Mr. Osomatsu
Mr. Osomatsu (おそ松さん, Osomatsu-san) is a slice-of-life comedy anime series created by Studio Pierrot in 2015. It was made to celebrate Fujio Akatsuka's 80th birthday and it is more adult-oriented than the original Osomatsu-Kun series.
Its manga adaptation is in the Josei category, and the show currently has 4 seasons.
The first episode of this series, "Osomatsu-Kun returns!" (復活！おそ松くん), caused controversy because it featured too many parodies to different anime; in Japan, fair use laws do not exist.[1] This episode in specific has been replaced in official releases of the series, and the first episode in most official releases is "Let's Get a Job/The Melancholy of Osomatsu-kun." In the original broadcast, it was the second episode of the series. Another episode caused controversy because it featured a "risqué" parody of Anpanman.
The anime was licensed by Viz Media in 2017.[2]
References
- ↑ Mr. Osomatsu's Unaired Episode Outlined (in en). Anime News Network (2025-06-08). Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ↑ Viz Media Licenses Mr. Osomatsu Anime (in en). Anime News Network (2025-06-08). Retrieved 2025-06-08.