Count Dracula
ドラキュラ伯爵 · Dorakyura-hakushaku
Role: Proud and clumsy vampire settled in Tokyo.
1979 · ドン・ドラキュラDon Dracula
Series · Shōnen
3MT-400
2BT-200
33events
5characters
Titles
- Japanese
- ドン・ドラキュラ
- Romaji
- Don Dracula
- French
- Don Dracula
- English
- Don Dracula
Titles published abroad
- France Don Dracula
- Italy Don Dracula
- Spain Don Drácula
- Brazil Don Dracula
- South Korea 돈 드라큐라
Period · Genre
- Period
- 1979 (1979/05/28-1979/12/10)
- Volumes
- 3 vol. MT-400 · 2 vol. BT-200
- Type
- Series
- Genre
- Shōnen
- Themes
- Comedy, Horror & mystery
- Serialised in
- Weekly Shōnen Champion 週刊少年チャンピオン
Summary
Count Dracula leaves Transylvania for an old mansion in Nerima, Tokyo, with his daughter Chocola, a lovely schoolgirl, and his servant Igor, frightening but gentle. A proud vampire in search of young maidens' blood, Dracula is also short-tempered and clumsy: in a Japan that no longer believes in vampires, each of his night outings turns into a disaster.
Professor Van Helsing, a vampire hunter afflicted with piles, and Blonda, the first woman bitten in Japan, pursue him relentlessly. A slapstick comedy written just after Black Jack, in the same magazine, to take its opposite course.
On Tezukapedia
Chronology 33 event(s)
- 1971 Start of serialization of Ohayô! Cusco (おはよう！クスコ, Good morning Cusko) in the Sunday edition of the Asahi Shimbun (end: May 28, 1972)
- 1975 Start of serialization of Gûtarô Sen'ichiya (ぐうたろう千一夜, Thousand and One Nights of Gûtarô) in the magazine Chû-ichi Jidai, published by Ôbunsha (issues of April, May and June 1975; end: June 1975)
- 1975 Publication of Gûtarô Sen'ichiya (ぐうたろう千一夜) — “第１話 不幸駅へのキップ” in Chûichi Jidai (中一時代)
- 1975 Publication of Gûtarô Sen'ichiya (ぐうたろう千一夜) — “第２話 女隊長デルマ” in Chûichi Jidai (中一時代)
- 1975 Publication of Gûtarô Sen'ichiya (ぐうたろう千一夜) — “第３話 異次元教室” in Chûichi Jidai (中一時代)
- 1976 Start of serialization of Doronko Sensei (どろんこ先生, Mr. Doronko) in the Sunday edition of Yomiuri Shinbun, by Yomiuri Shinbunsha (end: December 19, 1976)
- 1979 The serialization of Don Dracula (ドン・ドラキュラ) began in Shûkan Shônen Champion, published by Akita Shoten, in the form of weekly complete stories.
- 1979 Publication of Don Dracula (ドン・ドラキュラ) — “第１巻 第１話 ドラキュラ登場” in Shônen Champion (少年チャンピオン)
- 1979 Publication of Don Dracula (ドン・ドラキュラ) — “第１巻 第２話 またもやドラキュラ” in Shônen Champion (少年チャンピオン)
- 1979 Publication of Don Dracula (ドン・ドラキュラ) — “第１巻 第３話 やっぱりドラキュラ” in Shônen Champion (少年チャンピオン)
- 1979 Publication of Don Dracula (ドン・ドラキュラ) — “第１巻 第４話 ドラキュラ・タンカー” in Shônen Champion (少年チャンピオン)
- 1979 Publication of Don Dracula (ドン・ドラキュラ) — “第１巻 第５話 なんちゅうかドラキュラ” in Shônen Champion (少年チャンピオン)
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Star System
Acetylene LampAstro Boy (Atom)Professor Ochanomizu (Dr. Elefun)KutterGratinDuke DuraluminInspector TawashiChikara AritakeTick and Tack (Ramune and Calpis)ChocolaOsamu TezukaDororoDon DraculaBaron NylonNorse NecktallHameggHyōtantsugiPinokoFrankensteinDr. FoolerBuku BukkuButamo MakeruBlack JackHeck BenInspector MuraiYottsunDuke RedRock Holmes
Characters
Chocola
チョコラ · Chokora
Role: Dracula's daughter, a schoolgirl.
Igor
イゴール · Igōru
Role: Servant with a frightening face and a tender heart.
Professor Van Helsing
ヘルシング教授 · Herushingu-kyōju
Role: Dracula's sworn enemy for ten years.
Blonda
ブロンダ · Buronda
Role: First woman bitten by Dracula in Japan, who will not let him go.
Other Star System actors in this work
Acetylene Lamp
Astro Boy (Atom)
Professor Ochanomizu (Dr. Elefun)
Kutter
Gratin
Duke Duralumin
Inspector Tawashi
Chikara Aritake
Tick and Tack (Ramune and Calpis)
Chocola
Osamu Tezuka
Dororo
Don Dracula
Baron Nylon
Norse Necktall
Hamegg
Hyōtantsugi
Pinoko
Frankenstein
Dr. Fooler
Buku Bukku
Butamo Makeru
Black Jack
Heck Ben
Inspector Murai
Yottsun
Duke Red
Rock HolmesJapanese editions
Tezuka Osamu Manga Zenshū (MT-400, Kōdansha, 1977–1997)
Tezuka Osamu Bunko Zenshū (BT-200, Kōdansha, 2009–2012)
Foreign editions
France (2)
Italy (3)
Spain (1)
Brazil (2)
South Korea (3)
Magazines
Weekly Shōnen Champion 週刊少年チャンピオン 28 issue(s)
1979-05-28 23
1979-06-04 24
1979-06-11 25
1979-06-18 26
1979-06-25 27
1979-07-02 28
1979-07-09 29
1979-07-16 30
1979-07-23 31
1979-07-30 32
1979-08-06 33
1979-08-13 34
1979-08-20 35
1979-08-27 37
1979-09-03 38
1979-09-10 39
1979-09-17 40
1979-10-01 42
1979-10-08 43
1979-10-15 44
1979-10-22 518
1979-10-29 46
1979-11-05 47
1979-11-12 48
1979-11-19 49
1979-11-26 51
1979-12-03 52
1979-12-10 53Anime (1)
- 1982 Don Dracula ドン・ドラキュラ · TV series
Stage (1)
- 2015 Stage play (title role: Kenchi Tachibana) ドン・ドラキュラ [S1]
Trivia
- The same year saw the American film Love at First Bite, in which Dracula also goes to a disco; the resemblance is a coincidence [1].
- A live-action film by Nobuhiko Obayashi was planned at Tōhō in the early 1980s, then dropped; a character of the series, Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, is in fact named after him [3].
Controversies
- The 1982 animated series, planned for twenty-six episodes, was stopped after the fourth episode in Tokyo when the advertising agency went bankrupt; eight episodes had been made [1].
Sources
- 手塚治虫公式サイト « ドン・ドラキュラ » tezukaosamu.net/jp/manga/314.html
- Tezuka Osamu Official « Don Dracula » tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/314.html
- Wikipedia (ja) « ドン・ドラキュラ » ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ドン・ドラキュラ
Tezukapedia pages used : MT-400, BT-200, Chronology, Magazines, Releases, Anime, Star System
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