Keshikasu-kun

Keshikasu-kun
ケシカスくん
Genre	Gag comedy
Manga
Written by	Noriyuki Murase [ja]
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic
Demographic	Children, Shōnen
Original run	June 2004 – May 2011
Volumes	10
Anime television series
Studio	ShoPro
Original network	Oha Coliseum [ja]
Original run	January 4, 2010 – March 30, 2013
Episodes	44

Keshikasu-kun Battle Kastival
Developer(s)	Inti Creates
Publisher(s)	Konami
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release	JP: July 15, 2010
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer (up to 4 players)

Keshikasu-kun (ケシカスくん, "Eraser Crumb-kun") is a Japanese children's manga written and illustrated by Noriyuki Murase [ja] (村瀬範行 Murase Noriyuki). It has been serialized in Monthly CoroCoro Comic from June 2004 to March 2011.[1]

The series is about a white eraser who becomes Keshikasu-kun by putting an eraser crumb on his head and a paper costume on his body. Keshikasu-kun wants to become the best of the stationery supplies, outdoing other characters such as the blackboard eraser (kokuban-keshi) and the correction fluid (shūseieki).[1]

Beginning in 2008 Keshikasu-kun appeared in the television program Oha Coliseum [ja] (おはコロシアム).[1] Keshikasu-kun received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the children's category in 2008.[2]

The January 2010 issue of Monthly Coro Coro Comic, released on December 15, 2009, revealed that an anime adaptation, classified by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions as a television program, had been approved.[1]

The anime aired for 44 episodes from 2010 to 2013.

A videogame called Keshikasu-kun Battle Kastival was released by Konami in 2010.

Characters

• Keshikasu (ケシカス) - The white eraser
• Bōzu (ボウズ) - The student boy who is the owner of Keshikasu
• Enpitsu (エンピツ) - The pencil
• Chibikasu (チビカス) - The white eraser who is Keshikasu's young brother
• Shūseieki (修正液) - The correction fluid
• Kokuban Keshi (黒板消し) - The blackboard eraser

References

1. "Keshikasu-kun Children's Manga Gets TV Anime Green-Lit." Anime News Network. December 26, 2009. Retrieved on March 25, 2014.
2. "53rd Shogakukan Manga Award Winners Announced". Anime News Network. 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2009-02-12.

External links

• (in Japanese) Keshikasu-kun - Cartoon Network Japan
• (in Japanese) Keshikasu-kun - ShoPro