Sazae-san

manga series

Sazae-san (Japanese: サザエさん) is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was a popular postwar comic strip about the life of Sazae-san, a fictional Japanese housewife.

Sazae-san
サザエさん
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byMachiko Hasegawa
Published byAsahi Shimbun
MagazineFukunichi Shinbun
Asahi Shimbun, etc.
Original runApril 22, 1946February 21, 1974
Volumes45 (approx. 10,000 comic strips)
Anime television series
StudioEiken
Original networkFuji TV
Original run October 5, 1969 – present
Episodes2,500+ episodes
(7,500+ segments)