Characters Sakura family File:Sakura-familylow.jpgīack row, from left: Hiroshi, Sumire, and Tomozo middle row, from left: Sakiko and Kotake and front row: Momoko (a.k.a. Themes The trademark face fault of this series, the manga and anime and drama all, in reaction to an awkward "don't know what to say" situation (or sometimes, embarrassment) is the sudden appearance of vertical lines ( 黒い線 kuroi sen ?) on a character's face, sometimes with an unexplained gust of wind blowing above that character's head. As of 2006, the collected volumes of the manga had sold more than 31 million copies in Japan, making it the fifth best-selling shōjo manga ever. In 1989, the manga tied to receive the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. Maruko's style and themes are sometimes compared to the classic comic Sazae-san. The Chibi Maruko-chan series has spawned numerous games, animated films and merchandising, as well as a second TV series running from 1995 to the present. The nostalgic, honest and thoughtful tone of the strip led to its becoming popular among a wider audience.
Many stories are inspired by incidents from the author's own life, and some characters are based on her family and friends. The author's intent was to write "essays in manga form". The author first began writing and submitting strips in her final year of senior high school, although Shueisha (the publisher of Ribon and Ribon Original) did not decide to run them until over a year later. Other semi-autobiographical stories by the author had appeared in Ribon and Ribon Original in 19, and were included in the first "Chibi Maruko-chan" tankōbon in 1987. The first story under the title "Chibi Maruko-chan" was published in the August 1986 edition of the shōjo manga magazine Ribon. The series is set in the former city of Shimizu, now part of Shizuoka City, birthplace of its author.
The series depicts the simple, everyday life of a little girl nicknamed Maruko and her family in suburban mid- seventies Japan.
Chibi Maruko-chan ( ちびまる子ちゃん ?) is a shōjo manga series by Momoko Sakura, later adapted into an anime TV series by Nippon Animation, which originally aired on Fuji Television from Januto September 27, 1992.
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