Shonen Sunday is a magazine aimed at a shonen (adolescent boys and young men roughly between ages 9-18) demographic. Page 365 shows the cover of issue 2 from 1967, which contained the first chapter, "Perman Tanjou"(パーマン誕生, "The Birth of Perman").

Page 343 shows that volume 1 contains 24 chapters that were serialized across issues 2 through 24 of Weekly Shonen Sunday in 1967.

Keep in mind that there wasn't one "definitive version" serialized across multiple magazines; there were several different versions. Why? Because Perman was designed to be a flexible property that could tailored to different reading levels across Shogakukan's different magazines.

On page 364, there is a table showing the history of Perman manga magazine serializations and which volumes of The Complete Works of Fujiko F. Fujio edition they can be found in. Different versions of Perman were serialized in a whopping 11 magazines simultaneously in 1967!

Perman is about a group of kids and a monkey who become superheroes by using special equipment that grants them superhuman abilities.

You can buy the digital version from the following link. BookWalker Japan allows international purchases: bookwalker.jp/de65f21d82-8...

The Chico-chan ni Shikareru episode that aired on Friday, October 31 guest starred Hiromi Go and Ojarumaru. The ending had Chico and Ojarumaru bumping into each other and swapping bodies, foreshadowing the events of the anime collab special.

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Hiromi Go, the performer of the 28th series ending theme, "GO! De Ojaru", guest stars as himself. He serves as an important character in the story as he shares a "secret power" that is the key for Chico and Ojarumaru to switch back to their original bodies.

In the special, a public recording of Chico-chan ni Shikareru! will be held in Gekko-chou where Ojarumaru and his friends live. While at the TV station, Ojarumaru and Chico swap bodies when they accidentally bump into each other.

Who deemed it DOA?

I think the same whenever I see dango at my local international market.

The song is largely unknown in the United States, even among anime and manga fans, because of Nintama Rantaro’s extremely limited presence here. Nonetheless, it’s a really catchy song and a nice learning opportunity for those studying Japanese.

Ojarumaru is very difficult to find, unless you live in Japan. Your best bet for watching it is through DVDs (released by NHK's home media division), such as "Wasureta Mori no Hinata", which has early 1st series episodes as bonus features. amzn.asia/d/9FLgajV