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야와라! Yawara! 1
우라사와 나오키 지음, 서현아 옮김 / 학산문화사(만화) / 1999년 12월
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YAWARA! was created in 1987 by Urasawa Naoki (artist for Master Keaton and Pineapple Army, and the creator of Happy! and Monster) where it was published in the weekly manga magazine Big Comic Spirits (the same one as Maison Ikkoku).
The manga's popularity led to creation of the YAWARA! television series in 1989. It was shown on Nihon Television, animated by Mad House (Juubei Ninpuuchou [Ninja Scroll], Youjuu Toshi [Wicked City]), produced by Yomiuri TV & Kitty Films and distributed by Kitty films as Ranma ½ Nettouhen's sister show. YAWARA! blew away her sister show ratings wise, always earning a spot in the top ten anime list and often within the top five!
The television series ended in September of 1992 after an impressive 124 episode run. The manga series continued well into 1993 where it finished up the story after an equally impressive 29 compiled volume run.
A live action movie was released in 1989, An offshoot, one-shot manga, 'Jigoro!' was released in 1994 and a 90 minute television special, featuring Yawara at the Atlanta Olympics, aired in July 1996.
Yawara! has made an even bigger impact. Tamura Ryoko, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist and 1996 & 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist and Japan's 48kg Ladies Judo Champion, was nicknamed 'Yawara-chan' by the press.