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Genre
  
Sports, School

Published by
  
Akita Shoten

Volumes
  
48

Magazine
  
Weekly Shōnen Champion

Publisher
  
Akita Shoten

Written by
  
Shinji Mizushima

Demographic
  
Shōnen

Adaptations
  
Dokaben (1976)

Studio
  
Nippon Animation

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Original run
  
April 24, 1972 – March 27, 1981

Similar
  
Yakyukyô no uta, Abu‑san, Star of the Giants, Baki the Grappler, Super Radical Gag Family

How to pronounce dokaben


Dokaben (Japanese: ドカベン) is a baseball manga by Shinji Mizushima, serialized in Akita Shoten Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from April 24, 1972 to March 27, 1981. Chapters of the series published in 48 Tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten. It was later made into an anime by the same name. It was immensely popular in Japan during its original release, and in sports manga of all time it likely ranks second only to Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue.

Contents

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A dokaben is a kind of bento box which the protagonist, Taro Yamada, likes to eat.

Outline

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Dokaben is centered on Taro Yamada and his teammates Iwaki, Tonoma, and Satonaka and was focused mainly on their activity as a high school baseball team. At first, it focused on Yamada, Iwaki, and Sachiko and was set in Takaoka Middle School. But in Volume 8 the team is transferred to Meikun High School for their baseball skills.

The story of Dokaben continues in Dai Kōshien, Dokaben Pro Baseball Story, and Dokaben SuperStars Story.

Yamada generation

Taro Yamada (山田太郎,, Yamada Tarō)
Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka Position: Catcher
Masami Iwaki (岩鬼正美,, Iwaki Masami)
Voiced by: Tessho Genda Position: Third baseman
Kazuto Tonoma (殿馬一人,, Tonoma Kazuto)
Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki Position: Second baseman
Satoru Satonaka (里中智,, Satonaka Satoru)
Voiced by: Akira Kamiya Position: Pitcher
Santaro Hohoemi (微笑三太郎,, Hohoemi Santarō)
Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara Position: Catcher, Left fielder

Senior / Younger student

Sho Doigaki (土井垣将,, Doigaki Shō)
Voiced by: Katsuji Mori Position: Catcher, First baseman
Tetsuji Yamaoka (山岡鉄司,, Yamaoka Tetsuji)
Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba Position: Center fielder
Mitsuo Kita (北満男,, Kita Mitsuo)
Voiced by: Kazuomi Ikeda Position: Right fielder
Koichi Ishige (石毛幸一,, Ishige Kōichi)
Voiced by: Bungo Nakano Position: Shortstop
Keiichi Nagisa (渚圭一,, Nagisa Keiichi)
Voiced by: Toshio Furukawa Position: Pitcher
Tomoaki Takashiro (高代智秋,, Takashiro Tomoaki)
Voiced by: Yū Mizushima Position: Shortstop, Second baseman

Manager

Ieyasu Tokugawa (徳川家康,, Tokugawa Ieyasu)
Voiced by: Reizou Nomoto Manager of Meikun High School baseball team

Yamada family

Sachiko Yamada (山田サチ子,, Yamada Sachiko)
Voiced by: Minori Matsushima Taro's 9-year-old little sister
Ji-chan (じっちゃん)
Voiced by: Minoru Yada Taro's grandfather "Ji-chan" means grandpa in English

Kanagawa

Mamoru Shiranui (不知火守,, Shiranui Mamoru)
Voiced by: Osamu Ichikawa
Daigoro Unryu (雲竜大五郎,, Unryū Daigorō)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Ohtake
Gosuke Domon (土門剛介,, Domon Gōsuke)
Voiced by: Mugihito
Goro Tanitsu (谷津吾郎,, Tanitsu Gorō)
Voiced by: Yoku Shioya
Gonza Nankai (南海権左,, Nankai Gonza)
Voiced by: Setsuo Wakui
Shinji Kobayashi (小林真司,, Kobayashi Shinji)
Voiced by: Makio Inoue

Kantō

Gosuke Gama (賀間剛介,, Gama Gōsuke)
Voiced by: Takeshi Kuwabara
Hayato Kagemaru (影丸隼人,, Kagemaru Hayato)
Voiced by: Masane Tsukayama → Michihiro Ikemizu (ep. 82)
Jiro Kinoshita (木下次郎,, Kinoshita Jirō)
Voiced by: Haruya Kato
Chuji Kunisada (国定忠治,, Kunisada Chūji)
Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa
Fumio Ataru (中二美夫,, Ataru Fumio)
Voiced by: Ryoichi Tanaka → Takashi Tanaka

Whole Japan

Sankichi Sakata (坂田三吉,, Sakata Sankichi)
Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara
Kojiro Inukai (犬飼小次郎,, Inukai Kojirō)
Voiced by: Masato Ibu
Takezo Inukai (犬飼武蔵,, Inukai Takezō)
Voiced by: Shingo Kanemoto
Tsutomu Ogata (緒方勉,, Ogata Tsutomu)
Voiced by: Rokuro Naya
Ryo Inugami (犬神了,, Inugami Ryō)
Voiced by: Shun Yashiro
Kazuma Musashibo (武蔵坊数馬,, Musashibō Kazuma)
Voiced by: Osamu Saka
Hikaru Yoshitsune (義経光,, Yoshitsune Hikaru)
Voiced by: Rokuro Naya

Others

Natsuko Natsukawa (夏川夏子,, Natsukawa Natsuko)
Voiced by: Yuko Maruyama Iwaki's girlfriend
Toshiko Kobayashi (小林稔子,, Kobayashi Toshiko)
Voiced by: Mami Koyama Shinji Kobayashi's little sister

Manga

When Takehiko Inoue (author of Slam Dunk & Vagabond) was young, he drew a lot of spectacular scene from Tokaben, the first manga he paid.

Art style

The art style of Dokaben is very rubbery and motional, with surprisingly dynamic use of speed lines, with a heavy use of black and very straightforward body construction. The motion and Dynamics are highly retained even in reprints. In his book Reinventing Comics, Scott McCloud mentions it as the example of the sports genre, drawing high recognition to the style.

References

Dokaben Wikipedia


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