Written by Noriyuki Murase Demographic Children Volumes 10 Magazine CoroCoro Comic | Published by Shogakukan Original run June 2004 – May 2011 Original network Oha Coliseum Publisher Shogakukan | |
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Studio Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co.Ltd. Similar Taro the Space Alien, Panku Ponk, Duel Masters, Game Center Arashi, Ninpen Manmaru | ||
Keshikasu-kun (ケシカスくん, a keshi-gomu (消しゴム) is a white eraser) is a Japanese children's manga written and illustrated by Noriyuki Murase (村瀬 範行 Murase Noriyuki). It has been serialized in Monthly CoroCoro Comic from June 2004.
The series is about a white eraser who becomes Keshikasu-kun by putting an eraser crumb on his head and a paper costume on his body. Keshikasu-kun wants to become the best of the stationery supplies, outdoing other characters such as the blackboard eraser (kokuban-keshi) and the correction fluid (shūseieki).
Beginning in 2008 Keshikasu-kun appeared in the television program Oha Coliseum. Keshikasu-kun received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the children's category in 2008.
The January 2010 issue of Monthly Coro Coro Comic, released on December 15, 2009, revealed that an anime adaptation, classified by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions as a television program, had been approved.
The anime has been airing since January 2010.