Nonkina Tōsan
1946 Japanese film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nonkina Tōsan (ノンキナトウサン; also spelled 呑気なとうさん or のんきな父さん, Easygoing Dad or Carefree Dad) is an early manga comic strip by Yutaka Asō [ja], first published in 1923, in the newspaper Hochi Shinbun.[1][2]
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The strip follows the antics created by the main character “Nonkina Tōsan (Easygoing Daddy)” and his partner “Neighbor Taishō" ( Tonari no Taishō (隣のタイショウ) ”. Inspired by American comics, especially Bringing Up Father, was one of the pioneering yonkoma, becoming a success, generating a number of merchandising items and adaptations to animated shorts and feature films.[3]