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Midori no Makibaō (みどりのマキバオー, lit. 'Green Meadow King') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsunomaru. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 1994 to February 1998, with its chapters collected in 16 tankōbon volumes.

Midori no Makibaō

First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Midori Makibaō

みどりのマキバオー
GenreComedy, sports[1]
Manga
Written byTsunomaru
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 28, 1994 – February 9, 1998
Volumes16
Anime television series
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Written byHiroshi Hashimoto
Music byTaro Iwashiro
StudioPierrot
Original networkFuji TV
Original run March 2, 1996 – July 12, 1997
Episodes61
Manga
Taiyō no Makibaō
Written byTsunomaru
Published byShueisha
Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 26, 2007 – November 14, 2016
Volumes36
Series titles
  1. Taiyō no Makibaō (2007–2011, 16 volumes)
  2. Taiyō no Makibaō W (2011–2016, 20 volumes)

A 61-episode anime television series produced by Pierrot was broadcast on Fuji TV from March 1996 to July 1997. A second manga series, titled Taiyō no Makibaō, was serialized in Weekly Playboy from 2007 to 2011, and later in the Shū Play News website, under the title Taiyō no Makibaō W, from 2011 to 2016, with the overall series' chapters collected in 36 volumes.

The Midori no Makibaō manga has had over 9 million copies in circulation. In 1997, it won the 42nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the children category.

Midori Makibaō is a small white mule. Compared to the other thoroughbred horses, his physical size is comparable to a donkey with wide nostrils. However, with guts and speed as his weapons, Makibaō wins in every big race.

At the beginning of his career, Makibaō has trouble making his debut as a racehorse. But he has reasons to overcome his difficulties; a lifelong rival horse called Superhorse Cascade, that Makibaō needs to defeat. Plus, he is determined to win back his mother, Midori, a horse taken away to pay debts.

There are many hardships that Makibaō has to overcome, but he thrives in a series of races to become a great racehorse.

Midori Makibaō (ミドリマキバオー) / Tarezo Unko (うんこ たれ蔵, Unko Tarezō)
Voiced by: Inuko Inuyama[2]
Cascade (カスケード, Kasukēdo)
Voiced by: Tesshō Genda[2]
Amago Wakuchin (アマゴワクチン)
Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto[3]
Nitronics (ニトロニクス, Nitoronikusu)
Voiced by: Kōji Ishii[4]
Ancalgia (アンカルジア, Ankarujia)
Voiced by: Yoshiko Kamei[4]
Beanaccle (ベアナックル, Beanakkuru)
Voiced by: Takashi Nagasako[4]
Tū Cutter (トゥーカッター, Tūkattā)
Voiced by: Nobuaki Fukuda [ja][4]
Morriaror (モーリアロー, Mōriarō)
Voiced by: Masato Yamada [ja][4]
Satomi Amazon (サトミアマゾン, Satomi Amazon)
Voiced by: Eiji Itō [ja][3]
Makibako (マキバコ)
Voiced by: Ikue Ōtani[4]
Blitz (ブリッツ, Burittsu)
Voiced by: Shinichirō Kamio [ja] (2022 special episode)[5]
Midoriko (ミドリコ)
Voiced by: Mizuka Arima [ja][2]
Peter II (ピーターII, Pītā II)
Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi
Shabitel (ツァビデル, Shabiteru)
Voiced by: Akio Ōtsuka[4]
Jerusalem (エルサレム, Erusaremu)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa[5]
Fried Chicken (フライドチキン, Furaido Chikin)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa[4]
Hiropon (ヒロポン)
Tomonori Saegusa (三枝 友則, Saegusa Tomonori)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida[2]
Genjiro Obu (飯富 源次郎, Obu Genjirō)
Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata[2]
Chūbei (チュウ兵衛)
Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba[2]
Masaru Obu (飯富勝, Obu Masaru)
Voiced by: Minami Takayama[2]
Nobuhiko Horie (堀江 信彦, Horie Nobuhiko)
Voiced by: Takeshi Watabe[4]

Written and illustrated by Tsunomaru, Midori no Makibaō was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 28, 1994,[6] to February 9, 1998.[7] Shueisha collected its chapters 16 tankōbon volumes, released from June 2, 1995, to June 4, 1998.[8]

A second series, titled Taiyō no Makibaō [ja] (たいようのマキバオー), started in Shueisha's Weekly Playboy on March 26, 2007.[a] The manga was later moved to the Shū Play News website, continued under the title Taiyō no Makibaō W (たいようのマキバオーW), where it ran from May 9, 2011,[11] to November 14, 2016.[12] Shueisha collected the Taiyō no Makibaō chapters in 16 tankōbon volumes, released from August 17, 2007,[13] to June 17, 2011,[14] while the Taiyō no Makibaō W chapters were collected in 20 tankōbon volumes, released from September 16, 2011,[15] to February 17, 2017.[16]

A 61-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe, was broadcast on Fuji TV from March 2, 1996, to July 12, 1997.[17] The opening theme is "Hashire Makibaō" (走れマキバオー, "Run, Makibaō") by F.MAP, while the ending theme is "Tottemo Umanami" (とってもウマナミ, "A Very Good Average") by Men's 5.

The series was re-released on a Blu-ray Disc box on July 27, 2022, which included a five-minute-long new episode that adapted the final chapter of the original manga series.[18]

The manga has had over 9 million copies in circulation.[19] In 1997, the manga won the 42nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the children category.[20]

  1. ^ It started in the magazine's 15th issue of 2007,[9] released on March 26 of that same year.[10]
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  3. ^ a b 『みどりのマキバオー』Blu-ray BOX発売記念 キャラクター紹介第1弾 「ミドリマキバオーと仲間たち、そしてライバル馬を紹介！」［『みどりのマキバオー』Blu-ray BOX特集サイト「ボックスなのね～！」］. V-Storage (in Japanese). Bandai Namco Filmworks. May 25, 2022. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
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  7. ^ 週刊少年ジャンプ1998年9. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  8. ^ みどりのマキバオー. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 21, 2004. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  9. ^ "Contents". Weekly Playboy (in Japanese). No. 15. Shueisha. 2007. Table of contents. Archived from the original on July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023. 【新連載スタート!】「たいようのマキバオー」 ○つの丸
  10. ^ 週刊プレイボーイ 2007年15号 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on March 29, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  11. ^ マキバオー、キン肉マンなど週プレ連載作がWEBに移籍. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 11, 2011. Archived from the original on March 18, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  12. ^ たいようのマキバオーW　Weekly238馬. Shū Play News (in Japanese). Shueisha. November 14, 2016. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  13. ^ たいようのマキバオー 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 29, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  14. ^ たいようのマキバオー 16 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  15. ^ たいようのマキバオーW 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  16. ^ 「たいようのマキバオーW」完結巻に、描き下ろしの最終話43ページ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 17, 2017. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
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  18. ^ Mateo, Alex (June 13, 2022). "Midori no Makibao Manga Finale Gets Animated for Blu-ray Disc Box". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  19. ^ あの人気競馬アニメがDVDに！. J-Cast (in Japanese). February 19, 2009. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  20. ^ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2023.