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Hanappe Bazooka

Hanappe Bazooka is a Japanese manga series created by Kazuo Koike and Go Nagai. It was originally published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from 7 June 1979 to the issue of 7–14 January 1982. An OVA based on the manga was released in 1992 by Nippon Crown and it would later be released in the United States by ADV Films, in Italy by Dynamic Italia, and in Spain by Manga Films.

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Hanappe Bazooka
Cover of the DVD release of the OVA by Pioneer (2001)
花平バズーカ
(Hanappe Bazuuka)
Manga
Written byKazuo Koike
Illustrated byGo Nagai
Published byShueisha
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
Original runJune 7, 1979 – January 7, 1982
Volumes10
Original video animation
Directed byTakahiro Ikegami
Produced by
  • Ikuya Kōmori
  • Ryūji Kumano
  • Kio Inoue
Written byFumio Nishikitera
Music byNozomi Aoki
StudioStudio Signal
Licensed by
ReleasedSeptember 4, 1992
Runtime46 minutes

Hanappe Bazooka (花平バズーカ, Hanappe Bazuuka) is a Japanese manga series created by Kazuo Koike and Go Nagai.1 It was originally published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from 7 June 1979 to the issue of 7–14 January 1982. An OVA based on the manga was released in 1992 by Nippon Crown and it would later be released in the United States by ADV Films, in Italy by Dynamic Italia, and in Spain by Manga Films.

Plot

Characters

  • Hanappe Yamada (山田花平, Yamada Hanappe)
  • Mephisto Dance (メフィスト・ダンス, Mefisuto Dansu)
  • Ophisto Bazooka (オフィスト・バズーカ, Ofisuto Bazuuka)
  • The Spirit of The World Tree (世界樹の精, Seikaiju no Sei)
References

References

  1. 每日新聞 [Daily News] (in Japanese). 每日新聞社出版局. 1981. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
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