the eBookJapan edition, as well as some being severely out of order.
  • April 1964-March 1969, Separate Edition Shonen Sunday (別冊少年サンデー) ●
  • April to December 1966, Boys' Life (ボーイズライフ) ◐
  • April to December 1966, 4th Grade (小学四年生) ● The April, May, June, July, and October chapters are new stories. Other issues contain only reprinted stories from Weekly Shonen Sunday.
  • April to December 1966, 2nd Grade (小学二年生). Also had a one-shot in the August 1965 appendix booklet, paired with a "Heidi, Girl of the Alps" manga ◐. The stories themselves are reprinted in Hiragana Osomatsu-kun, but additional appendix quiz manga remain unseen since their initial publications.
  • April 1966-March 1967, Kindergarten (幼稚園) ●. Larger-paneled, simplified manga that were either done in full color or the 2-color process.
  • May 1966-March 1967, 1st Grade (小学一年生) ●
  • July 1966-March 1967, Monthly Shogakukan Book ●. The first two chapters were originals, while the rest were reprinted material due to Akatsuka and Fujio Pro being too busy to put out new stories.

• O-chan's Eleven Friends ●(オーちゃんと11人のなかま, April 1962-March 1963, Fun 5th Grader)- The magazine was discontinued after this date
• Jinx-kun ●(ジンクスくん, April 1962-March 1963, Junior High 1st Year Course/中学一年コース)
• Yuki's Blue Eyes ●(青い目の由紀, April-June 1962, Shojo Club)
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret! ★ ●(ひみつのアッコちゃん, June 1962-September 1965, Ribon)
  • 2nd magazine run/revival ★ ●: November 1968-December 1969, remake manga produced to go along with the Toei anime. Four chapters are new to the run, while the rest are redraws or edits of first-run chapters.
• Advance! Kentaro ○(すすめ!ケン太郎, June to December 1962 issues of Manga King)- Collaboration with Kenichiro Takai.
• I Am a Transistor Boy ◐(アイ・アム・ア・トランジスターボーイ, October 1962-March 1963, Junior High Student Friend/中学生の友一年)
• Otasuke-kun ★(おた助くん, April 1963-March 1964, 4th Grade)- Some issues had two chapters; one in the main magazine and one in its appendix.
  • 2nd magazine run: September 1967-October 1968
  • April 1964-March 1965, 5th Grade (小学五年生)
  • April to December 1965, 6th Grade
  • September 1965 to March 1966, 2nd Grade
• Circus Jinta ☆◐(サーカス☆ジン太, August to December 1963, Adventure King)
• You're a Shinobi, Sasuke-kun ◐(しのびの者だよ　サースケくん, August and September 1963, Bokura)
• Leave it to Chota ★◐(まかせて長太, October 1963-September 1965, Shonen/少年)- The character of Chota can also be seen in Weekly Shonen Sunday's California Raisins full-page advertisment illustrations in select issues of 1964 and 1965 (see below for more information).
• Nonsensical NO.1 ★◐(メチャクチャNo.1, January 1964-December 1965, Adventure King)
  • 2nd magazine run: January to September 1967
• Songo-kun ★(そんごくん, April 1964-March 1965, 4th Grade)- The April to August 1964 stories were serialized in the magazine's separate appendix, with the remainder in the main magazine itself.
  • 2nd magazine run: April to December 1965, 5th Grade
• Ken-chan ★◐(ケンちゃん, November 1, 1964-March 28, 1965, Asahi Newspaper Sunday Edition/朝日新聞日曜版)
• Opposite Address 3 ◐(あべこべ3番地, Weekly Margaret/週刊マーガレット issue #42 to double issue #50・51)- Collaboration with Jiro Tsunoda, though the original magazine credits had the billing of "Fujio Akatsuka and Studio Zero".
• Mr. Ken ○(ミスター研, April to September 1965, Junior High 1st Year Course)- Collaboration with Jiro Tsunoda.
• Otasuke and Chika-chan ★(おた助・チカちゃん, April 1965-March 1966, 4th Grade)- A re-titled new run of "Otasuke-kun" (see that series' article).
• Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything ★●(なんでもやろうアカツカくん, May to December 1965, Shonen Book)- Later known in reprints as "$-chan and Chibita". A spinoff of "Osomatsu-kun", starring both Chibita and a boy who is suspiciously similar to Osomatsu.
• Radical 7th Years ○(過激派七年生, June to September 1965, Separate Edition Manga Sunday/別冊漫画サンデー), also present in a special September extra number issue of Separate Edition Manga Sunday.
• Jajako-chan ☆●(ジャジャ子ちゃん, June 22, 1965- July 5, 1966, Shojo Friend/少女フレンド)
  • 2nd magazine run: March 28 to October 31, 1967
• Oyama! Full ○(おヤマ！！いっぱい, July-August 1965, Manga King)
• You Love Me-kun ●(ユー・ラブ・ミー君, July 1965-August 1966, Heibon/平凡)
• The Mean Professor ●(July to December 1965, Boys' Life)- A series offering a starring role to Akatsuka's pre-existing "Hagechibi" stock character.
• Giant Mama ☆◐(ジャイアントママ, August 1 and August 29, 1965, Weekly Shonen Magazine #32 and #36)
• Kibimama-chan ☆●(キビママちゃん, October 1965-August 1966, Ribon)
• Raisin-chan from California ○(カリフォルニアからきた　レーズンちゃん, 1965-1966, Weekly Shonen Sunday issues #50, #52, 1966 #1, #3, #13, #15, #19, #22, #34)- Advertising comics for California Raisins. They do not have a set star character, with a different one receiving the power of the raisins each time.
  • ○ Shojo Friend issues #50, 1966 #1, #3, #5, #14, #17, #20, #23, #34, and #38. These versions star Jajako-chan, who was appearing in the magazine.
• Thriller Professor ☆●(スリラー教授 , January to March 1966, Boys' Life)
  • 2nd magazine run ●: April to June, September 1967
• Phantom Thief 1/2 Face ☆◐(怪盗1/2面相, April to September 1966, Shonen Book)- Collaboration with Kunio Nagatani for the last chapter.
• Junior High 1st Year Kosuke ◐(中一コースケ, April 1966 to March 1967, Junior High 1st Year Course)- August 1966 chapter written and illustrated by Tokuo Yokota due to Akatsuka's busy schedule. There are 12 chapters in existence, though only 3 have ever made it to reprints and the Koredeiinoda site does not account for the full run.
• Super Raisin-chan from California ○(カリフォルニアからとんできた　スーパーレーズンちゃん, 1966-1968, Weekly Shonen Sunday issues #46, #51, 1967 #2, #6, #11, #15, #19, #24, #28, #33, #37, #49, #52, 1968 #6, #16, #20, #24, #33, #50)- Advertising comics for California Raisins
  • ○ Shojo Friend issues #50, 1967 #1, #4, #7, #11, #15, #24, #28, #35, #36, #37, #51, 1968 #3, #6, #10, #16, #20, #25, #34- Comics #6 and #10 for 1968 were repeats of the the 1967 comics in #35 and #36. These comics mainly star Jajako-chan, but may occasionally spotlight a different character (eg: a mailman, or Sakura from Kikanpo Gen-chan).
• Fujio Akatsuka's Ganbarima Show ●(赤塚不二夫のガンバリまショー, January to May 1967, Shonen Book)- Retitled "Mojamoja-ojichan" for reprints. The original credits also give attribution to a Takuya Yamaguchi (タクヤ・ヤマグーチ)
• Good Morning with Mi-tan ☆●(ミータンとおはよう, January to July 1967, Ribon)
• The Fujio Akatsuka Show: Crazy Junior High ○(赤塚不二夫ショー: クレージー中学校, April to September 1967, Junior High 1st Year Course)- Though listed as an Akatsuka series on work lists (as simply "Crazy Junior High" or "HareHare School"), the original credits also give attribution to "Takuya Yamaguchi and Fujio Pro" (タクヤ・ヤマグーチとフジオ・プロ).
• The Fujio Akatsuka Show ○(赤塚不二夫ショー, May to September 1967, 5th Grade)
• Chibita-kun ★●(チビ太くん, June 1967-January 1969, Shonen Book)- Sequel series to "$-chan and Chibita", spinoff of "Osomatsu-kun"
• The Mean Family ☆●(いじわる一家, issue #1 to 6 for 1967, Shojo Friend)- first in the "Family" series
  • The Meddling Family ●(おせっかい一家, issues #8 to 10)
  • The Thriller Family ●(スリラー一家, issues #11 to to 12)
• Kikanpo Gen-chan ◐(きかんぽ元ちゃん, January to September 1967, 2nd Grade)
  • January to September 1967, 3rd Grade
  • January to August 1967, 4th Grade
  • April to August 1967, 1st Grade
• The Genius Bakabon ★(天才バカボン, April 9, 1967-February 23, 1969, Weekly Shonen Magazine)
  • August 1967 to January 1969, Separate Edition Shonen Magazine (別冊少年マガジン)
  • August 24, 1969 to April 5, 1970, Weekly Shonen Sunday
  • September 9, 1969 to June 1970, Deluxe Shonen Sunday (デラックス少年サンデー)
• Hennako-chan ◐(へんな子ちゃん, September 1967-August 1969, Ribon)
• Akatsuka's Hot Summer Diary ○(夏休みだよ　やっちょるかね　赤塚先生の暑中日記, Weekly Shonen Sunday #33-36)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Amazing Laboratory ○(赤塚不二夫のびっくり研究室, Weekly Shonen Sunday #38-44)
• Tamanegi Tama-chan ◐(たまねぎたまちゃん, September 1967-December 1969, 1st Grade)
• Tecchan is Back to Fighting ●(テッちゃんただいまケンカ中, issue #47 to 50 for 1967, Shojo Friend)
• Hippie-chan ◐(ヒッピーちゃん, 1967-1968, Shojo Friend. Ran from 1967 #52 to 1968 #30, before resuming for its last stories in #34-45)
• Extraordinary Ataro ★●(もーれつア太郎, November 28, 1967-June 28, 1970, Weekly Shonen Sunday)
  • April 1969-October 1971, Kindergarten ○. April 1971 has the feature renamed "Chibita and Extraordinary Ataro", May 1971 as "Dekapan and Extraordinary Ataro", and June to August 1971 as "Iyami, Chibita, and Extraordinary Ataro".
  • October 1969-March 1971, 4th Grade ○
• I'll Do Anything! ◐(なんでもヤリます!, May 8th-December 25th, 1968, Weekly Manga Sunday) - Art: Kenichiro Takai
• Dekunobo of the Wilderness ●(荒野のデクの棒, Weekly Shonen King #34-37)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• We are 8 Pro ●(われら8プロ, 1968, Weekly Shonen King #43-44)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya (chapter 2)
• Super Raisin-chan ○(スーパーレーズンちゃん, 1968-1970, Weekly Shonen Sunday #44, #46, #48, #50, 1969 #1, #3, #13, #15, #16, #18, #22, #24, #40, #42, #44, #46, #49, #51, 1970 #14, #16, #18, #20, #22, #24)
• Pasuke-kun ◐(パアすけくん , November 1968-March 1969, 2nd Grade)- Only the first chapter is seen to be reprinted in the DVD-ROM set.
• 2nd Generation President Ichiro-kun ☆●(二代目社長 一郎くん, November 1968-March 1969, 4th Grade)-A short-lived sequel and spinoff of "Otasuke-kun"
• The Genius Bakabon's Old Man ★( 天才バカボンのおやじ, 1969-1971, Weekly Manga Sunday)- Art duties were taken over by Mitsutoshi Furuya mid-series
• Manga Graduate School ●(まんが大学院, January to April 1969, Shonen Book)- Portions of "Osomatsu-kun" and "Junior High 1st Year Kosuke" are reprinted and included within this feature as example materials.
• The Chicken Family ●(にわとり一家, issues 2 to 6, Weekly Shonen King)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Extraordinary Theater ○(赤塚不二夫のもーれつ劇場, Weekly Shonen Sunday #13-27)- Kunio Nagatani responsible for the story and art in issues #17-27
• Zurucho Has Come ●(やってきたズル長, Shonen Jump #8, #10)
• Manga Novel SOS Enchakamaru ○(まんが小説　ＳＯＳエンチャカ丸, April to September 1969, 4th Grade)
• The Flower of Dekoppachi ●(花のデコッ八, May to September 1969, Deluxe Shonen Sunday)
• Harenchi Masterpiece Series ●(ハレンチ名作シリーズ, June to October 1969, Ribon Comic)
• Teretere-ojisan ◐(テレテレおじさん, August 10, 1969 to August 27, 1969, Shonen Champion)- Art and story for chapter 2 by Kunio Nagatani
• Fujio Akatsuka's Bearded Story ○(赤塚不二夫のヒゲヒゲ物語, September 26-October 10, 1969, JOKER)
• Akatsuka Gag Laughter Reserved Seating: Geba Geba Brothers ●(赤塚ギャグ笑待席『ゲバゲバ兄弟』, Weekly Shonen Jump #20 and 22)
• Akatsuka Gag Laughter Reserved Seating: Oh! Geba Geba ●(赤塚ギャグ笑待席『ｏｈ！ゲバゲバ』, Weekly Shonen Jump #26 and 28)

An announced but never produced serialization, "'The Shinigami", was advertised in the final issue of Osomatsu-kun Book as something that would be seen in the upcoming 1967 Manga NO.1 magazine. Instead, it appears Akatsuka ultimately diverted the character design and settings to Osomatsu-kun's Shinigami Salesman character (and would then use a further death reaper setting in the later Shinigami Wrestler story).

1970s

• Extraordinary Ataro ○(もーれつア太郎, January 1970-March 1971, 1st Grade)- parallel serialization with other grade school magazines. Art in all grade features provided by Fujio Pro.
  • January 1970-June 1971, 3rd Grade ○
  • January 1970-November 1971, 2nd Grade ○
• I'm Violent Tetsu! ●(おれはゲバ鉄, 1970, Weekly Shonen Jump #2.3 merger number to #33)- Initially part of the "Akatsuka Gag Laughter Reserved Seating" features and continued the "Oh! Geba Geba" title until its second chapter.
• Karappe of the Wind ●(風のカラッペ, 1970-1971, Weekly Shonen King #8 to #14.15 merger number for '71)- Initially a biweekly feature. Art duties taken over by Don Sasaki mid-series, after he had previously illustrated the "Extra Edition" filler stories in Karappe's gap weeks.
• The Genius Bakabon (天才バカボン, Weekly Bokura Magazine/週刊ぼくらマガジン, issues #20 to #23)
  • June 27, 1971-December 7, 1976, Weekly Shonen Magazine
  • August 1974-May 1975, Separate Edition Shonen Magazine
• All Night Dekko ○(オールナイトデッコ, 1970, Shojo Friend #18-31)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya, who also wound up assuming story duty as well.
• Tokiwa-so Story ●(トキワ荘物語, May-June 1970, COM appendix)
• Cat's Eye News ★●(ネコの目ニュース, June 6, 1970-April 24, 1971, Niigata Daily Saturday Edition/新潟日報日曜版)
• Gag + Gag ★●(ギャグ+ギャグ, 1970, Weekly Shonen Sunday #28-37)- Short-lived followup to Ataro, which gradually made the way for the below feature to take its place.
• Bukkare*Dan ☆●(ぶッかれ＊ダン, 1970-1971, Weekly Shonen Sunday #32-#11)- Collaboration with Mitsutoshi Furuya.

• The Shinigami Death ●(死神デース, 1970-1971, Bokura Magazine #49-19)
• 48 Chibi ○ (４８チビ, 1970-1971, Shonen Picture Report #15-11)- Art: Don Sasaki
• Mad Dog Trotsky ●(狂犬トロッキー, January to September 1971, Separate Edition Shonen Magazine)- Story: Kai Takizawa, Art: Fujio Akatsuka (early chapters), Akira Saito

• Hatabō ★◐(ハタ坊, January to December 1971, Red Flag Sunday/赤旗日曜版)- Later collected as "Hatabō and Wanpei".
• Bukkare*Dan + No-Good Father ◐(ぶッかれ・ダン＋ダメおやじ, Weekly Shonen Sunday #12-13)- Collaboration with Mitsutoshi Furuya.
• I'm Kemugoro ●(ぼくはケムゴロ, April 1971-March 1972, 4th Grade)
• I'm Baccaras ○(おれはバカラス, 1971, Weekly Shonen King #17-30)- Art: Don Sasaki. Sequel/spinoff to "Karappe"
• Let's La Gon ★(レッツラゴン, 1971-1974, Weekly Shonen Sunday #37-#29)
• Kurikurikuri-chan ◐(くりくりくりちゃん, November 1971-August 1972, Kindergarten)
• Waruriman ○(ワルリーマン, November 1, 1971-February 14, 1972, Tokyo Times Monday Edition)
• Sunday Papa ●(にちようパパ, November 7, 1971-February 20, 1972, Tokyo Times Sunday Edition)- Published under the penname of "Daisaku Higashi" (東大作). It was temporarily republished on the Koredeiinoda website through 2024, along with featuring a newly-drawn strip by Katta Yoshi.
• Master ★(名人, December 1971-June 1973, Lied Comic/リイドコミック)
• Wanpei ★◐(ワンペイ, January 9 to December 24, 1972, Red Flag Sunday)- Later collected as "Hatabō and Wanpei".
• Wanpei and Mo-chan ★(ワンペイモウチャン, December 31, 1972-December 16, 1973, Red Flag Sunday)
• Osomatsu-kun ★●(おそ松くん, 1972-1973, Weekly Shonen King #13-53)- revival series, previewed with the "New Osomatsu-kun" story
• Kuroquette-kun ●(クロッケくん, April 1972-March 1973, 4th Grade)
• The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi★(大バカ探偵はくち小五郎,June 1972-December 1974, Adventure King)- Art: Fujio Akatsuka (early), Akira Saito
• Hisashi Comedy Theatre ●(ひさし笑劇場, August 1972 to November 1973, All Yomimono)- Story: Hisashi Inoue.
• Gag Guerrilla ★●(ギャグゲリラ, October 16, 1972-December 23, 1982, Weekly Bunshun)
• Adventurer Miru-chan ☆○(ぼうけんミルちゃん, October 1972-May 1973, Fun Kindergarten)- Art: Akira Saito
• Kusobaba!! ●(くそババア!!, November 1972-April 1973, Manga No. 1)- Story: Kai Takizawa
• Gang Girl Keroko ●(スケ番ケロ子, 1973, Weekly Shonen Champion #4-5 merger number to #6-7 merger number)
• The Genius Bakabon's Papa ●(天才バカボンのパパ, March-April 1973, Manga No. 1)
• Nyarome ★(ニャロメ, June 7, 1973-September 5, 1974, Lied Comic)- Art: Akira Saito
• Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group ● (幕末珍犬組, Weekly Shonen Magazine #16 to #17)- Story: Kai Takizawa
• Fujio Akatsuka's Song and Gag Theatre ☆◐(赤塚不二夫の 歌謡ギャグ劇場, September 1973-December 1975, Monthly Myojo/ 月刊明星)
• King of Gags ★(ギャグの王様, 1974, Weekly Shonen King #5-38)- Originally published under pseudonym of "Ichiro Yamada"
• We Are No-Good High! ●(April-June 1974, High School 2nd Year Course)
• Boy Friday ☆(少年フライデー, 1974-1975, Weekly Shonen Sunday #33-11)- Series changes setting and characters briefly with 1975 #5 and #6, titled "Boy Friday Continues" while #8 was titled "Boy Friday + Noragaki". Series ends abruptly and changes to Noragaki.
• Occhan ☆●(オッチャン, 1974-1975, Weekly Shonen King #39-23)
• Waru Waru World ☆◐(ワルワルワールド, 1974-1975, Weekly Shonen Champion #41-43, #47-37)
• Policeman ○(November 1, 1974-August 25, 1977, Dentsu Culture)- Art: Kenichi Kitami (episode 2 and on)
• Tsumannaiko-chan ●(January 1975-April 1976, Princess)
• Nyan Nyan Nyanda ☆●(ニャンニャンニャンダ, January 1975-October 1976, Adventure King)- Akira Saito takes over as artist halfway through feature.
• B.C. Adam ★●(B.C.アダム, 1975, Weekly Shonen Magazine #7-26)
• Noragaki ☆●(のらガキ, 1975-1976, Weekly Shonen Sunday #12-#25 for 1976)- Successor series to "Boy Friday", after the Noragaki character took over the title (initially as the new Boy Friday)
• Occhan PART II ◐(オッチャン PARTII , 1975-1976, Weekly Shonen King #27-19)
• Rakugaki ◐(ラクガキ, March 9-December 7, 1975, Yomiuri Newspaper Sunday Edition/読売新聞日曜版)
• The Manga Collection of Hisashi Fujio ◐(ひさし・不二夫の漫画全集, February 13th to September 13th, 1976, Weekly Novel)- Story: Hisashi Inoue. These are adaptations of various Inoue stories by Akatsuka.
• Mom NO.1 ●(母ちゃんNo.1, 1976-1977, Weekly Shonen Sunday #20, #23, #27-12)
• Naughty Angel ●(わんぱく天使, May 1976-May 1977, Princess/プリンセス)
• Kong Father ●(コングおやじ, 1976-1977, Weekly Shonen King #45-45)
• Tuttle-kun ●(タトルくん, 1977, Manga-kun/マンガくん #1-10)
• Kensaku the Architect ☆●(建師ケン作, 1977, Weekly Shonen Magazine #2-31)- Story: Jiro Gyu. Art: Fujio Akatsuka (chapter 1), Akira Saito
• Gags with Fujio ☆●(不二夫のギャグありき, 1977, Weekly Shonen Sunday #16-41)
• Monster Ball Man ●(怪球マン, April 1977-May 1978, Dokkan V/どっかんV)
• You Are a Master ○(あんたが名人, August 1977-April 1978, Comic Nogu) - Bimonthly feature. Sequel to "Master"
• House Jack Nana-chan ☆●(ハウスジャックナナちゃん, December 11 to December 25, 1977, Weekly Shonen Magazine #50 to #52)- Manga adaptation of Yasutaka Tsutsui's light novel "Eight Family Scenes" (家族八景).
• Wonderful Fool ☆●(おバカさん, 1978, Weekly Shonen Magazine #7-14)- Based off the Shusaku Endo novel.
• Animal Wars ☆● (アニマル大戦, 1978, Weekly Shonen King #7-36)
• Mame-tan ◐(まめたん, April 1978-March 1982, 1st Grade)
  • April to August 1979, 2nd Grade
• Gontaro Niguruma ●(荷車権太郎, July 27-August 17, 1978, Weekly Manga Action)
• Chibimama ●(ちびママ, August 1978-January 1979, Dokkan V)
• Anime Manga ◐(アニメまんが, August-October 1978, Animage)
• Mr. Dada ●(ダダ氏, September 1,1978-September 1, 1979, New Art Newspaper)
• Nyarome's Laboratory ★◐(ニャロメの研究室, September-December 1978, Cosmo Comic)- The material in this comic was later revised and reprinted as the second and third books in the Nyarome educational series, though one chapter (5) was never collected into the Biology Classroom book.
• The Mean Old Man ●(いじわる爺さん, November 30,1978-March 23, 1979, Weekly Manga Action)- Irregular, monthly feature that lasted 5 chapters.
• Fujio Akatsuka's Sports Tone-Deaf ○(赤塚不二夫のスポーツ音痴, January 1979- ?, Monthly Sports)
• Astounding Books● (ブックリぎょうてん, January 1979-August 1981, Parent and Child Reading)
• Monster at Address #13 ●(モンスター13番地, February-December 1979, Shonen Challenge/少年チャレンジ)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Land ☆◐(赤塚不二夫のギャグランド, February 15-September 27, 1979, Lied Comic)
• Traverou ●(トラベ郎, April 1979-March 1980, Travel Holiday/旅行ホリデー)
• Ojisan is a Persuman ●(おじさんはパースーマン, April 1979-March 1981, 5th Grade)
• Unagi-Inu ●(December 1979-August 1980, Eel Newspaper)

1980s

• Romeo and Julie ☆● (ロメオとジュリー ,January-June 1980, Shonen Challenge)
• Chibidon ● (チビドン, February 1980, April 1980-March 1981, Monthly CoroCoro Comic)
• Caster ☆○(キャスター, April 1980-February 1981, Popcorn)- Popcorn was a bimonthly magazine collaboration between Kobunsha and Marvel Comics. Due to the violent content of the second Caster chapter and resulting controversy, the magazine was discontinued after six issues. This work is one of many notably not reprinted, with the content making it quietly "sealed" in light of the incident.
• Professor Babatchi ●(ババッチ先生 , April 6, 1980-March 15, 1981, Shonen and Shojo Newspaper/少年少女新聞)
• What is this Mama? ●(なんじゃらママ, September to November 1980, Shonen Challenge)
• Nyarome's Mens' Handbook ○(ニャロメ紳士録, December 1980-April 1982, Custom Comic)
• The Virgo☆Toraemon ☆○(乙女座☆虎右衛門, 1981, Weekly Young Jump #3-4 merger number to #39)
• The Flower of Kikuchiyo ☆●(花の菊千代, April 1981- March 1982, Monthly CoroCoro Comic)
• Waru-chan ◐(ワルちゃん, April 1981-March 1983, 5th Grade)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Photo Land ○(赤塚不二夫のギャグフォトランド, Spring 1981-Winter 1982, Short Short Land)
• Piyo the 13th ● (ピヨ13世, May to December 1981, Just Comic/ジャストコミック)
• A Cameraman is Rough! ○(カマラマン荒気だ!, September to November 1981, Monthly Gagda)
• Yotsuya "H" ☆●(四谷「H」, January to December 1982, Just Comic)
• Comedy is Coming Now ●(お笑いはこれからだ, April 1982-December 1984, Novel Shincho)
• Fujio's Waru Waru World ★(不二夫のワルワル・ワールド, August to December 1982, Separate Edition CoroCoro Comic)
• Fujio and Kikuchiyo's Exchange Diary ○(不二夫と菊千代の交換日記, January 1983-March 1984, Inner Trip/いんなあとりっぷ)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk ☆◐(赤塚不二夫の文学散歩, March 1983-July 1985, All Reading)
• Basho Matsuo ☆●(松尾芭蕉, April 4 to October 3, 1983, Heibon Punch)
• This Week's Awful Person ●(今週のダメな人, May 6, 1983-December 21 1984/January 1, 1985 merger number, Weekly Jewel)
• This Week's Adam and Eve ●(今週のアダムとイフ, August 25/September 1, 1983 merger issue to April 19, 1984, Women's Own)
• Japan Laughter Story ★◐(にっぽん笑来ばなし, November 1983-November 1985, 2001 magazine)- Retitled "21st Century Gag" for reprints
• Weekly Special Boy ★◐(週刊スペシャル小僧, 1983-1984, Weekly Shonen Champion #44-#53)- Kid equivalent of "Gag Guerrilla", commenting on current news and scandals in Japanese society. Some select chapters collected in the book "Fujio Akatsuka's Giants Laughter Report".
• I am a Cat, Kikuchiyo ○(吾輩は猫・菊千代である, April 1984-March 1990, Inner Trip)
• TOKIO and Kakeru ☆●(TOKIOとカケル, 1985, Weekly Shonen Champion issues 1.2 merger number-18)
• What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do?! ●(赤塚不二夫のどうしてくれる!?, February 17-December 29, 1985, Sunday Daily)
• Mean Current Affairs ○(いじわる時事, November 3, 1985-January 25, 1987, Sankei Sunday Edition)- Although no reprints have occurred, thumbnails of some chapters can be seen in Fujio Akatsuka at Night.
• Reading Dai-sensei ★(「大先生」を読む。, 1986-1989, Big Comic Original #21-24 for 1989)
• Hana-chan Sleeps ☆●(花ちゃん寝る, January 2.16 merger number-July 17, 1987, Talk Channel/話のチャンネル)
• Yarasete-ojisan ★●(ヤラセテおじさん, May 6-December 29, 1987, Weekly Masses)
• The Latest Version of Genius Bakabon ★(最新版　天才バカボン, October 1987-December 1989, Comic BomBom)
  • November 1987-January 1991, Monthly TV Magazine
  • ○ January 1988-February 1989, Monthly Shonen Magazine
  • October 1989-January 1991, Monthly Hero Magazine
• Osomatsu-kun ★●(おそ松くん, November 1987-March 1990, Comic BomBom)- A revival produced for the 2nd anime series by Pierrot; also titled "Latest Version of Osomatsu-kun". The first few months of the run contained reprints of Shonen Sunday stories as extra content.
  • February 1988-January 1990, Monthly TV Magazine.
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret! ☆●(ひみつのアッコちゃん, October 1988-September 1989, Nakayoshi)- A revival produced to tie into 2nd anime series by Toei.
• The Fujio Akatsuka Story ○(赤塚不二夫物語, October 1989-January 1990, Comic BomBom)

1990s

• Heisei Genius Bakabon ●(平成天才バカボン, January 1990-October 1991, Comic BomBom)
  • ● November 1991-December 1992, Deluxe BomBom
• Extraordinary Ataro ☆●(もーれつア太郎, April 1990-January 1991, Comic BomBom)- A revival produced to tie into 2nd anime series by Toei
  • ●May 1990-January 1991, Monthly TV Magazine
• Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family ☆●(October 1990-August 1991, Comic BomBom)
• Hennako-chan ★● (へんな子ちゃん , January 8/15 merger number 1991-August 16, 1994, Weekly Josei/週刊女性) - A remake of the original "Hennako-chan" with a new cast and setting
• Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Shop ●(赤塚不二夫のギャグ屋, April 13-November 16, 1991, Weekly Gendai/週刊現代)
• MR. Masashi ☆●(MR・マサシ, September 1991-June 1992, Comic BomBom)
• Songo-kun ★●(そんごくん, May and June 1992, Deluxe BomBom)- A two-chapter remake and revival of "Songo-kun".
• The Cat House Owner ☆● (ネコの大家さん, March 1993-March 1994, Deluxe BomBom)
• Mom NO.1 ●(母ちゃんNo.1, April 1994-March 1995, Deluxe BomBom)- A remake of the original "Mom No. 1".
• Fujio Akatsuka's Life Consultation: This is How Things Should Be! ○(赤塚不二夫の人生相談「これでいいのだ！！」, Weekly Playboy #23 to 1995 #47)
• Bakabon Royal Family Book ○(バカボン線友録, March 23 to June 4, 1995, Sports Japan)
• Testament to the 18-year old Kikuchiyo ○(菊千代１８歳の遺言, May 13, 1995-April 22, 1996, Smile)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land ★●(赤塚不二夫のアニマルランド, January to April 1995, Manga Japan Da No.1)
• Office Comic Convenient Subjects ○(ｏｆｆｉｃｅ　ｃｏｍｉｃ　便利しま専科, July 1996 to April 1999, Business Now)
• Nobody Knows a Great Person ○ (誰も知らない偉人伝, Sports Japan)- Story: Toshimichi Saeki. Art Assistance: Tsutomu Adachi, Eri Shiina, Keiji Terashima, Makoto Iwasaki. A 30-chapter series that was planned for the magazine through 1998. While 14 chapters were completed, the feature became shelved due to the hospitalization of Akatsuka.
• Liquor Hermit Dayoon ☆●(酒仙人ダヨーン, January to February 1999, Big Comic)- Art: Tsutomu Adachi, Kenichiro Takai, Mitsutoshi Furuya (chapter 2).

2000s

• The Nonsensical Yajikita Fools' Journey ○ (メチャクチャ　ヤジキタバカ道中)- An unpublished work Akatsuka had been drafting through 2000-2002. Though about 60 "name" (rough draft) pages were completed by him, the project remained unfinished due to his hospitalization and death. The drafts can occasionally be seen sampled in retrospectives about Akatsuka.
• Fujio Akatsuka's Bakade Everyday Editing Department ○(赤塚不二夫のバカデー毎日編集部, January 7-14 merger issue to December 9, 2001, Sunday Daily)

Singular Stories

1950s

• Diamond Island ◐ (ダイヤモンド島)- Debut comic, drawn at age 14. Only portions of the second draft exist for documentation of its existence, and were included in the DVD-ROM set.
• Sheriff John ● (シェリフジヨン)- It was never officially published by Akatsuka in anything, but evidence of its existence can be seen in the book "Radical Gag Session".
• Household Manga Sumire-chan ● (家庭漫画　スミレちゃん)- Never officially published, but reprinted in the DVD-ROM set.
• One-shots ○(May 1954 to April 1955, Manga Shonen)- Most of these had no titles, save for the ones of October 1954 ("Dream"), January 1955 ("Wooden"), and February 1955 ("Stone Age Book").
• Parcel and Apple ● (小包とリンゴ, August 30, 1955, Manga Shonen extra summer edition)- Reprinted in the DVD-ROM set.
• Transparent Comet XYZ ○(透明彗星ＸＹZ) - Unpublished collaborative work with Shotaro Ishinomori, Kunio Nagatani, and Takao Yokoyama. Drafts also exist under the names of "Seven Days of Fear" (恐怖の七日間) and "Transparent Comet X!" (透明彗星Ｘ!), as seen in exhibition guides.
• Tadano-sensei ○(只野先生, A Drop of Ink issue #6 and #7)
• Sho-chan and Micchan ○(章ちゃんとミッちゃん, A Drop of Ink issue #6)
• Children ○(こども, A Drop of Ink issue #7)
• Guruguru Manga ○(ぐるぐるまんが, September 1956, Shonen fall extra number issue)
• I Hope This Gets Done! ○(これができたらえらい!, November 1956, Bokura)- Collaboration with Hiroo Terada, Fujiko Fujio, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Jiro Tsunoda as "The New Manga Party".
• Santa Claus ○(サンタ・クローズ, December 1956, Shojo Club)
• When the Sun Sets in the Wilderness ●(荒野に夕日がしずむとき, January 15, 1957, Shojo Club New Years' special issue)
• Snowman ○(雪だるま, January 15, 1957, Shojo Club New Years' special issue)
• New Years' Funny Cartoon Tournament: "Strange Snowman", "From the 2nd Floor" ○(へんな雪だるまだなぁ, 二階からおっこちたんだい, January 15, 1957, Shonen New Years' special supplement)- Part of a manga competition feature with Fujiko Fujio, Hiroo Terada, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Jiro Tsunoda
• ○(あれっぼくらのまねをしているよ、あっちのさんりんしゃがほしいよう, February 1957, Kids' Club)- Part of a manga competition feature with Fujiko Fujio, Hiroo Terada, and Shotaro Ishinomori
• Mako-chan ● (マコちゃん, July 1957, Shojo Book supplement)- "Obi"-style manga.
• Bukko's Playroom: "Tanabata Festival" ○(ブッ子のごらく室: 七夕まつり, July 1957, Shojo Book)
• A Dove Beyond the Storm ●(小鳩は嵐をこえて, August 10, 1957, Shojo Book summer special)
• Masami-chan ○(まさみちゃん, October 1957, Shojo Book separate volume supplement)- Writing/Original work by Kouji Kashima.
• The Thousand Cedar Tree House ○(千年杉の家, November 1957, Shojo Club separate volume supplement)- Writing/Original work by Seiya Minami.
• Moving Portrait ○(うごく肖像画, December 1957, Shojo Book)
• Medicine for Anger, Medicine for Crying, Medicine for Laughter○(おこりぐすりなきぐすりわらいぐすり, December 1957, Kids' Club)- Part of a competition manga feature with Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujiko Fujio
• The Happiness of Yuriko ●(ユリ子のしあわせ, January 1958, Ribon)
• A Disappearing Star ○(消えてゆく星, January 1958, Shojo Club)- Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori as "Asuka Izumi".
• New Years' 1958 ○(５８年のお正月, January 1958, Adventure King)- Competition manga with Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujiko Fujio
• Brooch and Ballet Shoes ○(ブローチとバレエ靴, January 10, 1958, Shojo Book New Years' special issue)
• (ちりぬるを, January 15, 1958, Shojo Club New Years' special issue)- Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori as "Asuka Izumi".
• ○(たこのいろいろ, January 1958, Shonen New Years' supplement "Detective Book")
• Beans Tonight ○(こんやはまめまき, February 1958, Shojo Book)- Small competition manga.
• And Miya Is Gone ○(そしてミヤはいなくなった, March 1958, Shojo Club)- Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori as "Asuka Izumi". Reprinted as part of the Ishinomori Complete Works.
• Red Fire and Black Hair (赤い火と黒かみ, March 1958, Shojo Club)- Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori and Hideko Mizuno as "U.Mia". Reprinted as part of the Ishinomori Complete Works.
• Mama Bargain Sale! ●(ママ大やすうり!, March 1958, Ribon)
• Mako-chan ○(マコちゃん, April 20, 1958 Shojo Book spring special, as well as August issue)- Two one-shots unrelated to the previous obi manga of the same name
• Album and Mother ○(アルバムとおかあさん, May 1958, Shojo Book)- Small competition manga.
• Mami-chan ○(マミちゃん, May 1958, Shojo Book separate appendix)- Writing/Original work credit: Kou Okuzmi.
• The Cheerful Family ○(ほがらか一家, June 1958, Shojo Book)
• Things to Give to Misa ○(ミサにあげるもの, June 1958 issue appendix, Shojo Club)- Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori and Hideko Mizuno as "U.Mia".
• Sacchan ○(サッちゃん, July 1958, Shojo Book)
• Tonko Goes to the Sea ○(トン子海へいく, August 1958, Shojo Book)- Competition manga
• A Sunflower and a Girl ●(ひまわりと少女, August 1958, Ribon)
• P-ko's Summer Vacation Tomboy Diary ○(Ｐ子の夏休みおてんば日記, August 15, 1958, Shojo Book summer special)
• A Girl from a Far-Away Country (aka: "MY NAME IS RIMY" )○(はるかな国からきた少女, August 1958, Shojo Club extra summer special)- Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori, under the name "Asuka Izumi".
• The Stars are Sad ●(星はかなしく, August 1958, Shojo Club)- Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori and Hideko Mizuno as "U.Mia".
• Triple Jump ○(三だんとび, October 1958, Shojo Book)- Competition manga.
• Bread-Eating Competition ●(パンくいきょうそう, November 1958, Shojo Book)- Sports-themed competition manga.
• Nama-chan's Sunday ●(ナマちゃんのにちようび, November 1958, Manga King)
• Nama-chan (ナマちゃん, January 1959 issue appendix, Manga King)
• Mimi and Iko-chan ●(ミミとイコちゃん, January 1959 issue appendix, Shojo Book)
• Hoop of Hula-chan ○(フープのフラちゃん, January 1959 New Years' special, Shojo Book)
• Running ○(かけっこ, January 15, 1959, Shojo Book New Years' special)- Competition manga.
• Donta's Part-Time Job ○(ドン太のアルバイト, January 15, 1959 New Years' extra number, Adventure King)
• Pako-chan's New Year ○(パコちゃんのお正月, January 15, 1959 New Years' special, Ribon)
• New Years' Manga Festival ○(お正月まんが祭り, January 1959, Adventure King New Years' special)
• Snow ○(雪, January 15, 1959, Shonen New Years' supplement "Detective Book")
• Ohana-chan ○(おハナちゃん, January 15 1959 New Years' extra issue, Shojo Club)
• Kotatsu ○(コタツ, February 1959, Shojo Book)- Competition manga
• Garagara Gan-chan ○(がらがらガンちゃん, February 1959, Adventure King)
• Ohina-sama○(おヒナさま, March 1959, Shojo Book)- Competition manga.
• Ohana-chan ○(おハナちゃん April 1959 issue appendix, Shojo Club)
• 1-Day Mama ●(一日ママさん, April 15 1959 extra issue of Shojo Book)
• Flower Watching Manga Department ○(お花見まんがデパート, April 15 1959 extra issue of Shojo Book)
• Asari ○(アサリ, May 1959, Shojo Book)- Competition manga
• Nama-chan (ナマちゃん, May 1959 issue appendix, Manga King)
• June 1st Photo Anniversary ○(６月１日写真記念日, June 1959, Shojo Book)- Competition manga
• Chakkari Manga Battle ○(チャッカリまんが合戦, June 1959, Hinomaru)- With Shotaro Ishinomori, as "Asuka Izumi"
• Chimi-chan ●(チミちゃん, June 1959, Shojo Club)
• Ohana-chan ○(おハナちゃん, July 1959 issue appendix, Shojo Club)
• Safety Week: 1-7 Days ○(安全週間１～７日, July 1959, Shojo Book)- Competition manga
• Homework ○(宿題, August 1959, Shojo Book)- Competition manga
• Sacchan ●(サッちゃん, August 15, 1959, Ribon summer vacation special issue)
• Goldfish ○(きんぎょ, September 15, 1959, Shojo Club summer extra number)- Collaboration with Kunio Nagatani and Tokuo Yokota.
• The Mean Taki-chan ○(いじわるタキちゃん, October 1959, Shojo Club)
• Ohana-chan ○(おハナちゃん, November 1959 issue appendix, Shojo Club)

1960s

• Ohana-chan ○(おハナちゃん, January 15 extra issue, Shojo Club)
• Oh Ma-chan ○(あらマアちゃん, January 1960, Nakayoshi New Years' Extra edition)
• Are you Sailer? ○(わたしもザイラー？, January 15 extra issue, Shojo Book)- Competition manga
• Nonko-chan ●(のん子ちゃん, January 1960, Ribon)
• The Secret of Katsuko ○(カツ子ちゃんのひみつ, Ekubo/えくぼ #1)- Ekubo was a kashihon anthology published by Akebono, featuring various short stories by popular manga artists of the time.
• I'm in Trouble/Warm up in Winter○ (まいったか, 冬をあたたかく, February 1960, Fun 5th Grader)- Competition manga
• Tan-chan, Stop! ○(タンちゃん　めっ!, Ekubo #2)- Collaboration with Shotaro Ishinomori, who provided layouts for the story.
• Thank You Mom ○(おかあさんありがとう, May 1960, Fun 1st Grader)
• Do Your Best, Mami-chan ●(がんばれマミちゃん, July 1960, Nakayoshi)- The date and magazine are claimed by Fujio Pro, but this is disputed by fan researchers. It appears to have been originally published as appendix material to a magazine, going by its size and layout.
• Tenpei and Sister ●(点平とねえちゃん, September 15, 1960, Shojo Club extra issue)
• Oh Ma-chan ●(あらマアちゃん, September 15, 1960, Nakayoshi summer vacation special)
• Matsuge-chan ○(まつげちゃん, September 15 extra issue, Hitomi summer vacation special)
• Papa and Mami-chan ●(パパとマミちゃん, October 1960, Hitomi)
• Mama Knows the Whole Story After All ●(ママはやっぱりはなしがわかる, January 15, 1961 New Years special, Shojo Club)
• Chabashira ●(茶ばしら, January 1961 New Years special, Ribon)
• I'll Do it This Year! ●(ことしこそは!, February 1961, Fun 4th Grader)
• Instant-kun ●(インスタント君, 1961, Weekly Shonen Sunday #9)
• Damaso-kun ●(だまそうくん, April 9, 1961, Weekly Shonen Magazine #15)- Retitled "Dama-chan" (ダマちゃん) for book reprints.
• Tamao and the Thief ●(タマオのどろぼうたいじ, April 1961, Separate Edition Shonen Sunday)
• The Little Kid Gang ●(ちびっこギャング, August 1961, Nakayoshi Summer Vacation special issue)- Manga adaptation of Hal Roach's "Our Gang"/"The Little Rascals".
• White Kappogi ●(しろいかっぽうぎ, September 1961, Shojo Club supplement)- Sequel to "Tenpei and Sister". The second of two stories later remade as "Kyuhei and Sister"
• Chankichi-kun ●(チャン吉くん, January 1962, Separate Edition Shonen Sunday)
• Gathered in the Living Room ●(お茶の間にあつまれ, January 15, 1962, Shojo Club supplement)
• Mister Kaguya ●(ミスターかぐや, 1962, Weekly Shonen Sunday #2)
• I am a Salaryman ●(ぼくは・・・・・サラリーマン, April 1962, Separate Edition Shonen Sunday Spring special issue)
• Popular Star Manga Kyu-chan ○ (人気スターまんが 九ちゃん, May 1962, Shojo Book)- A manga telling of the rise of Kyu Sakamoto, a popular singer of the time known for "I Look Up as I Walk" (or "Sukiyaki" as it was re-titled for release outside Japan).
• 3cm Boy ●(3センチボーイ, August 1962, 4th Grade)
• Summer Vacation Comic School: "Looking at Earth", "Part-Time Job" ○(お地球見、アルバイト, 大けんしょう, September 1962, 3rd Grade)- Collaboration with Tokuo Yokota and Shotaro Ishinomori
• Adventures of Saburo ○(三郎の冒険, September 1962, 5th Grade separate appendix "Kaikyu X Appears")
• Kechikechi-ojisan ●(ケチケチおじさん, September 1962, Manga King)
• The Two Yuu-chan ○(ふたりのユウちゃん, October 1962, 3rd Grade separate appendix)
• Film Manga Clenched Fists Gen-kun ○(フィルムまんが げんこつゲンくん, November 1962, 3rd Grade)- Competition manga with Shotaro Ishinomori
• OK! Ken-chan ○(OK!ケンちゃん, November 1962, 4th Grade separate appendix)
• Solid Sanpei ○(がっちり三平, January 1963, 4th Grade)
• Starting Work ○(しごとはじめ, January 1963, Manga King New Years' special issue)
• Pes-kun ○(ペスくん, February 1963, 3rd Grade separate appendix)
• Manga Parade ○(まんが大行進, February 1963, 3rd Grade)
• Smiling School ○(ニコニコ学芸会, April 1963, Separate Edition Shonen Sunday)- Competition manga
• Sayuri-chan ○(サユリちゃん, May 1963, Myojo/明星 summer special issue)- A gag manga based around Sayuri Yoshinaga and songs of the time which predated later works with the theme (like Song and Gag Theatre).
• Misoppa-kun ○(ミソッパくん, June 1963, Bokura)
• Yo-Yo Kapo-kun ●(ヨーヨーカポくん, July 1963, Bokura)
• Summer Vacation Sunday Classroom: Tips for Strengthening your Arithmetic and Swimming ○(夏休みサンデー教室 算数 水泳 工作に強くなるコツ, August 1963, Separate Edition Shonen Sunday summer vacation issue)
• Kantaro's Part-Time Job ●(バイトのカン太郎, August and October 1963, Shonen Book)- Pilot chapters to the second "Kantaro" series.
• Elegant Elephant ○(べんりでおもいゾウ, Weekly Margaret #28)- Competition manga
• Manga Olympics: Stop! Watch ○(まんがオリンピック: ストップ！ウォッチ, October 1964, Ribon)- A competition manga featuring Akko and Moko (Akko-chan's Got a Secret!) overseeing a school race.
• Sayuri-chan is an Adolescent ○ (サユリちゃんはお年ごろ, November 1964, Heibon)- Another gag manga related to Sayuri Yoshinaga.
• Kantaro's New Years' Eve ●(除夜のカン太郎, January 1965, Ribon)- Kantaro cartoon for Ribon manga competition. It can be seen reprinted as a small extra in vol.2 of the Kantaro kashihon release.
• New Years' Manga Tournament: My First Dream ○(わたしの初夢　もうたくさん, January 15, 1965, Nakayoshi New Years' special)
• The Manga Alley is Noisy ○(まんが横町はおおさわぎ, Weekly Shonen Sunday #2)- Competition manga
• Find Those Fake Teeth ○(いれ歯をさがせ, Weekly Shonen Sunday #3-4 merger issue)- Competition manga
• Spring Cartoon March: "Chibita and Iyami's Big Fight" ○(チビ太・イヤミ大決闘, 1965, Weekly Shonen Sunday #13)
• Deka and Chibi ●(デカとチビ, 1965, Weekly Shonen Magazine #13)
• The Replacement Housekeeper ●(みがわりおてつだいさん, February 23, 1965, Weekly Shojo Friend #8)- Prototype of "Kibimama-chan".
• The Amusing Atomic Bomb / Explosion! Spy Joke Novel "007 Critical Moment"○(おわらい原子爆弾・ついにばくはつ！　スパイギャグ小説　００７危機一髪, April 1965, Bokura)- Competition manga.
• A Triple-Themed Manga with the Subject of Cats, Hometowns, and Bombs○(しゅくだいとねごととばくだんをつかった三題まんが, April 1965, Bokura)- Competition manga
• Nonsensical Tournament ○(メチャクチャ大会, May 1965, Manga)- Collaboration with Kunio Nagatani.
• Ostess Kariko ○(オステスカリ子, May 18, 1965, Manga Sunday)
• A Strange Thing in the Universe!! ○(宇宙にムチュウだ!!, June 1965, Manga King)
• Song of a Woman's Heart ○(女ごころの唄, August 1965, Myojo)- A song-themed gag manga, with the following four one-shots operating on the same motif.
• I Am Wearing My Tears ○(俺の涙は俺がふく, September 1965, Myojo)
• Nonsensical NO.1 (メチャクチャNo.1, September 15, 1965, Adventure King summer special)
• Bokeko's Summer Vacation Diary ●(September 15, 1965, Nakayoshi summer special)
• A Fool Goes Sailing ○(馬鹿っちょ出船, October 1965, Myojo)
• Memories of a Summer Day ○(夏の日の想い出, November 1965, Myojo)
• New-derella ○(新デレラ, December 1965, Toho Manga Junior Comics "Yuki's Sun" vol.3/東邦のまんがジュニア・コミックス「ユキの太陽」 ③)* - The actual original appearance of this story is currently unknown by Fujio Pro. As seen in auction and used book listings, these were magazine-style reprint books that contained assortments of manga besides the main features. In this case, Tetsuya Chiba's "Yuki's Sun" was the main title reprinted and New-derella was extra content. The story may have run originally around 1962 or 1963 at earliest, as the protagonist's hair bears similarity to Akko-chan's doll disguise in her first Christmas-themed chapter and some heroine designs were known to be re-used in similar time frames.
• Iyami and Dayōn-ojisan ○(イヤミとだよーんのおじさん, December 1965, Suntory Heaven/サントリー天国)
• Dayōn-ojisan ●(ダ・ヨーンのおじさん, January 1966, Shonen Book)- One of three solo stories featuring the Dayōn character.
• New Years' Horse Tournament ○(お正月馬か馬か大会, January 1966, Manga King)
• Mr. Ken ○(ミスター研 , January 5, 1966, Junior High 1st Year Course)- Collaboration with Jiro Tsunoda.
• Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!★ (ギャハハ三銃士, January 5, 1966, Weekly Shonen Sunday New Years special)- Collaboration with Fujiko Fujio (A and F) and Jiro Tsunoda. Crossover between Osomatsu-kun, Q-taro the Ghost, and Black Group.
• Gyahaha, Osomatsu-kun Social Studies World Trip ○(社会科参考　おそ松くんのギャハハ世界旅行, January 5, 1966, Weekly Shonen Sunday New Years' special)
• Rakugaki ○(らくガキ, 1966, Weekly Shonen Magazine #2)
• Great Car Race of the Century: Sanzan Iyami Strategy ○(世紀の珍自動車大レース・さんざんイヤミ作戦, 1966, Weekly Shonen Sunday #4)- Extra Osomatsu-kun story for the issue. Adapted into the 1966 anime, but not reprinted for current editions.
• Sheeh! New Year Holiday Manga Festival ○(シェー! !　お正月漫画まつり, February 1966, Myojo)
• Horahora-ojisan ●(ホラホラのおじさん, February 1966, Shonen Book)- The second in the Dayōn trilogy (see article on the trilogy for more information). Currently unreprinted in eBook edition, presumably due to reference of Osamu Tezuka's "Big X".
• Keke-taro the Baldy●(オハゲのＫＫ太郎, March 13, 1966, Weekly Shonen Sunday #10)- Collaboration with Fujiko Fujio for a second crossover of Osomatsu-kun and Q-taro the Ghost.
• The Ojisan Obasan ●(おじさんのおばさん, March 1966, Shonen Book)- The final Dayōn Shonen Book story.
• Kyuhei and Sister ●(九平とねえちゃん, March 1966, Ribon separate volume)- Remake and merger of "Tenpei and Sister" and "White Kappogi".
• Chibita's Resume, Mr. Iyami's Resume ○(チビ太の履歴書　ミスター・イヤミの履歴書, April 1966, Boys' Life)- An accompanying feature to the issue's story about Chibita and Iyami as teachers.
• Manga Feature: Mean Men and Mean Women ○(まんが特集　男のいじわる女のいじわる, April 13, 1966, Women Seven)- Competition manga
• This and That of the World Are Wrong○(世のニャカまちがっとるヨ, May 1966, Boys' Life)
• Searching for Iyami-kun's Mother ★●(イヤミくん　母をたずねて…, Weekly Shonen Sunday #19)- The rest of the Osomatsu-kun side cast help Iyami attempt to find his "Mama".
• I'm Numb, I'm Numb, I'm Numb!! ○(シービレちゃった　シービレちゃった　シービレてるよ～ん！！, June 1966, Boys' Life)
• Osomatsu-kun Album ●(おそ松くんのアルバム, June 1966, 4th Grade)- A short extra feature showing the sextuplets' s early childhood. This is reprinted in Takeshobo's "Completely Osomatsu-kun" anthology
• Iyami's Miserable Day ●(イヤミのいやみな一日, July 1966, Boys' Life)- Reprinted along with the "BAD MAN" story of -kun in the eBookJapan edition.
• Akatsuka Extra Edition Monster Comic Special Feature: Dayōn Appears in Tokyo ○(増刊アカツカ　怪物まんが特集号　ダヨーン東京に出現, July 27, 1966, Weekly Shonen Sunday Summer Vacation special)
• Special Issue of Akatsuka Spy Manga: Spy vs. Spy ●(増刊アカツカ　スパイまんが特集号　スパイ対スパイ, July 27, 1966, Weekly Shonen Sunday Summer Vacation special)- Parody of MAD Magazine's Spy vs. Spy, featuring the cast of Osomatsu-kun fighting each other.
• Let's Keep Laughing and Being Cool○(笑いとすずしさをおくろう, August 1966, Junior High School 1st Year Course)- Competition manga
• It's a Ghostly Teahouse, Da Yon~○(オバケ喫茶だヨーン, September 1966, Boys' Life)- Competition manga
• Fujio Akatsuka Now Patent Pending! ○(赤塚不二夫　ただいま特許出願中！！, October 1966, Boys' Life)
• Chibita-kun ●(チビ太くん, October 1966, Shonen Book)- Pilot chapter for the eventual "Chibita-kun" series.
• Keiji and Goemon ●(ケイジとゴエモン, 1966, Weekly Shonen Magazine #49)
• Osomatsu-kun after 20 Years ○(20年後のおそ松くん, January 1967, 4th Grade)
• Iyami and Piyo Piyo-ojisan's Tough Serious Quiz ○(イヤミ　ピヨピヨおじさん　いじわるまじめクイズ, January 1967, 4th Grade)
• Nonsensical NO.1 (メチャクチャNo.1, January 15, 1967, Adventure King New Years' special)
• Many Fun Corners for You to Be Addicted To ○(もりだくさんおたのしみコーナー　ガメツイあなた, January 15, 1967, Ribon New Years' special issue)- Special fun corner-type comic featuring Jajako-chan.
• Congratulations to 1967: A Manga of Hopes and Dreams ○(おめでとう１９６７年　夢と希望のまんが大行進, Weekly Shonen Sunday #2)- Competition manga
• Sorrowful Manga Princess New-derella ○(かなしいまんが　新デレラ姫, Shojo Friend #7)- Collaboration with Keiji Yoshitani, responsible for drawing New-derella and her family.
• 7 Habit Family ●(7くせ一家, April 1967, Nakayoshi)
• Childrens' Day Banzai! ○(こどもの日ばんざい!, May 1967, 4th Grade)- Crossover between Kikanpo Gen-chan and Fujiko Fujio's Perman series.
• One Woman among Men ●(男の中に女がひとり, June 1967, Nakayoshi)
• One Man among Women ☆●(女の中に男がひとり, July 1967, Nakayoshi)
• The Disorderly Family ●(バラバラ一家, August 1967, Nakayoshi)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Summer Vacation and Blinding Classroom ○(赤塚不二夫の夏休みおとぼけ教室, Weekly Shonen Sunday #32)
• The Crybaby Family ●(なきむし一家, September 1967, Nakayoshi)
• Rakugaki ●(らくがき, October 1967, COM)
• The Hard Work Family ●(こきつかい一家, October 1967, Nakayoshi)
• Unknown Manga Tournament: 8 Hennako-chans ○(いじわるマンガ大会　８人のへんな子ちゃん, November 1967, Ribon separate appendix)- A competition manga page featuring eight different authors' takes on Hennako-chan.
• The Monster Family ●(怪物一家, November 1967, Nakayoshi)
• Come On, It's the Akatsuka Vaudeville Theatre ○(赤塚寄席だよ　よっといで, Weekly Shonen Sunday #50)
• Nonsensical NO.1 (メチャクチャNo.1, December 15, 1967, Adventure King winter special)
• My Naughty Diary ○(ぼくのわんぱくえ日記, 1968 Weekly Shonen Sunday #1)
• Mr. Secret 〇 Na○(㊙〇ナ氏, January 12, 1968, Manga Sunday)- Collaboration with Kenichiro Takai
• The Monkey's Foolish Guardman ★(サルばかガードマン, January 1968, Shonen "Manga No.1" appendix)
• Odenkushinosuke ●(おでんクシの助, 1968, Weekly Shonen King #2-3 merger number)
• Comic Battle: Dororo ○(どろろ, Weekly Shonen Sunday #2-3 merger number)- Tezuka's Dororo drawn by Akatsuka. In turn, Tezuka drew his take on Ataro in the same issue.
• How to Draw a Good Manga○(まんがのじょうずなかき方, Adventure King winter special issue for February 15, 1968)- Collaboration on the art portion with Jiro Tsunoda and Fujiko Fujio. The writer credited to the story is a "Hideo Shinoda".
• What's Going On? ●(何がでるか?, 1968, Weekly Shonen King #17)
• Urashima-kun ●(浦島くん, 1968, Weekly Shonen King #21)
• The Earth is Amazing! Run Away to the Universe! ○(地球はせまくてすみあきた！！　宇宙へニゲロ！！May 1968, Manga King)
• There's Nothing I Can't Do! You Can Try It If You're a Man! ○(やってやれないことはない！！　男ならやってみろ, May 1968, Manga King)
• Jamako ○(ジャマ子, May 1968, Ribon Comic)- Art: Kenichiro Takai
• The Onion Tama-chan's Coloring Book ○(たまねぎたまちゃんのぬりえこうさくぶっく, May 1968, 1st Grade appendix)
• Osomatsu-kun's Monster Island Exploration○(おそまつくんのおばけじまたんけん, June 1968, 2nd Grade)- A colored map featuring the Osomatsu-kun cast exploring an obake-filled island.
• A Big Monster Parade ○(おばけの大行しん, June 1968, 2nd Grade)
• The Thief Family ●(ドロボウ一家, June 1968, Bokura)
• The Baseball Family ● (野球一家, Weekly Shonen King #26)
• The Boxing Family ●(BOXING一家, Weekly Shonen King #30)
• Apache-kun's Great Rampage ●(大あばれアパッチ君, August 1968, Shonen Jump)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Summer Vacation Surprise Show ○(赤塚不二夫の夏休みビックリショー, August 1968, Shonen Book extra appendix)
• Meanness Contest ★●(いじわるコンクール, August 1968, 2nd Grade)- A one-shot featuring characters of Osomatsu-kun
• The Cool Man ○(カッコイイ男, September 10, 1968, Young Comic)
• Those Mixed-Up Guys ○(ズレた奴ら, September 10, 1968, Lied Comic)
• Social Commentary Manga: Shadow Clan ●(影一族, October 1968, Big Comic)
• Vegetable School Big Athletic Meet ○ (やさいがっこうの大うんどうかい, October 1968, 1st Grade)- Sports competition-themed manga featuring the Tamanegi Tama-chan cast.
• The Flower of Dekoppachi ●(花のデコッ八, October 20, 1968, Weekly Shonen Sunday extra edition)
• Taran, the President of the Jungle ●(ジャングルの社長ターラン, November 1968, Big Comic)
• Shinsengumi Osomatsu-ki ○(新撰組おそまつ記, November 15, 1968, Extra Edition Manga Sunday)- Art: Kenichiro Takai.
• A Yojimbo-Like Person ●(用心棒的人物, December 1968, Big Comic)
• St. Harenchi Girls' School ●(聖ハレンチ女学院, December 1968, Ribon extra appendix)- Collaboration with Mitsutoshi Furuya and Keiji Yoshitani
• Chibita's New Year ○ (チビ太のお正月, January 1969, 3rd Grade extra appendix)
• The Flower of Dekoppachi ●(花のデコッ八, January 1, 1969, Weekly Shonen Sunday New Years' special)
• Fierce Westerners ●(猛烈的西部人, January 1969, Big Comic)
• The All Stars' Martial Arts Tournament ○(オールズタズター御前試合, Weekly Shonen Sunday #3)- Collaboration with Kunio Nagatani, Koichi Tateishi, and Takuya Yamaguchi.
• Ataro + Osomatsu: The Tale of Ishimatsu Mori ●(森のかなたの森の石松, Weekly Shonen Sunday #4-5 merger issue)- Included as part of Ataro in reprints of the series.
• A Popular Manga Artist's Job Change Destination: The Case of Fujio Akatsuka in the Toilet Paper Shop ○(人気漫画家の転職先　赤塚不二夫氏の場合…トイレットペーパー屋, February 1969, Big Comic)
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret! ○(ひみつのアッコちゃん, March 1969, Shogakukan Picture Book)
• Oh! Nostalgic Characters and Popular People ○(おお！！　なつかしキャラクター　人気者その後, March 1969, Big Comic)
• Color Gag Prints ○(カラーギャグ口絵, Weekly Shonen Sunday #15)
• The Flower of Dekoppachi ●(花のデコッ八, March 23, 1969, Weekly Shonen Sunday Spring Break special)
• The Popular Family ●(もてもて一家, Weekly Shonen Jump #12)
• The Irritable Family ●(イライラ一家, Weekly Shonen Jump #15)
• Extraordinary Ataro (もーれつア太郎, April 1969, Shogakukan Picture Book)- First picture book also contains "Chibita-kun".
• Nonsense~ ●(ナーンセーンス～, April 25, 1969, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Ataro + Osomatsu: "Looking at Me Now" ●(いまにみていろミーだって, Weekly Shonen Sunday #21)- Included as part of Osomatsu-kun in later reprints.
• Hitachi Gold-kun ○ (日立ゴールドくん, Weekly Shonen Sunday #22)- Advertising comic for Hitachi Gold batteries.
• Battle of Mappirima ○ (マッピルマの決闘, Weekly Shonen Sunday #25)- Comic composed of color photographs
• Akatsuka Gag All-Stars: "Extraordinary Castle" ●(風雲！！もーれつ城, Weekly Shonen Sunday #25)- Ataro and Osomatsu-kun crossover, included as part of Ataro in reprints.
• Telephone ●(でんわ, June 10, 1969, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• I Want to Try This (こんなコトしてみたい, June 25, 1969, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Fujio Akatsuka's Extraordinary Playland ○(赤塚不二夫のモォーレツプレイランド, July 1969, Myojo)
• There is No Such Thing (こんなコトシテはいけない, July 10, 1969, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Do You Have Such a Thing!! (こんなコトってありますか！！, July 25, 1969, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Nyarome, Papa, and Kemunpas' Extraordinary Summer Vacation Battle ○(ニャロメ・パパ・ケムンパスのもーれつ夏休み大作戦, August 1, 1969, Weekly Shonen Sunday summer vacation special)
• Chibita-kun: The Story of the Warm-up Family ☆●(チビ太くん　ぬたくり一家, Shonen Jump #18)
• The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi ●(大バカ探偵はくち小五郎, Weekly Shonen Sunday #33)- Pilot chapter for eventual series.
• Cash Kapparai Strategy○ (現金カッパライ作戦, Weekly Shonen Sunday #37)- Comic composed of color photographs
• I'm Nyarome! So Cool, Nyaro! ○(おれはニャロメだ！！　キャッキョいいニャロ！！, Weekly Shonen Sunday #37)
• Big Picture Manga: The Enchakamaru's Summer Vacation ○ (まんが大画報 エンチャカ丸の夏休み, August 1969, 4th Grade)- A large colored illustration featuring the cast of SOS Enchakamaru crossed over with other Akatsuka characters.
• Big Extraordinary Company ●(オーオーもーれつ会社, August 10, 1969, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• ○(ウーミーは広いーな大きいな～, August 25, 1969, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Manga Family Competition Series: Girls ○(まんが家競作シリーズ　女の子, September 1969, Shonen Picture Report)
• A Day Like Today ●(わが家の日よう日, September 10, 1969, Big Comic)
• Let's See Anything (ナンでも見てやろう, September 25, 1969, Big Comic)
• Manga Family Competition Series○ (まんが家競作シリーズ, October 1969, Shonen Picture Report)
• Footprint Story (アシアトモノガタリ, October 10, 1969, Big Comic)
• Chibita's Momimomi Story ●(チビ太モミモミ物語, October 10, 1969, JOKER)
• Footprint Story (アシあとものがたり, October 25, 1969, Big Comic)
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret! ○(ひみつのアッコちゃん, November 1969, Shogakukan Picture Book)
• Extraordinary Mean Great Athletic Meet ○(モーレツいじわる大運動会, November 1969, 3rd Grade)
• It's Autumn ●(秋です, November 10, 1969, Big Comic)
• Oyome-san ●(おヨメさん, November 25, 1969, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Akatsuka Gag Laughter Reserved Seating: Dr. Geba Geba ●(赤塚ギャグ笑待席『ゲバゲバ博士』, Weekly Shonen Jump #24)
• Article 6 ●(第６条, December 5, 1969, Manga Security)
• Bonfire ●(たき火, December 10, 1969, Big Comic)

1970s

• Jailbreak Nonsense ○(脱獄ナンセンス, 1970, Weekly Shonen Sunday #3)- A 2-page colored comic, done as part of a wider magazine competition by several artists (Geba Geba Taishogatsu).
• Kechio Shibui-kun ○(シブ井ケチ男くん, Shojo Friend #4-5 merger number)
• Traveling Glass Kataro ●(旅ガラスカー太郎, Weekly Shonen King #4-5 merger number). Reprinted as the first tankobon chapter of Karappe (though Kataro's name is kept).
• Nyarome's New Years ○(ニャロメのお正, February 1970, Ribon)
• I'll Strike Back ●(カタキウチでやんす, February 25, 1970, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Akatsuka Gag All-Stars: "The Last Holiday" ★●(赤塚ギャグオールスター「最後の休日」, 1970, Weekly Shonen Sunday #12)- Reprinted as part of Extraordinary Ataro in some editions.
• Shinjuku ○(新宿, March 1, 1970, Tokyo 25 Time/東京２５時)
• Super Raisin-chan ○(スーパーレーズンちゃん, Shojo Friend #15)- A monochromatic version of the "Raisin-chan" gag comics, this time featuring a generic heroine that doesn't seem to be Jajako-chan.
• Dr. Nyarome ○(ドクターニャロメ , April 1970, Myojo/明星)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya. Also includes a feature by Furuya titled "The Elegant Life of Dr. Nyamelo".
• Bad Policeman ○(ダメなおまわりさん, May 9, 1970, Sunday Daily supplement comic book)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Mr. Iyami ●(ミスターイヤミ, July 10, 1970, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya
• Real Real Campaign ○(ホントニホントニごくろうさん, August 1970, Heibon)
• Keko-tan of Hokkairo ●(ホッカイローのケイコターン, August 7, 1970, Sunday Daily Extra/サンデー毎日増刊) - Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya. Reprinted in Gag Guerrilla compilations under the title of "Darirariran".
• Vampire Domecula ●(吸血鬼ドメキュラ, Weekly Bokura Magazine #33)- Reprinted in print edition of "The Shinigami Death" but excluded from DVD-ROM edition, likely due to the usage of "mekura" (offensive term for the blind) in the title.
• Special Feature of Genius Tales ○(天才話の特集, October 1970, Feature Story/話の特集)- Collaboration with Makoto Wada
• Inspector Oni ●(鬼警部, December 1970, Separate Edition Shonen Magazine)- Story: Kai Takizawa
• Mr. Iyami: Tomorrow Morning ●(ミスターイヤミ氏　あしたの朝, January 10, 1971, Big Comic)- Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya. See "Mr. Iyami" article.
• Spartako ● (Weekly Shonen Sunday #4-5 merger number)- Story: Kai Takizawa
• Terrible Face ○(ひどい顔, March 1971, Sun/太陽)
• I Want a Woman ○(わしは女が欲しいのだ, March, 6, 1971, Domestic and Foreign Times/内外タイムズ)
• The Nuclear Family Has Finally Come, Nyarome ○(核家族もついにここまできたニャロメ, January 1, 1972, Mainichi Newspaper)
• Mama is Tough! ○(ママはつらいよ！！, January 9, 1972, Mainichi Newspaper)
• Side Worker Salaryman of 72 Years ○(７２年の副業サラリーマン, January 9, 1972, Sunday Daily)- Competition Manga
• New Osomatsu-kun ● (新おそ松くん, 1972, Weekly Shonen King #5)- Remake of "Chibita the Safe-Cracker"
• Kogoro Hakuchi ○(白痴小五郎, 1972, January 13-20 merger number, Weekly Manga Gorak)
• It's Tetsuwan Atom!! ○(鉄腕アトムなのだ!!, March 1972, Feature Story special Akatsuka issue)- Collaboration with Kunio Nagatani. Nagatani did the writing portion of the issue, while Akatsuka drew out gags.
• Born in the Stone Age ○(石器時代に生まれていたら, Delica spring supplement)- Date unknown to Fujio Pro
• The Genius Bakabon's Old Man (天才バカボンのおやじ, Weekly Manga Sunday #26)
• Transformation ●(ヘンシン, June 3, 1972, Women's Own/女性自身)- Competition manga
• During Summer Vacation○(アルナツヤスミ, August 1972, High School 1st Year Course/高１コース)
• Cyrano do Beramatcha ●(シラノ・ド・ベラマッチャ, Weekly Shonen Sunday Summer Vacation issue for August 1st)
• I Want That Girl!! ●(彼女がほしい!!, August 8, 1972, Woman Seven)- Competition manga
• Escorting ●(護送, August 21, 1972, Weekly Bunshun)- Reprinted as the first chapter of "Gag Guerrilla" in its collected editions, essentially being the pilot for the series.
• DISCOVER ○(Playboy, August 22, 1972)
• Kaku-san ○(カクさん, October 1, 1972, Sunday Daily)- Competition manga, featuring Kaoru and the Police Officer with the Connected Eyes.
• Do it!! ○(やりたーい!!, October 9, 1972, Heibon Punch)
• (タイツリブネニコメオビナシ, November 13, 1972, Heibon Punch)
• Womens' Ashoko ○ (女のアショコ, December 1, 1972, Manga No.1)- Art: Akira Saito
• Gang Girl Keroko (スケバンケロ子, January 1, 1973, Manga No. 1)
• The End of Unagi-Inu ●(ウナギイヌの最期, February 1973, Manga No. 1)
• The Genius Bakabon's Old Man (天才バカボンのおやじ, Weekly Manga Sunday #4)
• Bang ○(ドバッ, February 5, 1973, Heibon Punch)
• Bugs ●(虫, April 1973, Lied Comic Book Extra Edition)
• Nyarome (ニャロメ, May 1973, Lied Comic Book Extra Edition)
• The Blue-Eyed Delinquent ●(青い目のバンチョウ, Weekly Shonen Sunday #14)- Based off the original novel by Hisashi Yamanaka. Let's La Gon's publication was skipped for this issue in order for Akatsuka to showcase this adaptation, with Beramatcha and Gon's Father guest-starring in the plot as a nod to their usual placement in the magazine.
• There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag ★●(ギャグほどステキな商売はない, July 1973, Separate Edition Shonen Jump)- Reprinted with the second serialization of Osomatsu-kun, in vol.31 of its Akebono collection.
• Oh! Ghost ○(おー！ばけ, Weekly Shonen Champion #38)
• Rock and Roll + Manga= ??? ○(ロックンロール＋マンガ＝？？？, September 1973, GUTS)
• Skiing Fun ○(スキーはたのし, October 1, 1973, Asahi Graph special issue)
• Policeman ●(おまわりさん, November 1, 1973, Weekly Asahi)
• Major Incident on Magazine 74 ○(大事件ＯＮマガジン７４, January 1974, Feature Story)
• Large Tiger ○(大トラ, January 13, 1974, Sunday Daily)
• Something's Changed (変わりましたのだ, April 7, 1974, Sunday Daily)
• Female College Student ○(女子大生, April 26-May 3 1974 merger number, Weekly Sankei)
• Unkor Wat ★●(ウンコールワット, 1974, Weekly Shonen Jump)
• Jajako ●(ジャジャ子, November 1974, 5th Grade)- Only reprinted once in a 1970s bunko edition, and has not shown up since. Jajako was redesigned somewhat for the feature, bearing swirls on her cheeks and differently-shaped eyes.
• Winter ●(冬, January 1, 1975, Lied Comic)
• Noragaki ●(のらガキ, 1975, Weekly Shonen Sunday #3-4 merger number)- Pilot chapter for the "Noragaki" series, which will soon take over the "Boy Friday" feature and then take its place.
• Kiza Katsupe ●(キザかっぺ, March 1, 1975, Weekly Yomiuri)
• Modern Children 100 Voices ○(現代子供１００態, March 20, 1975, Mainichi Newspaper)
• World History ●(世界史, March 21, 1975, Lied Comic)
• My Wife Belongs to the University of Tokyo ●(うちの女房は東大出, April 5, 1975, Weekly Yomiuri)
• Mitsutoshi Furuya ●(古谷三敏伝, Weekly Shonen Sunday April 15th extra issue)
• Middle-Aged Friday ●(中年フライデー, Weekly Shonen Sunday #17)
• Gakitopia ○ (ガキトピア, Weekly Shonen Jump #20)
• Dictator ○(独裁者, May 3, 1975, Weekly Yomiuri)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Ajapaa ○(赤塚不二夫のアジャパー, May 25, 1975, Shonen King special edition issue)- Art credited to simply "Fujio Pro"
• Noragaki (のらガキ, June 20, 1975, Weekly Shonen Sunday special issue)
• Angou ●(アンゴウ, June 21, 1975, Weekly Yomiuri)
• Boss Kokoro ○(ココロのボス, Weekly Shonen Sunday #31)- Advertising cartoon for Sony Video Deck
• Detective ●(探偵, August 9, 1975, Weekly Yomiuri)
• I am a Fool ●(私バカよネ　おバカさんよネ, September 13, 1975, Weekly Yomiuri)
• My Home is the High Peak of Mt. Fuji! ○(October 1, 1975, Nissei Circle)
• A Rushed Life ●(かけあし人生, November 11, 1975, Lied Comic)
• Forbidden Love ○(禁じられた恋, January 2, 1976, Lied Comic)
• Masegaki ●(ませガキ, 1976, Weekly Shojo Comic #6)- Prototype to "Naughty Angel"
• Audio Check with Self-Made Tape! ○(自作テープでオーディオチェック!, FM Reco Pal #7)
• Mr. TB ●(Ｔ・Ｂ氏, April 20, 1976, Shobunsha)
• Ujabaland ○(ウジャバランド, Weekly Shonen Jump #19)
• The Terrifying Sleep-Talking Man ●(恐怖のネゴト男, May 6, 1976, Lied Comic)
• Strike Season ○(ストライキ・シーズン, July 1976, Monthly Hitokoma)- A 1-frame manga published in a magazine with such a specialty (as with the following one-shot below). Features the Osomatsu-kun cast, with Father making the sextuplets race like horses.
• Lie Detector ○(ウソ発見器, July 1976, Monthly Hitokoma)
• The World of Yasutaka Tsutsui by Manga Artists: Primates South ○(漫画家による筒井康隆の世界 「霊長類 南へ」, July 10, 1976, The World of Yasutaka Tsutsui)
• Osomatsu-kun ●(おそ松くん, August 1976, Monthly Shonen Jump)- Also known as "The Return of Osomatsu-kun" in reprints.
• Nan-sensei ○(ナンセンセイ, August 12, 1976 Lied Comic extra edition)
• Talent Family ●(タレント一家, August 20, 1976, Weekly Shonen Jump extra issue)
• Kagami-kun ●(カガミくん, September 26, 1976, Shonen King extra publication)
• The Tattoo Operation ●(イレズミ作戦, October 7, 1976, Lied Comic)
• Nan-sensei ○(ナンセンセイ, October 14, 1976, Lied Comic extra edition)
• A Harsh Autumn○ (きびしの秋, October 28, 1976, Lied Comic)
• Gekiga Poetry Collection ●(劇画詩集　自分タチ, November 1976, Monthly Poem)
• 12 Artists Run For the General Election: One Vote for Bakabon! ○ (November 1976, Manga Half Interesting Half extra edition)
• Nan-sensei ○(ナンセンセイ, December 9, 1976, Lied Comic extra edition)
• Snake's Repayment ○(ヘビの恩返し, January 6, 1977, Lied Comic)
• The Genius Hetabon ○(天才ヘタボン, January 10, 1977, Surprise House SUPER/ビックリハウスＳＵＰＥＲ)
• Editor and Son ○(子連れ記者, January 15, 1977, Shonen Jump special edition)
• Everyone's Suffering ○(み～んな悩んで, February 10, 1977, Lied Comic extra edition)
• Master!! ○(名人！！, March 17, 1977, Lied Comic)
• Nan-sensei ○ (ナンセンセイ, April 14, 1977, Lied Comic)
• Animal Land ○ (アニマルランド, Weekly Shonen Jump #14)
• Horse-Racing Fool ○(競馬鹿野郎, May 5, 1977, Lied Comic)
• Nyarome's Summer Vacation ○ (ニャロメの夏休み, August 7, 1977, Shonen and Shojo Newspaper)
• The Soil of Koshien ○ (甲子園の土, September 3, 1977, Weekly Yomiuri)
• Itaike-kun ●(いたいけ君, 1977, Weekly Shonen Sunday #50)
• Tarzan, President of the Jungle ○(ジャングルの社長　ターザン,original publication date/magazine unknown to Fujio Pro)
• Political New Year Island ○ (政界新春島みたて, January 3, 1978, Mainichi Newspaper)
• The Cat and the Mouse (Aesop) ○(ねことねずみ（イソップ), January 20, 1978, Subaru Shobo)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Parody Guerrilla ●(赤塚不二夫のパロディ・ゲリラ, May 1978, Bungeishunju deluxe issue)
• Itaike-kun ● (いたいけ君, 1978, Weekly Shonen Sunday #23)
• Nankanite Story ●(ナンカナイト物語, July 1978, SPARK)
• Feature of 20 Years Ago ○(特集２０年前, July 1978, Funny Half)
• After All, Mother ○(やっぱり母ちゃん, August 1978, Childrens' Light/こどもの光)
• Mame-tan's Funny Book ○ (まめたんのおもしろブック, September 1978, 1st Grade appendix)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Question and Riddle Book ○(赤塚不二夫のなぞなぜブック, September 1, 1978, Riken Vitamin Oil promotional book)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Tarirariran ●(赤塚不二夫のタリラリラーン, October 19, 1978, Weekly Manga Action)
• Family ●(家族, November 23, 1978, Big Comic extra number)
• Hanahada-kun ●(ハナハダくん, December 1978, 5th Grade appendix)
• It's the New Year Post-War Manga Star's First Dream Grand Parade!! ○ (新春戦後まんがスター初夢大パレードなのだ‼, January 1, 1979, Asahi Newspaper)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Manga Handwriting ●(赤塚不字夫のギャグ漫字, January 4, 1979, Lied Comic)- A comic featuring kanji as characters.
• Middle-Aged Bullying ●(中年をいじめへけめれ, January 7, 1979, Sunday Mainichi)- Competition manga
• A Turning and Turning World ●(めくるめっくワールド, February 20, 1979, Gagman Asahi)- A one-shot divided into two parts, detailing a story about "Night" and one about "Day".
• Affection Restaurant ●(愛情レストラン, April 1, 1979, Big Tsuji/ビッグ辻調)
• Temper Rising Three Times ● (気分を出してもう三度, April 15, 1979, Big Comic Original extra number)
• Dear Policeman ●(拝啓おまわり様, Big Gold #3)
• Run Away, Run Away ● (August 1979, Shonen Challenge)
• Natsuman Theater: It's that Character Again! The Genius Bakabon (ナツまん劇場　あのキャラクターをもう一度 天才バカボン, December 1979, Bomb!)
• Mame-tan (まめたん, December 11, 1979, 1st Grade special winter issue)

1980s

• Chinese Women in the Year 2001 ○(二〇〇一年の中国女性, January 1980, Playboy Japanese edition)
• Illustration of Quotes from Around the World ○(図説世界名言集, January 1980, Feature Story)
• Motomu-kun ● (March 21, 1980 and August 1980 issues, Recruit Times)
• Hidden Giants ●(かくれジャイアンツ, August 18, 1980, Weekly Manga Gorak)
• Music of my Youth ●(ぼくの音楽青春, September 1980, Sound Recall)
• The Wandering Copyboy ○(さすらいのコピーボーイ, September 1980, Nikkan Manga)- Nikkan Manga was to be a monthly magazine by the company of the same name, but only released one issue.
• The Name was Lost: "Kikuchiyo" ○(名前まけした「菊千代」, Hello Pet #12)
• Young Version of "Akko-chan's Got a Secret!" ●(ヤング版ひみつのアッコちゃん, January 1981, Weekly Young #2)
• The Bakabon Family's Derby Watch ○(バカボン一家のダービー観戦記, July 1981, Yushun)
• My Hometown ●(私の故郷, July 23, 1981, Manga Action)
• Tamori and I ●(ボクとタモリ, August 1981, Monthly Shonen Jump)
• Beauty Village ○(ビューティービレッジ, August 26, 1981, Young Comic)
• Special Edition Manga ●(特別読切漫画, December 1981, Novel Shincho)- Reprinted as first chapter of "Comedy is Coming Now"
• Sheeh! Comeback ★●(シェー!!カムバック, February 1, 1982, BRUTUS)
• My Norakuro ●(ぼくののらくろ, June 1982, Maru)
• Good Friends are Beautiful ●(仲良き事は美しき哉, September 9, 1982, Play Comic)
• Bakabon's Human Brain Vs. Artificial Intelligence ○(バカボンの人間痴脳ＶＳ人工知能なのだ, March 20, 1983, Weekly Asahi)
• Osomatsu-kun ○(May 25, 1983, Penguin Question/ペンギン・クエスチョン)- A 2-page, unreprinted short of the series done for the magazine.
• Egawa-kun ○(江川くん, July 25, 1983, Cheese Manga Group 50th Anniversary Publication)
• Punishment with a Whip: Hurry Up You Scoundrel! ○(ムチつきの刑　野郎早くはかんかい!!, July 25, 1983, Cheese Manga Group 50th Anniversary Publication)
• Chibita and Nyarome and Akko-chan ●(チビ太とニャロメとアッコちゃん, August 1983, Separate Edition Shojo Comic)
• Take Good Care of Your Life! ○(出世して、～いいとも!, September 1983, Playboy Japanese edition)
• Lendable Type ○(November 1983, Penguin Question)
• An Awful Book I Read ○(私が読んだキライな本, May 9, 1984, Weekly Manga Action)
• An Awful Program I Watched ○(私が見たキライな番組, July 11, 1984, Weekly Manga Action)
• Romance on the Inside ○(ロマンは内面にあり, August 22, 1984, Sunday Daily)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Useful Loan Course ○(赤塚不二夫の役に立つローン講座, September 14, 1984, Weekly Post)
• Secretary ○(秘書, December 1985, Comic WOO)
• President's Secretary ○(社長秘書, January 1986, Comic WOO)
• Accounting Girl ○(経理の娘, February 1986, Comic WOO)
• All That Gag ○(オールザットギャグ, March 1986, Club Life Clip)
• Cherry Blossom Viewing ○(あゝお花見, April 1986, Comic WOO)
• Golden Week ○(あゝゴールデンウィーク, June 1986, Comic WOO)
• Ramen Great Escape ★●(ラーメン大脱走, October 24, 1986, Chalmera Action Extra Edition Manga Action)
• Clock ○(時計, March 1987, Monthly Pokkiri Comic #3)
• Kidnapping by Willow ★●(誘拐でウイロー, July 8, 1987, Gag Action Extra Edition)
• Omusubi-kun ○ (おむすびくん, October 1987, Childrens' Light)
• The Genius Bakabon's New Years' Gag (January 1988, Comic BomBom)
• Genius Bakabon and Osomatsu-kun's Unusual University ○ (天才バカボン　おそ松くんのいじわる大学, May 1988, TV Magazine separate appendix)- The first of six "Uwahaha Book" extra features for the magazine, featuring crossovers between the Bakabon and -kun casts.
• Genius Bakabon and Osomatsu-kun's Wonderland Zoo ○ (天才バカボン　おそ松くんの不思議動物園, June 1988, TV Magazine separate appendix)
• Omusubi-kun ○ (おむすびくん, June 1988, Childrens' Light)
• Genius Bakabon and Osomatsu-kun's Uhaha Restaurant ○ (天才バカボン　おそ松くんのウッハウハレストラン, July 1988, TV Magazine separate appendix)
• Genius Bakabon and Osomatsu-kun's Summer Vacation Strategy ○ (天才バカボン　おそ松くんの夏休み大作戦, August 1988, TV Magazine separate appendix)
• Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration ● (おむすびくんのお米おもしろ探検, August 1988, Childrens' Light)- Reprinted in a special new edition of Chagurin (formerly Childens' Light) appendix for April 2019.
• Genius Bakabon and Osomatsu-kun's Surprising Museum ○ (天才バカボン　おそ松くんのびっくりきょうふ館, September 1988, TV Magazine separate appendix)
• Genius Bakabon and Osomatsu-kun's Ultra Olympics ○ (天才バカボン　おそ松くんのウルトラオリンピック, October 1988, TV Magazine separate appendix)
• My Stress Relief Method ○(ボクのストレス解消法, February 15, 1989, Hokendojinsha)- Scenario by Tomio Hirai.
• Where are these Famous Characters Now!? ● (あの有名キャラクターはいま!?, April 10, 1989, Weekly Shonen Sunday 30th Anniversary extra number issue)
• Untitled ○( April 27, 1989, NEW Punch Xaurus/ＮＥＷパンチザウルス)- Some guides title it after Iyami's line in the comic. It and the next few comics were experimental pieces in the magazine, in some cases recycling the layout but not the dialogue.
• Fujio Akatsuka's 1-Frame TV Gag ○ (赤塚不二夫の１コマＴＶギャグ, May 1989, Comic BomBom)
• Que Sera Sera ○(ケセラセラ, May 11-18 1989 merger issue, NEW Punch Xaurus)
• Song and Phrase ○(歌・口ぐせ, May 30, 1989, NEW Punch Xaurus)
• There Are Also Things Like This ○(こんなコトもある, June 13, 1989, NEW Punch Xaurus)

1990s

• Scenes of Life in the Year 2000 AD ●(西暦２０００年の生活風景, January 3rd and 10th merger number, Weekly Housing)
• Extraordinary Ataro ●(March 27, 1990, Comic BomBom Spring Break extra number)- Start of the 1990 revival of Ataro
• Heisei Genius Bakabon (June 30, 1990, Deluxe BomBom issue #1)- Oneshot published during the Comic BomBom serialization. The main feature would switch to this magazine in November.
• The Day a Disk Came to Our House ○(わが家に円盤が来た日, December 6, 1990, Weekly Bunshun)- Sony MDP K-3 advertisement cartoon
• Points of Interest! ●(合点だい！, February 8, 1991, Points of Interest Quarterly, issue #1)
• This is California America Yo ○(コレ、カリフォルニア米ヨ, April 21, 1991, Comic Sankei)
• Iyami's Electric Shop ○(イヤミの電気屋さん, November 25, 1991, Hot Dog Press)
• Osomatsu-kun Grows Up ○(大人になったおそ松くん, June 23, 1993, Big Comic)- An advertisement campaign story for Sapporo Black beer.
• The Genius Bakabon Came Back (帰って来た天才バカボン, Weekly Playboy #34-35 merger issue for 1994)
• Orie-chan is Really Amazing ○(織恵ちゃんはやっぱりスゴイのだ, October 20, 1994, Sony Magazine)
• Introduction to Gluttony ○(大食い入門, October 20, 1994, Sony Magazine)
• I Love Monroe-chan ●(愛しのモンローちゃん, April 16, 1995, Pachinka World/パチンカーワールド)
• Showa Drunken Research Institute ●(昭和よっぱらい研究所, August 20, 1995, Heisei Drinker Summer Student extra number)
• The Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion ★●(シェー教の崩壊, January 1996, Big Gold)- Art: Kenichiro Takai, Mitsutoshi Furuya, Kenichi Kitami, Tsutomu Adachi, Yoshiko Tsuchida, Jin Kawaguchi, Keiji Terashima, Kazuyoshi Torii. Story published to commemorate the 60th birthday of Akatsuka. 30 assistants of Akatsuka, current and past, collaborated to make it possible.
• A Midsummer Daytime Dream ○(真夏の昼のゆめ, June 10, 1996, Learning Science)
• Yojimbo ●(用心棒, November 5, 1996, Weekly Manga Sunday)
• Genius Bakabon Promise of the 1970s (天才バカボン　７０年代の約束なのだ, December 27, 1996, Separate Edition Takarajima 288/別冊宝島２８８号)
• Tamagotchi ●(たまごっち, May 9th to 16th merger number for 1997, Weekly Asahi)
• Nyarome ●(ニャロメ, June 1, 1997, Fujio Pro special exhibition and pamphlet)
• Iyami's Senior Citizens Day ●(イヤミの敬老の日, September 15, 1998, national newspapers)
• New Years' Day ●(お正月ざんす, January 1, 1999, national newspapers)

2000s

• Kochikame: Akatsuka Characters Have Taken Over! ○(『こち亀』赤塚キャラに乗っ取られる!, December 16, 2001, Shueisha)- A collaboration between Osamu Akimoto's Kochikame and Akatsuka's Bakabon, with Bakabon and Papa pasted into the Kochikame manga.

Book-Original Works

Akatsuka's professional career took off with the publication of several full-length stories, written for Akebono Publishing as well as Wakaki Shobo.

1950s

• Beyond the Storm ●(June 7, 1956, Akebono Publishing)- Shojo debut, drawn as a full volume.
• A Flash of Light on the Lake ●(湖上の閃光, August 25, 1956, Akebono Publishing)
• Storm Wharf ●(嵐の波止場, December 10, 1956, Akebono Publishing)
• Garden of the Heart ●(心の花園, March 5, 1957, Akebono Publishing)
• Take that Mask ○(その仮面をとれ, April 20, 1957, Wakaki Shobo)- With Shotaro Ishimori, as "Fujitaro Ishizuka". Reprinted as part of the Ishinomori Complete Works collection.
• White Angel ●(白い天使, July 25, 1957, Wakaki Shobo)
• The Girl Who Disappeared ●(消えた少女, August 20, 1957, Akebono Publishing)
• Mother's Song ●(お母さんの歌, November 25, 1958, Wakaki Shobo)

1960s

• Two Flowers ○(ふたつの花, 1960, Wakaki Shobo)- Story published as part of Wakaki Shobo's flower-themed anthology "Separate Volume Flower Stories" (花別冊　花物語特集), also referred to as "LES FLEURS" on the covers.

Assistance on Others' Works

• Phoenix Futaro (January 28, 1957, Akebono Publishing)- Kashihon book by Shotaro Ishinomori, with assistance by Akatsuka
• The Phantom Baseball Stadium (April 1957 appendix, Baseball Boy)- Work by Hiroo Terada
• My Son Goku (Unused versions of pages, intended for April 1957 issue of Adventure King)- Work by Osamu Tezuka. When Tezuka fell behind on deadlines, he had Akatsuka, Fujiko Fujio, and Ishinomori draw out the remaining pages of the story, but ultimately their work went unused as he was able to complete the manuscript on time anyway. Akatsuka had been part in charge of drawing Sa Gojo.
• The Glowing Dog (September 1957 appendix, Shonen Club)- Work by Mitsuteru Yokoyama
• Mama's Violin ○ (April 1959 appendix, Shojo Club)- Akatsuka and Ishinomori filled in for Tetsuya Chiba for this specific chapter of his series, due to his injury. However, Chiba would not continue on the work further, as it was ended in May. Akatsuka provided most of the artwork, while Ishinomori wrote the dialogue.
• Kintoki-san (金時さん, September 1960, Shojo Club)- Filled in as artist for this chapter of Ishinomori's work
• Q-taro the Ghost: Sho-chan is a Great Athlete (Separate Edition Shonen Sunday, Tokyo Olympics Special Edition for 1964)- In charge of a panel featuring Osomatsu-kun cameo-ing in the story.

Covers and Illustrations

• California Raisins advertisements featuring Chota (Weekly Shonen Sunday, 1964 #48, 52, 1965 #2, #15, #18, #20, and #22. The illustration for #2 is also repeated in #5)
• Manga King covers (June 1965 to September 1966). They usually feature Hatabou with numerous other generic Akatsuka designs, although some covers can occasionally depict other recognizable stars like Otasuke-kun, Bokeo, and Chikako. Akatsuka did not have any serializations in this magazine during this time, but occasionally had one-shots or special features in certain issues.
• Manga King extra number covers for Summer 1965 issue and January 1966 New Year special

Books and Learning Materials

1960s

• Shogakukan Picture Book Comics: Osomatsu-kun (April 20, 1965)- A short, full-colored book with two stories, one featuring a party by Chibita and the other about the Sextuplets going for a drive.
• Osomatsu-kun News (May 1965-April 1966)- Newsletters by Fujio Pro to inform readers of new releases.
• The Autobiography of Sheeh!: Osomatsu-kun and Me (March 1, 1966, Hana Shobo)- Akatsuka's autobiographical recollection of his career up to the launch of Osomatsu-kun. His memoirs were transcribed down by Kunio Nagatani for the purpose of his book. 4 chapters of -kun are reprinted as extra content, while most other series represented in the book have a single chapter each: Kantaro (Shonen Book version), Jajako-chan (4 chapters), Nonsensical NO.1, Leave it to Chota, Otasuke-kun, and The Mean Professor (various strips). The stories are reprinted as how they appeared in kashihon releases of the time. The book was reprinted by Akebono in mid-1969, with a new cover design.
• Osomatsu-kun Book (May 1966-April 1967)- Followup to "Osomatsu-kun News", in a small flipbook form.
• Manga No.1 (August 2,1967-March 7,1968)- Followup to "Osomatsu-kun Book". A monthly manga newsletter by Fujio Pro. It includes reprints of not only Akatsuka works, but those of Shotaro Ishinomori and Shigeru Sugiura.

1970s

• Happy New Year ● (新年おめでとう, January 1, 1970)- Special booklet by Fujio Pro to commemorate the Year of the Dog, includes replies to fan letters and some manga illustrations. Reprinted as part of the "COREDEIINODA" book set on Akatsuka's works and life.
• Nyarome's World Expo Surprising Guide (ニャロメの万博びっくり案内)- Volume 1 released April 1, 1970. Volume 2 was released on May 15th, and Volume 3 on July 1st. The artwork for the first two books is credited to "Fujio Pro" (likely lead by Kunio Nagatani), while the third is credited to Takao Yokoyama.
• Shogakukan Introductory Series: Introduction to Manga (March 10, 1971, Shogakukan)

1980s

• Adventure Novel: Fujio Akatsuka Theater (June 1, 1988, JICC Publishing)
• Osomatsu-kun 1000 Question Riddle and Quiz Encyclopedia (June 26, 1988, Kodansha)
• Comic BomBom Special #29: Osomatsu-kun's Burst of Laughter World-zansu! (コミックボンボンスペシャル㉙　おそ松くんの爆笑ワールドざんす!, October 10, 1988, Comic BomBom special booklet #29)- The art within is credited to "Fujio Pro", though some handwriting and illustrations of Akatsuka's own doing are included throughout. Includes the special strip manga "Osomatsu-kun's Big Adventure".

2000s

• Fujio Akatsuka's Touching Picture Book (2000)- A picture book by Akatsuka, designed to be read by blind children through its usage of Braille on the words and characters.
• Fujio Akatsuka's Touching Picture Book: Find Nyarome! (2002)- The final book to be released with Akatsuka's touch.

Nyarome's Fun Classroom (Pacifica/Seibu Time, 1981-1983)

Remake and expanded edition of the comic "Nyarome's Laboratory" in book format.

These books had their scenarios written by Kunio Nagatani but had input from Akatsuka (such as the rough drafts for art which an assistant would ink over) and other uncredited assistants of his at Fujio Pro such as Mitsunori Shiya. The books in other publishers' lines outside of this appear to not have had any trace of his work, and so tend to be counted as more of the assistants' work when it comes to fans' research.

• Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom ★(ニャロメのおもしろ数学教室, December 10, 1981)- Story: Kunio Nagatani
• Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom ★ (ニャロメのおもしろ宇宙論, March 17, 1982)- Story: Kunio Nagatani
• Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom ★(ニャロメのおもしろ生命科学教室 , August 9, 1982)- Story: Kunio Nagatani
• Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration ★(ニャロメのおもしろコンピュータ探検, December 21, 1982)- Story: Kunio Nagatani
• Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries ★(ニャロメのおもしろ体の不思議探検, August 15, 1983)- Story: Kunio Nagatani
• Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom ★(ニャロメのおもしろ性教室, December 23, 1983)- Story: Kunio Nagatani

Mathematics, Cosmology, Biology, and Sexual Education were given bunko-sized reprints by Kadokawa in the mid-1980s, though Body's Mysteries and Computer Exploration were left out perhaps due to the lack of "Classroom" in their titles.

Mathematics would also be republished through the 1990s and 2000s with some updated information on math, however, these other educational books have remained unlikely to be reprinted otherwise due to "various issues" from Fujio Pro and other rightsholders that were involved; Nagatani's touch on the books (and his falling out with Fujio Pro) may be one factor even after his death.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Health Series

Books from 1989 to early 2002 are credited to Fujio Akatsuka himself but may have had other Fujio Pro input in finishing the artwork, which would have been limited to the active assistants at the time.

The books produced after Akatsuka's coma in 2002 (and death in 2008) were fully written and illustrated by Takayoshi Minematsu/"Katta Yoshi", on behalf of Fujio Pro.

• Cancer: "Nyarome Won't Lose to Osomatsu-kun's Cancer!" (『おそ松くんのガンのニャロメにゃ負けないぞ!』, December 25, 1989)- Sometimes counted by Fujio Pro as part of the Osomatsu-kun bibliography in itself.
• Snacks: "Think About Snacks!" (おやつの話　『おやつについて考えるのだ!!』, February 15, 1991)
• Biography: "Jenner, Who Saved Humans from Cattle Disease" (『人間を救った牛の病気　ジェンナー』, February 20, 1992)
• Genitals: "The Baton Touch of Life!!" (性器『いのちのバトンタッチなのだ!!』, March 31, 1993)
• Sports and Nutrition: "Mom's Powerful Meals" (スポーツと栄養『食事はパワーのおかあさん』, March 31, 1994)
• Boys' Bodies and Girls' Bodies: "The Strange Story of Bakabon and Totoko" (男の子の体　女の子の体 『バカボン＆トトコの不思議物語』, May 20, 1995)
• Diseases of the Genitalia and Anus: "It's not Difficult!" (性器と肛門の病気『はずかしくないのだ!』, May 1, 1996)
• First Aid for Food Poisoning: "Wash Before Eating in the Kitchen" (食中毒『キチンと洗って食べるのだ』, April 1, 1997)
• The Stomach: "Gurgling" (おなか『グープッゴロゴロ』, April 30, 1998)
• Swimming: "Become a Fish!" (水泳『お魚になるのだァ!』, May 31, 1999)
• Nutrition and Health: "Everybody Chew and Bite" (食べるということ『噛む噛むエブリバディ』, May 31, 2000)
• Minerals and Water: "The Mineral 'Miracle Element' is a Great Success!" (ミネラル『“ミラクル元素”は大活躍なのだ!』, January 8, 2002)

Works ghostwritten by others

In cases like these, Akatsuka was only involved in name only and did not attend "idea meetings", with the assistant crafting the story and everything else, or he was present in a reduced role. In some cases, his name was not even present at all in the billing, with either only "Fujio Pro" credited or an assistant's name.

• The Numbness of Scatan ◐(しびれのスカタン, April 1965-September 1968, Shonen Picture Report/少年画報)- Collaboration with Kunio Nagatani, although Akatsuka was only fully responsible for the lead character's design (he was still credited for the scripting/story in some chapters of the original magazine frontispieces).
• Odenkushinosuke ○(おでんクシの助, 1965, Weekly Shonen King #32)- Collaboration with Kunio Nagatani, with it being "Akatsuka" in name only. Geso Boss, Shariko, and Sonota from Scatan guest-star as supporting cast members.
• Chibita Banzai ○(チビ太ばんざい, June to December 1966, 3rd Grade)- Credited to "Kunio Nagatani and Fujio Pro"
• Professor Iyami ○(イヤミ教授, July to October 1966, 5th Grade)- Credited to "Mitsutoshi Furuya and Fujio Pro"
• Osomatsu-kun ○(August to September 1966, Boys' Life)- Art: Kunio Nagatani. These specific two stories from the feature have never appeared in reprints, likely due to Nagatani having more of a hand in the artwork or due to oversight. They are also "picture story" type installments, with this format later being used for the first three chapters of SOS Enchakamaru.
• Today's Leading Role Iyami! ○(現代の主役　イヤミ!!, November 1966 to February 1967, 5th Grade)- Alternated between Mitsutoshi Furuya and Tokuo Yokota, continuation of the above-mentioned "Professor Iyami" feature.
• Iyami and Chibita's Tokaido War○(イヤミとチビ太の東海道ちん道中, March 1967, 4th Grade)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani.
• The Genius Bakabon's Foolish Studies (天才バカボンのぼんくら塾, September 24, 1967, Weekly Shonen Magazine)- Credited to Takuya Yamaguchi and Fujio Pro.
• Tough Quiz (いじわるクイズ, May 1968, 2nd Grade appendix booklet)- Story by Shigeru Matsuyama, art by Fujio Pro. Features a crossover between Osomatsu-kun and Tamanegi Tama-chan characters.
• Kurukuru Apartment ○(くるくるアパート, October 1968 to March 1969, Shonen Picture Report)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani, "Akatsuka"'s credit is in name only. One chapter can be seen in an eBookJapan digitization of the February 1969 Shonen Picture Report issue, but the feature has otherwise been unseen since its original serialization.
• Hennako-chan ○(へんな子ちゃん, January 1969 to December 1970, Ribon Comic)- Story and Art: Tokuo Yokota
• It's the Great Bakada University Cultural Festival ○(バカ田大学文化祭なのだ, November 1969, Deluxe Shonen Sunday)- Takuya Yamaguchi (writing), Kunio Nagatani (art).
• Karappe of the Wind Extra Edition (Weekly Shonen King #13, 15, 17, and 19)- Story and Art: Don Sasaki. These were extra stories published in the issues where the regular Karappe wasn't serialized, during the time it was still a biweekly feature. Sasaki would then illustrate the actual Karappe itself once Akatsuka became too busy to continue handling it.
• Bakabon's Papa Became a Woman! (Weekly Shonen King #18)- Story and Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya.
• ○(にゃろめのいんでぃあん、ろぼっとになったにゃろめ、じどうしゃがほしいに』、ア太郎のぼうえんきょう, April 1970, Shogakukan Book)- Four stories by Fujio Pro assistants.
• Party at 25:00 ○(二十五時のパーティ, June 1970, Pocket Punch OH!/ＰｏｃｋｅｔパンチＯｈ!)- Kunio Nagatani.
• (おさな夫, August 1970, Bungeishunju Manga Reading appendix/文藝春秋漫画読本)- Kunio Nagatani
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret! ○(ひみつのアッコちゃん, April to November 1970, 1st Grade)- Art in these grade features provided by Fujio Pro assistants such as Kunio Nagatani. They are in full-color and made to go alongside the Toei anime.
  • ○ January to November 1970, Kindergarten. Toei Animation is credited for the feature.
  • ○ April to November 1970, 2nd Grade. Toei Animation credited for some chapters.

• Oh! Great Jailbreak ★●(September 13, 1970, Weekly Shonen Sunday)- Story and Art: Mitsutoshi Furuya, Kunio Nagatani, Akira Saito, Don Sasaki. Publication of Bukkare*Dan was temporarily halted for this week due to the death of Akatsuka's mother, necessitating his assistants to come up with a fill-in story on their own. This is reprinted as part of some editions of "The Genius Bakabon", and re-titled "The Genius Bakabon Extra Edition".
• Science Manga Tales: Nyarome's Secret Messages and Nyarome's Postal Service ○ (理科まんが　ニャロメのあぶりだし, 理科まんが　ニャロメのゆうびんや, January 1971, 1st Grade)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani
• Introduction to the Gag Way ○ (ギャグ道入門, Weekly Shonen King #13)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani
• Introduction to Manga Pros ○(まんがプロ入門, September 16, 1971, Akebono Publishing)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani. Includes reprints of 1 chapter of Bakabon, and of Shinigami Death.
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret! ○(ひみつのアッコちゃん, December 1970- September 1972, Fun Kindergarten)- Story and Art: Fujio Pro
• The Genius Bakabon ○(天才バカボン, July 1971-September 1973, Fun Kindergarten)- Story and Art: Fujio Pro (specifically Kunio Nagatani and Jin Kawaguchi, responsible for the simultaneous TV Magazine feature)
• The Genius Bakabon ☆(天才バカボン, December 1971-October 1975, Monthly TV Magazine (月刊テレビマガジン)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani, Jin Kawaguchi.
• TV Manga Songs and Storytelling: Genius Bakabon ○ (テレビマンガ　うたとおはなし　天才バカボン, December 1971, Asahi Sonorama)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani
• Beramatcha Person ○ (ベラマッチャ仕置人, September 1973, Separate Edition Shonen Sunday)- Story: Kunio Nagatani
• Beramatcha Inspector Oni ○ (ベラマッチャ鬼警部, January 1974, Separate Edition Shonen Sunday)- Story: Kunio Nagatani
• The Original Genius Bakabon ☆(元祖天才バカボン, November 1975-August 1977, Monthly TV Magazine)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani, Jin Kawaguchi. Continuation and re-titling of the previous TV Magazine feature, to go along with the anime of the same title.
• The Genius BaGObon ○(天才バ碁ボン, January to December 1983, Let's Go)- Go learning manga with Star System characters.

Nihon Ki-In Nyarome Learning Series (1983-1984)

These books were centered around teaching children about the game of Go, as the Genius BaGobon manga had been.

• Nyarome's Very Strange Go Language ★(ニャロメのおかしなおかしな囲碁格言, June 10, 1983)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani
• Nyarome's Fun Introduction to Go ★(ニャロメのたのしい囲碁入門, April 1, 1984)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani.

Ikeda Shoten Nyarome Learning Series (1984-1985)

• Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies ★(ニャロメの血液型大研究, August 1, 1984)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani.
• Nyarome's Fun Introduction to Shogi ★(ニャロメのおもしろ将棋入門, January 20, 1985)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani.
• Nyarome's Fun Introduction to Mahjong ★(ニャロメのおもしろ麻雀入門, October 12, 1985)- Story and Art: Tsutomu Adachi.

Kosaido Nyarome Learning Series (1985-1987)

• Nyarome's Great Nuclear Power Research ★(ニャロメの原子力大研究, October 15, 1985)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani.
• Nyarome's Great Star Wars Research ★(ニャロメのスターウォーズ大研究, February 15, 1986)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani.
• Nyarome's Great Earthquake Research ★(ニャロメの地震大研究, July 15, 1986)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani.
• Nyarome's Great Meteor Research ★(ニャロメの異常気象大研究, January 15, 1987)- Story and Art: Kunio Nagatani.

Notable Reprint Collections

As a general note, many reprint covers may utilize illustrations by Fujio Pro assistants and not Akatsuka himself, though it wasn't necessarily impossible for him to also provide artwork or for his previous art to be used.

However, the Akebono Complete Works collection and other covers could also at times use remakes of Akatsuka art specifically re-interpreted by assistants (such as Takao Yokoyama), which would then still be attributed to "Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro" in retrospective books and museum collections. In the case of covers from 2002 and on, unless older artwork was otherwise used, they usually incorporate vector illustrations or tracing of character models by current Fujio Pro art chief Katta Yoshi.

Akebono itself was the top publisher of many Akatsuka and Fujio Pro works, having been able to build a 7-story headquarters from the sales of the "Osomatsu-kun Complete Works" alone and having sold over 15 million copies of other Akatsuka books. This success persisted up until the end of their Bakabon releases in 1977, when they ceased reprinting further Akatsuka works or any other manga-ka, folding due to pressure from magazine publishers who wanted Akebono to pay copyright royalties for every manga reprint they'd do from that point. As it was figured to be too expensive to do so, Akebono only continued to issue further reprints of existing books up until some point in the 1980s. They would only resurface to publish an Akko-chan bunko in 1998, only to disappear back into obscurity and for the company to completely cease to do anything with manga.

These days, Akebono is only known for publishing erotic books, as well as a practical line of books under its "Tsuchiya Bookstore" imprint.

1960s

• Matsuge-chan- 2 volumes (1962?, Kinran Publishing kashihon)
• Nama-chan- 3 volumes (1963?, Kinran Publishing kashihon)

• Osomatsu-kun- 5 volumes (1963-1964, Seirindo kashihon)

• Otasuke-kun- 3 volumes (1964?, Kinran Publishing kashihon)
• Osomatsu-kun- 5 volumes (1964-1965, Toho Publishing "Sunday Comics" kashihon); final volume is actually a kashihon reprint of "Leave it to Chota"
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret!- 4 volumes (1964-1965, Kinran Publishing kashihon)
• Otasuke-kun- 7 volumes (?, Akebono Publishing kashihon)
• Manga Crazy- 7 volumes (Akebono Publishing kashihon). The exact publishing date and year is not given on the books, but they would seem to have been put out from around late 1963 to sometime in 1964 as it references the compiled manga-ka (Fujio and Tomoko Akatsuka, Kunio Nagatani, Kenichiro Takai, Tokuo Yokota, Takao Yokoyama, and Joji Yamauchi) as being part of the Seven Lucky Gods group and "Circus Jinta" is given as one of Akatsuka's representative works. Volume 7 contains a manga by Kunio Nagatani titled "Crazy Papa", featuring Iyami, Chibita, Dekapan, and Hatabo in roles.
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret!- 6 volumes (1965-1966?, Akebono Publishing kashihon)
• Kantaro- 2 volumes (1965?, Bunka Shobo, a division of Akebono's kashihon publishing department). Second volume, sub-titled "Do it, Kantaro!", contains "Yo-Yo Kapo-kun", "Dama-chan" (re-titled version of "Damaso-kun"), and 1 chapter of "You're a Shinobi, Sasuke-kun". These reprints only contain the Shonen Book run of Kantaro.
• Ohana-chan- 1 volume (1965?, Bunka Shobo)
• Leave it to Chota- 3 volumes (1965-1966?, Bunka Shobo). Volumes 1 and 2 contain "O-chan's Eleven Friends" as an extra, totaling 11 chapters between them, while volume 3 contains 4 chapters of "Otasuke and Chika-chan".
• Songo-kun- 4 volumes (1965-1966?, Bunka Shobo). Volume 3 contains "The Ojisan Obasan" and "The Replacement Housekeeper" as extra content.
• Nonsensical NO.1- 3 volumes (1965-1966?, Tokyo Top Comics)
• Chibita-kun- 1 volume (1966, Kodama Press)- Re-titled versions of the Shonen Book "Kantaro" features
• Leave it to Chota- 1 volume (1966, Kodama Press)
• Osomatsu-kun- 1 volume (1966, Shogakukan Golden Comics)
• Leave it to Chota- 1 volume (1966, Akebono Publishing kashihon). Contains 8 chapters of "Boku Knows Best".
• Kyuhei and Sister- 1 volume (1966, Bunka Shobo)
• Kibimama-chan- 2 volumes (1966-1967, Akebono Publishing kashihon). 2 chapters of "Phantom Thief 1/2 Face" are included in volume 2.
• $-chan and Chibita- 1 volume (1967, Akebono Publishing kashihon). Re-titled version of "Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything"
• Jajako-chan- 1 volume (1967, Akebono Publishing kashihon)
• The Mean Family- 1 volume (1967, Akebono Publishing kashihon). Also contains "The Meddling Family", "The Thriller Family", and "The 7 Habit Family"
• Mojamoja-ojichan- 1 volume (1967, Akebono Publishing kashihon). Contains "Deka and Chibi" and "Giant Mama" as extras.
• Good Morning with Mi-tan- 1 volume (1967, Bunka Shobo). Contains a chapter of "Hennako-chan" as extra content, along with "The Disorderly Family".
• Kikanpo Gen-chan- 2 volumes (1967, Akebono Publishing kashihon)
• Osomatsu-kun Complete Works- 31 volumes + 2 extra edition "Hatabo and Wanpei" volumes (1968-1975, Akebono Publishing)
• The Numbness of Scatan- 3 volumes (1968, Akebono Publishing)
• You Love Me-kun- 1 volume (1968, Mushi Pro). Contains all 12 chapters of "Jinx-kun", 3 chapters of "Junior High 1st Year Kosuke", "The Monkey's Foolish Guardman", "Keiji and Goemon", and "Rakugaki".
• Nonsensical NO.1- 1 volume (1968, Akita Shoten "Sunday Comics")
• Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works (1968-1972, Akebono Publishing)- See article for detailed information on all the works printed as part of this line. Many later reprints and digitization efforts use these versions as the base materials.
• Hippie-chan- 1 volume (1968, Mushi Pro)
• The Genius Bakabon- 22 volumes + 3 extra edition volumes (1969-1978, Kodansha "KC Comics"). 2 of the extra volumes contain Kunio Nagatani's TV Magazine run.
• Chibita-kun- 2 volumes (1969, Asahi Sonorama)
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret!- 3 volumes (1969, Mushi Pro)
• Extraordinary Ataro- 12 volumes (1969, Akebono Publishing)
• Manga Graduate School- 2 volumes (1969-1970, Jump Comics)

1970s

• The Genius Bakabon's Old Man- 3 volumes (1970-1971, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha).
• The Genius Bakabon- 31 volumes + 3 extra edition "The Genius Bakabon's Old Man" (1971-1977, Akebono Publishing)
• Karappe of the Wind- 2 volumes (1971-1972, Hit Comics). Contains the pilot "Traveling Glass Kataro" as the introductory chapter.
• Bukkare*Dan- 3 volumes (1972, Akebono Publishing). Volume 3 contains the second part of the crossover with No Good Father.
• Mad Dog Trotsky- 1 volume (1973, Akebono Publishing)
• Let's La Gon- 12 volumes (1973-1975, Akebono Publishing)
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret!- 5 volumes (1974-1975, Akebono Publishing). Mostly utilizes the 2nd Ribon run and the Mushi Pro remakes of some other chapters.
• Inspector Oni (1974, Akebono Publishing)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Guerrilla- 3 volumes (1974-1975, Asahi Sonorama)
• The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi- 3 volumes (1974-1975, Akebono Publishing)
• Chibita- 3 volumes (1974-1976, Futabasha "Power Comics"). It is essentially the Shonen Book "Kantaro" run commingled with the "Chibita-kun" run. Volumes 1 and 2 each have a single "Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything" chapter, while volume 3 has three chapters of "Phantom Thief 1/2 Face".
• Nonsensical NO.1- 2 volumes (1975, Futabasha "Power Comics"). The second is titled "Nonsensical NO.1 Continues"
• You Love Me-kun- 1 volume (1975, Futabasha "Power Comics"). Contains all of "Jinx-kun", "The Monkey's Foolish Guardman", and "Keiji and Goemon"
• The Mean Family- 1 volume (1975, Akebono Publishing). Also contains "The Meddling Family", "The Thriller Family", "The 7 Habit Family", and "The Thief Family".
• Boy Friday- 2 volumes (1975, Akebono Publishing). Volume 2 contains "Middle-Aged Friday" as extra content.
• Waru Waru World- 2 volumes (1975, Akita Shoten "Champion Comics")
• Fujio Akatsuka Masterpiece Selection- 3 volumes (1975). Volume 1 features "Let's La Gon", volume 2 "The Genius Bakabon", and volume 3 "Extraordinary Ataro"
• BC Adam- 1 volume (1975, Kodansha KC Comics)
• Occhan- 5 volumes (1975-1976, Akebono Publishing)
• Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group- 1 volume (1976, Akebono Publishing). Contains "Unkor Wat" as extra content.
• Osomatsu-kun Masterpiece Collection- 5 volumes (1976, Shiobun)
• King of Gags- 2 volumes (1976, Akebono Publishing)
• Noragaki- 5 volumes (1976-1977, Shogakukan Shonen Sunday Comics)
• The Genius Bakabon's Old Man- 3 volumes (1976, Akebono Bunko)
• Nyan Nyan Nyanda- 2 volumes (1976, Akebono Publishing)
• Mojamoja-ojichan- 1 volume (1976, Akebono Bunko)
• Oh! Monkey Fool- 1 volume (1976, Akebono Bunko). The compilation contains all of "Oh! Geba Geba", "The Monkey's Foolish Guardman", "Zurucho Has Come", "We are No-Good High!", and both versions of "Gang Girl Keroko".
• Mr. Iyami- 1 volume (1976, Akebono Bunko). Contains the "Mr. Iyami" one-shot, along with "Thriller Professor", "Mean Professor", "Dr. Geba Geba", "Shadow Clan", and the Dayon-ojisan trilogy.
• Master- 1 volume (1976, Akebono Bunko). Contains the "Nyarome" series, as well as the one-shot "Bugs".
• Kusobaba!!- 1 volume (1976, Akebono Bunko)
• Karappe of the Wind- 4 volumes (1976, Akebono Publishing)
• The Mean Family- 1 volume (1976, Akebono Bunko). Contains "The Meddling Family", "The Thriller Family", "The Thief Family", "The 7 Habit Family", "The Chicken Family", and "The Hard Work Family" as extra content.
• Hippie-chan- 1 volume (1976, Akebono Bunko)
• Manga Graduate School- 2 volumes (1976, Shueisha Bunko)
• Leave it to Chota-1 volume (1976, Akebono Bunko). A second book was planned but never came to pass.
• I'm Kemugoro- 1 volume (1976, Akebono Publishing). Contains "Tecchan is Back to Fighting" as extra content.
• Gag Guerrilla- 4 volumes (1977, Akebono Publishing)
• There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!- 1 volume (1977, Kosaido Publishing). Contains 1 chapter of "Osomatsu-kun", 1 chapter of "The Genius Bakabon", and the stories "Looking at Me Now" (Ataro and Osomatsu crossover) and "The Genius Hetabon".
• Mom NO.1- 3 volumes (1977, Shogakukan Shonen Sunday Comics). Both chapters of "Giant Mama" are reprinted at the end of volume 3.
• Kong Father-1 volume (1977, Hit Comics)
• Naughty Angel- 1 volume (1977, Princess Comics). Contains chapters of "Tsumannaiko-chan" as extra content.
• The Genius Bakabon- 16 volumes (1977-1978, Kodansha Bunko)
• I'm Violent Tetsu!- 2 volumes (1978, Futabasha "Power Comics). "The Blue-Eyed Delinquent" and "Apache-kun's Great Rampage" are reprinted as extra content in the second book.
• Kensaku the Architect- 3 volumes (1978, Futabasha "Power Comics")
• Wonderful Fool- 1 volume (1978, Futabasha "Power Comics"). Includes the 1977 version of "Itaike-kun".
• Animal Wars- 2 volumes (1979, Futabasha "Power Comics")
• Osomatsu-kun Masterpieces- 10 volumes (1979, Asahi Sonorama "Sun Comics")

1980s

• Gag Guerrilla- 8 volumes (1980, Bunshun Bunko). A follow-up collection covering more of the series was planned, but never happened.
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret!- 3 volumes (1980, Big Company "Star Comics")
• Chibidon- 1 volume (1981, 100 Ten Land Comics)
• Ojisan is a Persuman- 2 volumes (1981, 100 Ten Land Comics)
• The Flower of Kikuchiyo- 1 volume (1983, 100 Ten Land Comics). Also contains the one-shot of "Kagami-kun".
• Professor Babatchi- 1 volume (1983, 100 Ten Land Comics)
• Basho Matsuo- 1 volume (1983, Lied SP Comics)
• Gag Guerrilla- 5 volumes (1984, Futabasha "Action Comics")
• Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk- 1 volume (1984, Lied SP Comics)
• Let's La Gon- 3 volumes (1984, Futabasha "Action Comics")
• The Genius Bakabon- 3 volumes (1985, Futabasha "Action Comics")
• Fujio Akatsuka's Giants Laughter Report- 1 volume (1985, Japan Literature "Gorak Comics"). Reprint of some select "Weekly Special Boy" chapters dealing with the Yomiuri Giants and entertainment news.
• The Original Genius Bakabon- 4 volumes (1987, Kodansha KC Comics). Reprint of Kunio Nagatani's first TV Magazine "Bakabon" run, spanning from 1971-1975 before the official "Original" name-change. Even so, the cover illustration was provided by Akatsuka himself.
• Elite Genius Bakabon- 6 volumes (1987-1988, Kodansha KC Comics)
• Osomatsu-kun- 34 volumes (1988-1989, Kodansha KC Comics). Reprinted, slightly restructured and spread out version of the Akebono "Complete Works" edition, with some re-titling of chapters as well as three Shonen King chapters removed due to violent depictions. This release and the Takeshobo edition are what form the base of modern reprints these days.
• Fujio Akatsuka Laughter Land: Osomatsu-kun- 7 volumes (1988, Kodansha KCDX). Each volume contains not only -kun stories, but select chapters from other Akatsuka series such as "The Genius Bakabon", "Akko-chan's Got a Secret!", "Extraordinary Ataro", and "Let's La Gon".
• The Genius Bakabon- 16 volumes (1988, Kodansha Shonen Magazine Comics)
• The Latest Version of Genius Bakabon- 4 volumes (1988-1990, Kodansha Wide KC). Re-titled "The Latest Edition of Heisei Genius Bakabon" starting with volume 3, to tie into the anime by Pierrot.
• The Latest Version of Osomatsu-kun- 2 volumes (1988-1989, Kodansha BomBom KC Comics)
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret! (Nakayoshi)- 2 volumes (1989, Kodansha Wide KC)
• Pickup Genius Bakabon Hits Collection- 3 volumes (1989-1990, Kodansha Wide KC)

1990s

• Extraordinary Ataro- 11 volumes (1990-1991, Kodansha BomBom KC Comics)
• Fujio Akatsuka Laughter Land: The Genius Bakabon- 8 volumes (1990, Kodansha TV Manga Books)
• The Latest Version of Genius Bakabon- 1 volume (1991, Kodansha KC Comics). 15 chapters of the "Hero Magazine" run from the late 80s.
• The Genius Bakabon- 21 volumes (1994-1996, Takeshobo Bunko). Each volume begins with a new watercolor-based color edition of a chapter. Some chapters were revised in panel arrangement for this edition and redrawn due to lost manuscripts, as well as to remove some problematic imagery.
• Extraordinary Ataro- 9 volumes (1994, Takeshobo Bunko). Most of the Shonen Sunday run is reprinted, along with some chapters of "The Flower of Dekoppachi" and some assorted chapters of the grade school magazine runs. As with the Bakabon release, each opening chapter is rendered in color.
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret!- 3 volumes (1994-1995, Earth Company). Based from the Kinran and Akebono kashihon versions.
• Osomatsu-kun- 7 volumes (1995, Takeshobo Bunko). Cancelled after the seventh volume due to low sales. As with the other releases by Takeshobo, there are newly colored versions of chapters present.
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret!- 1 volume (1998, Akebono Bunko). A second volume was planned but never made it to fruition.
• Let's La Gon- 12 volumes (1999-2001, Goma Shobo). Volume 7 contains samples of "Matsuge-chan", "Marippe-sensei", and "Jajako-chan".
• Gag Guerrilla- 12 volumes (1999-2001, Goma Shobo). Volume 4 contains samples of "Kensaku the Architect", "House Jack Nana-chan", and "Wonderful Fool".
• Nano!? Genius Bakabon- 10 volumes (1999, Soft Garage). Volumes 9 and 10 cover "The Genius Bakabon's Old Man", plus other material such as "The Genius Bakabon's Papa", "I'll Strike Back", "Chibita's Momimomi Story" and "Transformation". Soft Garage planned to do releases of Ataro and Osomatsu along these lines, but they never came to pass due to lackluster sales.

2000s

• Bilingual Genius Bakabon- 3 volumes (2000-2001, Kodansha Bilingual Comics). English translation of "The Genius Bakabon".
• 21st Century Gag- 1 volume (2000, Shoshenga). Re-titled reprint of "Japan Laughter Story".
• Reading Dai-sensei- 1 volume (2001, Koshinsha)
• Bilingual Version of Akko-chan's Got a Secret!- 2 volumes (2001, Kodansha Bilingual Comics). English translation of the Nakayoshi relaunch of Akko.
• Shonen Akatsuka: Let's Leave it to Nyarome! (2001, Shogakukan "My First Big" magazine)- Convenience-store sized magazine anthology of "The Genius Bakabon", "Extraordinary Ataro", "Hippie-chan", and "Osomatsu-kun".
• Shonen Akatsuka: Call Bakabon's Papa! (2001, Shogakukan "My First Big")- Contains chapters of "The Genius Bakabon", "Osomatsu-kun", "Waru Waru World", "Let's La Gon", and "The Genius Bakabon's Old Man".
• Shonen Akatsuka: Chase the Police Officer! (2001, Shogakukan "My First Big")- Contains chapters of "Extraordinary Ataro", "The Genius Bakabon", "The Genius Bakabon's Old Man", "Gag Guerrilla", "Let's La Gon", and "Osomatsu-kun".
• Shonen Akatsuka: Search for Beshi! (2001, Shogakukan "My First Big")- Contains chapters of "The Genius Bakabon", "Extraordinary Ataro", "Osomatsu-kun" and "Occhan".
• The Genius Bakabon, Osomatsu-kun, and Akko-chan (2002, Shogakukan "My First Big")- Contains chapters of the three mentioned titles as a way to commemorate the recent DVD-ROM release.
• Nyarome, Iyami, and the Genius Bakabon (2002, Shogakukan "My First Big")- Contains chapters of "Extraordinary Ataro", "Osomatsu-kun", and "The Genius Bakabon".
• Fujio Akatsuka Complete Works DVD-ROM set (2002, Shogakukan)- Includes 269 volumes of manga. See article for full breakdown of what is included, and what is truly considered "complete".
• Nyarome!! (2003, Chikuma Shobo)- 20 chapters of "Ataro" and 1 chapter of "Gag + Gag" reprinted.
• Fujio Akatsuka Masterpiece Selection- 3 volumes (2003, Kobunsha). The first volume contains selected chapters of "Osomatsu", "Ataro", "Bakabon" and "Osomatsu + Ataro: Looking at Me Now". The second volume is reprints of "Bakabon" chapters, and the third is solely "Osomatsu".
• Tamanegi Tama-chan- 1 volume (2004, Keiyaki Publishing). 21 chapters of the series are reprinted, though it is not truly a complete edition. In various cases, the chapters were restored from raw manuscripts and some do not include the serifs for characters' dialogue, with only light pencil marks being seen for what they say. Damage and taping to some manuscripts can also be seen, and sometimes magazine pages and panels have been substituted in for the lost original artwork.
• Osomatsu-kun- 22 volumes (2004-2005, Takeshobo Bunko). A renewed edition of the Takeshobo release, which includes "Osomatsu-kun News" columns from Weekly Shonen Sunday and other extra magazine materials not seen in other editions, as well as character designs for the 1988 anime. Volume 15 contains "Where are Those Famous Characters Now?" as an extra, while 22 has "Keketaro the Ghost". Though it is billed a "complete" edition, the grade school run chapters were removed, and only 14 chapters from the Shonen King run appear. All 1980s chapters, "The Return of Osomatsu-kun", and other material unreprinted at the time or to this day are excluded as well.
• Fujio Akatsuka Masterpiece Selection- 5 volumes (2005, Shogakukan Bunko). The first volume is centered around Osomatsu", while volume 2 is "Bakabon", 3 is "Ataro", 4 is "Gon", and 5 is "Akko-chan".
• 50th Anniversary of Fujio Akatsuka's Publishing Debut: Beyond the Storm (2005, Shogakukan Creative)
• 50th Anniversary of Fujio Akatsuka's Publishing Debut: Storm Wharf (2005, Shogakukan Creative)
• The Genius Bakabon THE BEST Kodansha Version- 1 volume (2007, Kodansha KCDX)
• The Genius Bakabon THE BEST Shogakukan Version- 1 volume (2007, Shogakukan SSCS)
• The Genius Bakabon's Old Man- 2 volumes (2007, Takeshobo Bunko). Contains "I'll Strike Back" and "The Genius Bakabon's Papa".
• The Genius Bakabon Unreprinted Treasures- 1 volume (2008, Kodansha KCDX). Contains chapters from the 1988-1989 Monthly Shonen Magazine run among other 1980s chapters, the parody "The Genius AKIRA", "The Genius Bakabon's New Years Day", and "The Genius Bakabon Came Back".
• Fujio Akatsuka 1000 Pages- 2 volumes (2008, INFAS Publication)
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret! Complete Edition- 4 volumes (2009, Kawade Shobo). Reprinting of the Kinran kashihon version + the new chapters of the second Ribon run.
• Weekly Bunshun "Gag Guerrilla Masterpiece Selection"- 1 volume (2009, Bunshun Bunko)

One chapter of Osomatsu-kun was also translated in English in 2000 as part of a GQ Japan feature on Akatsuka leading to misconceptions that there was also a bilingual edition of the series (which would not happen in some form until 2017).

2010s

• Tearful Akatsuka- 1 volume (2011, Tokuma Shoten "Tokuma Favorite Comics"). Compilation of sad or heartwarming Akatsuka tales from his various manga. A revised edition adding a "Kibimama-chan" chapter was printed in 2012, and a further revised edition was released in 2016 to tie into the "Osomatsu-san" boom with the -kun story of "The Terrifying Lodger".
• Let's La Gon- 7 volumes (2013-2014, Fukkan.com Republishing Department)
• Cute Osomatsu-kun- 2 volumes (2016-2017, Akita Shoten Akita Top Comics Wide)
• Osomatsu-kun and Bakabon (2016, Kodansha KCDX)
• Osomatsu-kun Best Selection- 1 volume (2016, Chikuma Shobo)
• Osomatsu-kun and Akatsuka Mystery Theater- 1 volume (2016, Takarajima-sha)
• Completely Osomatsu-kun- 1 volume (Takeshobo). Contains column notes that appeared in the original magazine editions of chapters, along with "Osomatsu-kun Album" from the 4th Grade run.
• Black Bakabon- 1 volume (2016, Akita Shoten Akita Top Comics Wide)
• English Comics Osomatsu-kun Best Selection- 1 volume, containing English translations of select stories (2017, Tatsumi Comics)
• Osomatsu-kun and Bakabon- 2 volumes (2017, Kodansha KCDX)
• English Comics Osomatsu-kun Best of the Best Manga Collection- 1 volume, with more English localization of Osomatsu-kun (2019, NITTO Publishing)
• Fujio Akatsuka's No-Good Manga (2019, Chikuma Shobo)- Contains reprints of lesser-known Akatsuka manga previously represented through the DVD-ROM set, but also contains a chapter of "Occhan" illustrated by assistants that hadn't been reprinted before.

2020s

• Hiragana Osomatsu-kun (2021, Takeshobo)- Contains reprints of the previously-unpublished grade school magazine runs of Osomatsu-kun.
• Fujio Akatsuka at Night (2021, Narinaresha) - Reprints Hana-chan Sleeps and other mature-oriented or niche short works from the 1970s to 1990s.
• Made in Fujio Akatsuka (2022-???, Futami Shobo)- An intended 12-book series, each volume themed after a certain work of Akatsuka's and containing previously-unreprinted works and illustrations. While 2 volumes were released on schedule, further books of the imprint were postponed to 2025 and it is uncertain if all will be made.
• Manga Fujio Akatsuka Biography- There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!! (まんが 赤塚不二夫伝 －ギャグほどすてきな商売はない！！, 2023, Kobunsha) - A collection centered around autobiographical manga and other works that were pivotal to Akatsuka's career.

Notable Aspects of Works

Frequent Catchphrases, Speech Patterns, and Gags

• Sheeh! (シェー!)- Iyami, Osomatsu-kun
• Dayōn~ (だよーん) -Dayōn, Osomatsu-kun
• This is how things should be! (これでいいのだ!) -Bakabon's Papa, The Genius Bakabon
• I'll give the opposite of support! (賛成の反対なのだ!) -Bakabon's Papa, The Genius Bakabon
• Did Yukio Aoshima decide that at the Diet? (国会で青島幸男が決めたのか?) /Yukio Aoshima decided that at the Diet! (国会で青島幸男が決めたのだ) -Bakabon's Papa and others, The Genius Bakabon. This is in reference to rules Bakabon's Papa does not know, or rules that he's made up and decided are okay.
• I can't remember, even if I try to forget it (忘れようとしても思い出せない)- Bakabon's Papa, The Genius Bakabon. This was derived by a favorite saying Akatsuka had heard from the actor Keisuke Ootori, who in turn became pleased to see it paid homage to.
• Strange but true. True but strange (不思議だが本当だ。本当だが不思議だ) -Bakabon's Papa, The Genius Bakabon)
• Are you going out? Re re re? (おでかけですか?レレレのレ) - Rerere, The Genius Bakabon
• You're under arrest! (タイホする!)- The Police Officer with Connected Eyes, The Genius Bakabon
• (...) de yansu (...でやんす), - Kemunpas, Extraordinary Ataro
• (...) kokoro (...のココロ) -Boss Kokoro, Extraordinary Ataro
• (...) beshi (...べし) -Beshi, Extraordinary Ataro
• (...) da Nyarome~! (...だニャロメ!) -Nyarome, Extraordinary Ataro
• (...) Beramatcha~! (...ベラマッチャ) -Beramatcha, Let's La Gon

Junzaburou Ban's pose and outcry of "Ajapaa!" also became widely utilized in Akatsuka works, mainly with Let's La Gon.

Experimental maneuvers employed in works

• "A Full-sized Manga": The characters' faces are drawn large, in wide panels taking up each page. This gag was quickly abandoned in its Genius Bakabon chapter after about six pages.
• "A Reversed Manga": The dialogue is written inside the panels, while the speech balloons and borders have the characters' faces.
• "A Difficult to Read Manga": The panels of a story are intentionally changed around in their order for the express purpose of confusing the reader.
• "Easy to Read Manga": A "nashi" caption is written on each panel to remind viewers of the direction to read them in.
• "Left-handed Manga": All elements are drawn with the left hand.
• "Thin from the Summer Bakabon": Characters are drawn as stick figures due to being too thin. As hinted from the name, this was a gag that (like many of the others in this list) originated in Bakabon.
• "Name Manga": The manga's pages and panels are not completed and are intentionally submitted in their name stage.
• "Graphic Novel Manga": The characters and overall style suddenly become hyper-detailed and/or realistic, either for a panel or longer sequence. The finished artwork and its style would be the responsibility of the assistant in charge.
• Face Banking: Characters' faces are photocopied and pasted onto the manuscript, as a way to save time on drawing expressions and their heads over and over.

Recycling of material

See alsoRe-use of Gags and Themes in Akatsuka Works for details.

Although his career had a variety of stories and characters, as well as different experimental types of work, one can also spot various favored gags and imagery that come up in certain Akatsuka series. The above article goes into more detail on these occurences.

You may also refer to the Akatsuka's Star System article to see where notable characters are recast and repeated throughout his works, in being treated as actors as much as Osamu Tezuka's characters would. However, there are also instances where some characters will indeed be offshoots or recycling of another design.

Influential Sources

Through his life, Akatsuka would pay homage to authors whose works he enjoyed in the form of parodies and stories with loose inspiration from the original concepts.

Specific Creators and Works

O. Henry

• "A Retrieved Reformation" served as the source for both versions of Osomatsu-kuns chapter "Chibita the Safe-Cracker".
• "The Cop and the Anthem" also influenced the -kun story "Why Won't This World Change?", in which Iyami and Chibita take up the role originally played by the hobo Soapy. The two aim to get arrested in order to survive the harsh winter in Tokyo, but each of their attempts get comically averted.
• "The Gift of the Magi" was sourced for -kun's "Aerial Swing of Friendship", where Iyami and Chibita are two circus performers loosely corresponding to the roles of Jim and Della. Chibita sells his hair in order to buy Iyami a toothbrush, while Iyami sells his teeth to buy Chibita a hairbrush.
• "After Twenty Years" was sourced for Akatsuka's one-shot of Keiji and Goemon, in which the titular two characters are loose counterparts to Jimmy Wells and Bob; Keiji grows up to be a detective, while Goemon grows up to be a criminal.
• "The Last Leaf" was sourced for the -kun Shonen King chapter "Just One Last Persimmon"; Hatabou is a hospital patient convinced he'll die if the last persimmon falls while Iyami strives to make sure that exact thing will happen.

Charlie Chaplin

Along with those like Buster Keaton and Danny Kay, Chaplin was a particular inspiring director to Akatsuka, who enjoyed and homaged various films by the man. The star of Fujio Akatsuka's Ganbarima Show, Mojamoja-ojichan, was even a shout-out to Chaplin's Little Tramp.

"The Kid"

• "The Downtown Chibita Kid" in -kun is a loose adaptation of this film, with Mojamoja-ojichan playing Chaplin's role while Chibita is the Kid. Unlike the film, where the Kid's mother is a wealthy woman who takes both the Kid and Tramp into her home in the end, the mother figure in this story is a criminal scammer acting on the orders of her boss to abduct Chibita and the plot unfolding from there.

"City Lights"

• First notably paid homage to in -kun's "Iyami Alone in the Wind", with the story relocated to the Edo era and Iyami (in a Tramp-type role) playing more of a fatherly/mentor role to Okiku (the blind girl). Chibita serves in an equivalent role to the millionaire that holds the money needed for Okiku's operation, yet also bears his own obsession and feelings toward her. The ending is bittersweet in Iyami leaving Okiku to her new job, not being able to admit to being the man that made it possible for her sight to be cured.
• Extraordinary Ataro would also have its own take on the plot, with Nyarome trying to get money for a blind woman to see again due to his feelings for her. However, the woman violently rebukes him once she regains her sight and sees that he's nothing but a mangy stray cat.
• The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi had its own take in which Kogoro and Kobayashi meet a blind young girl and Kogoro masquerades as a rich man named Nomura, making her believe he can cure her eyes. Kogoro manages to succeed in arresting the girl's criminal father and retrieving 100,000 yen to pay for her surgery, but does not have the heart to admit to being her benefactor and tells her that "Nomura moved away".

Edogawa Rampo

• "The Fiend with Twenty Faces" is homaged with the titular Phantom Thief 1/2 Face, as well as a thief with "7 Faces" in Leave it to Chota and one of "30 Faces" in The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi.
• Kogoro Akechi was a favorite detective character for Akatsuka to parody, most notably with Kogoro Hakuchi though variations could also occur (such as a "Kogoro Kanpeki" in a Chinese cultural learning book).

Notable Favorite Movies

Akatsuka would list these titles as being ones he had greatly enjoyed through the decades of his life and career. Whether or not they had an effect upon certain works, this is the variety that readers can witness having been important to him in some way.

Of course, from his signboard job as a teenager to other opportunities to watch film, there would be many other titles to provide influence and enjoyment. Other manga-ka in this time also broadened their creativity by regularly watching movies and reading, be it local media or overseas imports; Osamu Tezuka was one famous name who did so, as did Shotaro Ishinomori.

• The General (1926)
• Duck Soup (1933)
• King Kong (1933)
• The Gay Divorcee (1934)
• The Million Ryo Pot (1935)
• Modern Times (1936)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• The Great Dictator (1940)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• How Green was my Valley (1940)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• Brief Encounter (1945)
• My Darling Clementine (1946)
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
• On the Town (1949)
• The Third Man (1949)
• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• Carmen Comes Home (1951)
• An American in Paris (1951)
• New Third Grade Executive (1952)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Le Salaire de la peur (1953)
• Tokyo Story (1953)
• Stalag 17 (1953)
• Roman Holiday (1953)
• Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
• Shane (1953)
• Seven Samurai (1954)
• La Strada (1954)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
• Richard III (1955)
• The Ladykillers (1955)
• The Desperate Hours (1955)
• The Seven Year Itch (1955)
• Friendly Persuasion (1956)
• The Railroad Man (1956)
• Cien (1956)
• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• The Bridge on River Kwai (1957)
• The Unbalanced Wheel (1957)
• Samurai Bride Hunter (1957)
• Nights of Cabiria (1957)
• Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957)
• Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
• The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
• The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
• Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
• The Defiant Ones (1958)
• Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
• Some Like it Hot (1959)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Psycho (1960)
• The Apartment (1960)
• West Side Story (1961)
• Yojimbo (1961)
• Japan Irresponsibility Era (1962)
• Zatoichi film series (1962-1989)
• From Russia with Love (1963)
• The Birds (1963)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
• My Fair Lady (1964)
• Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• The Great Race (1965)
• A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
• Japan Thief Story (1965)
• Nakano Army School (1966)
• Fantastic Voyage (1966)
• Fighting Elegy (1966)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)- Coincidentally, the dubbing director Fujio Akatsuka (a different man by the same name) was involved in the Japanese localization of this film. See section "The Case of Two Men named Fujio Akatsuka" for more information.
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• It's Tough Being a Man film series (1969-1995)
• Duel (1971)
• Paper Moon (1973)
• La Grande bouffe (1973)
• One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
• Jaws (1975)
• The Classroom of Terror (1976)
• Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
• The Deer Hunter (1979)
• The Shining (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• E.T. (1982)
• Amadeus (1984)
• The Funeral (1984)
• Mahjong Hōrōki (1984)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• The Last Emperor (1987)
• Rain Man (1988)
• Violent Cop (1989)
• Many Happy Returns (1993)

Those from the filmography of John Ford

• Stagecoach (1939)- Also involved the sound and dubbing efforts of the other man named Fujio Akatsuka.
• Fort Apache (1948)
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
• Rio Grande (1950)
• The Quiet Man (1952)
• The Long Gray Line (1955)
• The Rising of the Moon (1957)

Akatsuka Works Inspired by Different Media Sources (Loosely or Directly)

Oftentimes, the resulting title would not have any resemblance but Akatsuka would credit the source material as the launching point for the great ideas he'd gain to craft their settings.

• Father Knows Best -> Boku Knows Best
• Bat Masterson -> Kantaro (1961)
• Cheaper by the Dozen -> Osomatsu-kun, which included various loose or direct homages of movies in itself (eg: Shane, the aforementioned City Lights, Beach Red, etc.)
• The Greatest Show on Earth -> Circus Jinta
• Ocean's Eleven -> O-chan and His Eleven Friends, taken from the Japanese localization's title Ocean and His Eleven Friends. A snappier localization for this work could then possibly be "O-chan's Eleven". The worldview however, would seem to be more inspired from Our Gang, with a diverse group of children and their dog.
• I Married a Witch -> Akko-chan's Got a Secret!
• Mary Poppins -> Kibimama-chan, as well as its prototype The Replacement Housekeeper. Mary Poppins parodies and motifs could also pop up in other works in Osomatsu-kun, and the "Mary Pingpongs" alias used by the protagonist in St. Harenchi Girls' School is another example
• Yojimbo Western remake "A Fistful of Dollars"-> Dekunobo of the Wilderness
• A Matter of Life and Death (aka: Stairway to Heaven) -> Extraordinary Ataro
• The Addams Family -> The Monster Family one-shot
• Small Wife (magazine light novel stories which predated the more famous film) -> Bukkare*Dan
• Animal Farm -> Mad Dog Trotsky
• Robinson Crusoe -> Boy Friday
• King Kong -> Kong Father
• The Kogoro Akechi novel series, specifically the installments under The Fiend of Twenty Faces/Boy Detectives Club -> The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi
• The Adventures of Pinocchio -> Nyan Nyan Nyanda. Other Pinocchio parodies can be seen in chapters of other works, such as in The Genius Bakabon
• Nancy -> Hennako-chan (1991)

MAD Magazine's short comics like "Spy vs. Spy" could also sometimes get a shout-out, and were also inspiration for his works like Thriller Professor, Mean Professor, and the original 1967 Hennako-chan.

Awards

• 1964 Shogakukan Manga Award for Osomatsu-kun
• 1972 Bungeishunju Award for The Genius Bakabon
• 1997 Japan Cartoonists Association Award (Ministry of Education division)
• 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair Achievement Award
• Recipient of a Purple Ribbon Medal from the Japanese government

Entertainment and Other Ventures

• ZENY Racing Team: A racing team that was established in 1968, consisting of six Toyota 1600GTs. Though it did not last long, Naoki Fujita (a current representative of NOW MOTOR SPORTS) belonged to the team.
• Fuji Video Enterprise: Established as a production company / entertainment production company in 1969.
• Fuji Art Film: Formed in 1971 after the dissolution of Studio Zero. It produced experimental videos and commercials for NHK and Fuji TV, but became independent and unassociated with anything to do with Fujio Pro in 1981. It is currently named "Three-D".

• Fujio Akatsuka and The All-Japan Satisfaction Study Group (1976-1978): Collaborated with Kunio Nagatani, Genpei Akasegawa, Tatsu Okunari, and Shintaro Kou. Tamori and other entertainers appear on their Live in Hatoya album.
• The Interesting Group (1977-1981): A collaborative effort including Tamori. They notably appeared in "The Tamori Vaudeville Week", "Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno Feeling" and "Shimo-Ochiai Yakitori Movie".
• Snack Bar "Amigo" (1978-1979): Co-owned with Kiyoshi Miura. Unfortunately, it was closed after a year due to the stark differences in their management policies and Akatsuka behaving more laid-back like a customer.

Character Design Credits

• Kobito Confectionary (1968): Responsible for creating the "Kobito-kun" mascot for their Akatsuka-themed wrappers, along with any animal friends he was seen with.
• Yamaha Electone (1971): Created a "Gorilla-kun" mascot as an image character for the company, with them having used Nyarome in the previous year.
• Denroku "Fujio Akatsuka Demon Mask" (1971-1976, 1978-2002): Designed a different demon mask to commemorate Setsubun for each year. 1977 instead had Tatsuhiko Yamagami (of Gaki Deka fame) designing a mask, while all "Fujio Akatsuka"-branded demon masks since 2003 have been illustrated by Katta Yoshi at Fujio Pro.
• Good Morning Childrens' Show (1973): Created the puppet mascot "Nyanda", who was later spun off into his own manga.
• Morinaga Chocobee "Be-Seal" Sticker Series (1975): At least 100 stickers in this set had character designs credited to him and Fujio Pro. While several were recycled existing characters (mostly bit players) from his works, others were newly-designed.
• Mainichi Newspaper's "Kurikuri" magazine (1977): Designed the turtle mascot "Dekame"
• Ginza 7-chome Theater (1994): Designed a mascot "Surisuri-ojisan" for usage by the theater.
• Bakuden Unbalanced Zone (1994): Character designs for game.
• Astel Tokyo (1995): Designed a twin brother of Rerere, "Rururu-ojisan", as its image character.

Work as an actor

• The Skies of Haruo ( 春男の翔んだ空, 1977)- Laundry Shop Owner
• Lupin III: Lupin VS the Clone (ルパン三世 ルパンVS複製人間, 1978, later known as "Mystery of Mamo")- The President (voice)
• 98 and Gable (九八とゲイブル, 1978)- Oden Shopkeeper
• Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno Feeling ( 赤塚不二夫のギャグ・ポルノ 気分を出してもう一度, 1979)- Fujio Akasaka
• Shimo-Ochiai Yakitori Movie (下落合焼とりムービー, 1979)- Prof. Akasaka
• Barefoot Gen 3: The Fight of Hiroshima (はだしのゲン PART3 ヒロシマのたたかい, 1980)- Survivor A
• A School Girl's False Diary (女高生偽日記, 1980)- Red Bread Man
• A Pool Without Water (水のないプール, 1982)- Sergeant
• Final Scandal: I Like My Wife Stiff (ファイナル・スキャンダル 奥様はお固いのがお好き, 1983)- Himself
• Deadly! The Hissatsu (必殺! THE HISSATSU, 1984) - Katsumi Hankichi
• Osomatsu-kun: Iyami and Chibita's Cooking Showdown (1985, Fuji TV program "Monday Dramaland")- Chibita's Father
• A Year of Burning Youth (燃える青春の一年, 1986)- Postman
• Memories of the Future Last Christmas (未来の想い出 Last Christmas, 1992)- Himself
• I Want to Be the Key to Falling Out! (極道落ちこぼれ カタギになりたい!, 1993) - A homeless man
• This is How Things Should Be (これでいいのだ, 1994, NHK)- A drunken bargoer

Director Work

• Osomatsu-kun (1966 anime)- Supervision of storyboards and animation
• Princess Kaguya Who Came Back For the First Time (こんなの初めて 帰って来たかぐや姫, 1983)
• The Nanchattables (ナンチャッテブル, 1984)

Books, Mooks, and Manga about Akatsuka

This list itself is a work in progress. Please feel free to add more to it as well as any details where known!

This section includes biographies, other autobiographies and memoirs, mooks, and general analysis books about Akatsuka's life and career.

• The Memory of Star Frost by Toshichi Akatsuka (星霜の記憶, December 1972, Fujio Pro)
• Living Without Laughing, My Autobiography by Fujio Akatsuka (笑わずに生きるなんて―ぼくの自叙伝, March 1984, Chuko Bunko)
• Radical Gag Session: A Provocative Laughing Structure by Fujio Akatsuka (ラディカル・ギャグ・セッション 挑発する笑いの構造, 1988, Kawade Shobo)
• This is How Things Should Be! Fujio Akatsuka's Autobiography by Fujio Akatsuka (これでいいのだ―赤塚不二夫自叙伝, 1993, Bunharu Bunko)- Republished in 2008, after his death
• Fujio Akatsuka's Life Consultation (1995, Shueisha)
• Fujio Akatsuka's Nonsensical Philosophy (1996, Goma Shobo)
• Life is Good! by Fujio Akatsuka (1996, Nihon Bungeisha)- Republished by Shueisha Bunko in 1999
• A Man Possessed by Gags: Manga Fights with Fujio Akatsuka by Kunio Nagatani (ギャグにとり憑かれた男―赤塚不二夫とのマンガ格闘記, 1997, Adventure Company)
• Fujio Akatsuka 120% (赤塚不二夫 120%, 1999, Arton)- Republished in 2011 by Shueisha Bunko
• Fujio Akatsuka Dialogue Collection: That's How Things Should Be (2000, Media Factory)
• The Men Who Shouted Love in Manga: The Tokiwa-so Story by Kunio Nagatani (漫画に愛を叫んだ男たち トキワ荘物語, 2004, Seiryu Publishing)
• Fujio Akatsuka Quotes (2005, Futami Shobo)
• Fujio Akatsuka is How It Should Be!! (2005, Tatsumi Publishing)
• Fujio Akatsuka Genius Nyarome Legend by Kunio Nagatani (2005, Magazine House)
• I Wrote about Fujio Akatsuka!! by Toshiki Takei (赤塚不二夫のことを書いたのだ!!, 2007, Bungeishunju)
• The Age of Sheeh: "Osomatsu-kun" and the Showa Children's Society by Asato Izumi (2008, Bungeishunju)
• Kawade Dream Mook General Feature: Fujio Akatsuka, Strange But True (総特集 赤塚不二夫 ふしぎだけどほんとうなのだ, 2008, Kawade Dream Mook)
• My Papa is Stupider than Bakabon's Papa by Rieko Akatsuka (2010, Gentosha Bunko)
• Reading the Great Master Fujio Akatsuka by Hiroshi Nawa (赤塚不二夫大先生を読む「本気ふざけ」的解釈 Book 1, 2011, Shakaihyoronsha)
• Fujio Akatsuka and Media: The Gag Guerrilla Legend of Defeat and Disapproval by Hiroshi Nawa (赤塚不二夫というメディア 破戒と諧謔のギャグゲリラ伝説「本気ふざけ」的解釈 Book 2, 2014, Shakaihyoronsha)
• Fujio Akatsuka 80th Anniversary Pia (2015, Pia Mook)
• Shimo-Ochiai Drinking Diary with Fujio Akatsuka-sensei by Mitsunori Shiya (2015, Shogakukan)
• Pen + Fujio Akatsuka Special Feature (2016, CCC Media House)
• Under the Flag of Fujio Akatsuka: Youth at Fujio Pro by Keiji Terashima (2016, GOT)
• Spectator #38 Fujio Akatsuka Special by Toshimitsu Aono (2017, Spectator)
• Coredeiinoda! Fujio Akatsuka (January 30, 2019, Shuppan Works)
• Fujio Akatsuka: The Genius Bakabon and His Three Mothers by Takashi Yamaguchi (赤塚不二夫 伝　天才バカボンと三人の母, 2019, Naigai Publishing)
• This is How Things Should Be...This is Goodbye (2019, ) - Includes illustrations of Akatsuka by Katta Yoshi
• Fujio Akatsuka: ORIGINAL GAGSTA (2019, Turnaround)
• Shojo Manga-ka: Fujio Akatsuka (少女漫画家　赤塚不二夫, 2020, Gambit Publishing)

Movies and TV Drama about or involving Akatsuka

• We are Manga-ka: The Tokiwa-so Story (ぼくらマンガ家 トキワ荘物語, 1981, Nissel Family Special)- An animated adaptation of the Tokiwa-so memoirs, where Akatsuka was voiced by Katsuji Mori. Several characters of Akatsuka's Star System also appear throughout.
• The Youth of Manga Road (まんが道青春篇, 1987, NHK Galaxy Television Novel)- In this adaptation of the Fujiko Fujio autobiographical manga, Akatsuka was portrayed by actor Yoji Matsuda.
• This is How Things Should Be! (これでいいのだ, 1994, NHK Drama New Galaxy)- Akatsuka was played by actor Daijiro Tsutsumi. Adaptation of Akatsuka's autobiography by the same name.
• The Youth of Tokiwa-so (トキワ荘の青春, 1996, Culture Publishers)- Akatsuka was played by Yoshiyuki Omori in this biopic about Hiroo Terada and the Tokiwa-so complex.
• This is How Things Should Be! The Legend of Fujio Akatsuka (これでいいのだ!!赤塚不二夫伝説, 2008, Fuji TV Saturday Premium)- Akatsuka was played by Kenji Mizuhashi
• That's How Things Should Be!! Fujiio Akatsuka The Movie (これでいいのだ!!映画★赤塚不二夫, 2011, Toei)- Akatsuka played by Tadanobu Asano
• This is How Things Should Be!! Fujio Akatsuka and his Two Wives (これでいいのだ!!赤塚不二夫と二人の妻, 2012, NHK Premium Drama)- Akatsuka played by Tetsuhiro Ikeda
• God's Beret: The Secret of Osamu Tezuka's Creation of Black Jack (神様のベレー帽〜手塚治虫のブラック・ジャック創作秘話〜, 2013, Kansai TV)- Akatsuka played by Naoki Matayoshi in this Tezuka biopic
• My Papa is Stupider than Bakabon's Papa (バカボンのパパよりバカなパパ, 2018, NHK Saturday Drama)- Akatsuka played by Tetsuji Tamayama.
• The Man Who Created Heroes: The Shotaro Ishinomori Story (ヒーローを作った男 石ノ森章太郎物語, 2018, NTV 24 Hour Drama Special)- Akatsuka played by Kento Hayashi

Adaptations of Akatsuka Works

Sonosheets

• Osomatsu-kun (1965-1966)

Animation

TV Anime

• Osomatsu-kun (1966 anime)
• The Secrets of Akko-chan (1969 anime)
• Furious Ataro (1969 anime)
• The Genius Bakabon (1971 anime)
• The Original Genius Bakabon
• Hitachi Television City: Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom
• Osomatsu-kun (1988 anime)
• The Secrets of Akko-chan (1988 anime)
• Heisei Genius Bakabon
• Furious Ataro (1990 anime)
• The Secrets of Akko-chan (1998 anime)
• Rerere's Genius Bakabon

Spin-off Works

• Osomatsu-san - Due to the wide reach of this anime and the sheer amount of merchandise and collaborations for it, please see the Osomatsu-kun and Osomatsu-san wiki for more detailed information
• Late Night! Genius Bakabon

Theatrical Releases

• Osomatsu-kun: Greetings from the Watermelon Planet!
• The Secrets of Akko-chan (1989 Toei Manga Festival film)
• The Secrets of Akko-chan: It's the Sea! It's a Ghost!! A Summer Festival
• The Genius Bakavon: ~Reviving the Dog of Flanders~

Osomatsu-san in itself has had three animated theatrical projects, as well as a live-action film. See again the -kun and -san wiki for details.

OVA

• Osomatsu-kun: Iyami Alone in the Wind

TV Specials

• Osomatsu-kun: Go For It! Chibita's Oni War
• Bakabon: The 3000 Mile Quest for Osomatsu's Curry - originally planned as a second theatrical release by Pierrot, but changed to a 2-part special instead.

Other

A 1-minute animated short by Studio Pierrot was screened at a memorial exhibition through 2009, though it has not yet been republished. Yoshiyuki Kishi (Osomatsu-kun 1988, Heisei Genius Bakabon) served as the animation director. Osomatsu-kun, The Genius Bakabon, Extraordinary Ataro, and Let's La Gon had their characters represented in the short. Akko-chan and anyone else from her series were not included, perhaps due to the rights still being held by Toei.

The 1988 -kun series itself also has a 15-minute traffic safety film and an unaired pilot film that have remained unseen.

In addition to the above, a pilot film was commissioned for an animation pitch of Let's La Gon in 1990, but did not successfully become a series and it is unknown if the pilot film still exists. A similiar "phantom pilot" instance can be said to have happened for a failed 1968 adaptation of Bakabon by Nippon TV Douga (of 1973 Doraemon infamy).

Live Action

Fuji TV Monday Dramaland specials

• Extraordinary Ataro: Nyarome!! What Happened to the Girl When She Learned the Secret of Her Birth!?
• Osomatsu-kun: Iyami and Chibita's Cooking Showdown
• Akko-chan's Got a Secret!: The Story of the Dancing Girl of Izu

Nippon Television

• The Genius Bakabon: Family Bonds
• The Genius Bakabon 2
• The Genius Bakabon 3: ~The Love and Youth of Bakada University~

Theatrical Releases

• Akko-chan's Got a Secret! (2012 film)

Stage Shows

These are officially-endorsed by Fujio Pro, in being live stage adaptations of Akatsuka's works that have been produced over the years.

• I'm the Genius Bakabon's Papa - Lost stage show written and directed by Minoru Betsuyaku, staged at Bungakuza from October 14 to October 22, 1978
• Please Stop these Boys! Play #7: The Genius Bakabon - Written and directed by Toru Hosokawa, staged in 2010.
• The Great Space War: Extraordinary Ataro - Staged from April 9 to May 7, 2011 at the Nagareyama Theater. Kaneta Kimotsuki, who voiced Iyami in Pierrot's -kun, could be seen as part of the cast as "The Old Woman Iyami".
• Men's! Let's La Gon - Written and directed by Toru Hosokawa and performed at the Honda Theater from July 30 to August 9, 2015
• Extraordinary Ataro: Dancing Among the Withered Cherry Blossoms - Written and directed by Tomoya Sakurai, staged at Actors' Theater from December 19 to December 24, 2018

Of course, Osomatsu-san would also have several stage productions itself, but they came from the sheer media mix blitz of the anime's success and are in their own category and phenomena.

Other Trivia

Akatsuka's Love of Cosplay

Fujio Akatsuka was an avid fan of dressing up as his characters, as well as putting on costumes in general for the fun of it. He would note that the word "cosplay" didn't necessarily exist back when he started, but that it was another much loved hobby of his and that he would be a "master of cosplay" .

Though he would be famously known for his Bakabon's Papa dress-up, there were times (as he noted on the early Koredeiinoda website days) that he would put on womens' clothes as well. He would justify the reasons for his crossdressing as "I was born a man, but I would love to feel the emotions of the women which I admire and love". Such get-ups could range from him being a schoolgirl to a bar mama to a "whore without a customer".

Through Akatsuka's history of cosplay, there were also times when both his former wife and ex-wife would even join in on the fun with him and wear their own costumes.

Fujio Akatsuka and the duo of Fujiko Fujio

Nobita Nobi and Osomatsu Matsuno share many physical traits but they were created by different artists. Nobita from Doraemon was made by Fujiko F. Fujio and Osomatsu from Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka.

A misconception newcomers could possibly make is that the Fujiko Fujio duo and Fujio Akatsuka are the same person, or related because they share the name "Fujio". This is also because two of their most well known characters - Nobita Nobi from Doraemon vs. the titular character of Osomatsu-kun - may share some similar physical traits.

However, Fujiko Fujio and Fujio Akatsuka are very different people. As mentioned before, Fujiko Fujio was a shared pen name used for two manga-ka named Hiroshi Fujimoto (who individually went by Fujiko F Fujio, or "F") and Motoo Abiko (Fujiko Fujio A, "A"). Note that the last kanji used to write the name Fujio would also be different in Japanese between these authors; A and F used 不二雄, while Akatsuka used 不二夫. According to Leiji Matsumoto, who knew all three, the "Fujio" penname for A and F was inspired from Fuji Shobo, and Akatsuka chose to render his name in that style as well as the publisher was a place he had also pitched to but had been rejected from. The difference in the ending kanji came from how the "o" character (雄, man) used by A and F was meant to poke at hiding their status as two authors (fu ji o, "not two men"). Akatsuka meanwhile, opted to use a different kanji with a similar meaning (夫, man or husband) but the pun of his Fujio spelling was similar; he was not two men, and certainly not the other "Fujio".

When it came to the 1960s, there were a few points of contact between Akatsuka and the Fujiko Fujio duo, as the three had known each other through Tokiwa-so and were all part of Studio Zero. Akatsuka would assist on backgrounds and would finish up some artwork in Fujiko Fujio's Q-taro the Ghost, and Q-taro himself would sometimes pop up in Akatsuka manga (and even cameo in the 1966 -kun anime). The authors would cross over their characters twice in notable instances in 1966; having their characters re-enact Journey to the West in the story "Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!" as well as having Chibita and Q-taro meet in "Keketaro the Ghost". In addition to that, Perman would once have a crossover feature with Akatsuka's Kikanpo Gen-chan.

There are also some times in early Akatsuka manga that caricatures of Fujiko F Fujio and Fujiko Fujio A may be utilized as brief, active, characters or relegated to background people designs in a crowd.

It is also worth it to note that as far as any Doraemon comparisons would go, that besides Osomatsu long predating Nobita, Fujiko Fujio had plenty of their own previous "Nobita" type boys in works (eg: Shota in F's Q-taro, Kenichi in A's Ninja Hattori-kun), and that Akatsuka had his own offshoots of Osomatsu's design (Chota, $-chan, and so on).

Mistaken Identity: The Case of Two Men Named "Fujio Akatsuka"

A somewhat easier misconception that may occur due to years of misinformation and mixed up identities would be the idea that Fujio Akatsuka was a sound engineer. This is due to the existence of another man who just so happened to have the same name as how Akatsuka rendered his for his career (赤塚不二夫, lifespan unknown other than Heibon reporting he was 35 in the year 1973).

This Fujio Akatsuka was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido and was active in sound and music selection for movies, TV dramas, and anime through the 1960s to 1980s, and was thus part of the localization effort for the Japanese release of Hanna-Barbera's "Wacky Races". This lead to a years-long bit of misinformation that the manga-ka Akatsuka had been involved in that version (although Akatsuka would have seen and been aware of its film basis The Great Race, which itself was parodied in the 1988 adaptation of Osomatsu-kun). There are cases as well where this dubbing engineer Akatsuka also happened to be involved with certain films that the manga-ka Akatsuka had noted as his favorites.

The two men by the name of Fujio Akatsuka did eventually happen to meet in their careers and form a bit of a brief alliance, when the manga-ka Akatsuka put together a comedy and music group called the "All-Japan Satisfaction Study Group" and recorded the 1978 album "Live in Hatoya". The sound engineer Akatsuka gladly provided his efforts for such an album, and also worked on the sound production for Akatsuka's Shimo-Ochiai Yakitori Movie.

At one point in their lives, both Akatsuka also had accounts at the same bank which caused bankers to often get money transactions mixed up with each man's account.

External Links

• Official Fujio Akatsuka website (Japanese)
• Fujio Pro corporate site (Japanese)
• The Fujio Akatsuka Preservation Society (Japanese)- Lists details on reprints and full work lists of Akatsuka, including what works have been buried to time with lack of republication and corrections to incorrect serialization information that has been widespread.
• Fujio Akatsuka as a Cultural Heritage (Japanese)- A blog run by Hiroshi Nawa, author and researcher of Akatsuka. This blog republishes excerpts from his two "Serious Joke" analysis and history books on Akatsuka's life and works.

• List of Influential Movies and Stars to Akatsuka (Japanese)