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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Abu-san
| image           = Abusan.jpg
| caption         = Cover of the first ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume, featuring Yasutake Kageura (front)
| ja_kanji        = あぶさん
| ja_romaji       = 
| genre           = [[Sports manga|Sports]] ([[Baseball]])
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = 
| author          = [[Shinji Mizushima]]
| illustrator     = 
| publisher       = [[Shogakukan]]
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| imprint         = Big Comics
| magazine        = [[Big Comic Original]]
| magazine_en     = 
| published       = 
| first           = 1973
| last            = 2014
| volumes         = 107
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Abu-san'''''|あぶさん|lead=yes}} is a [[baseball]] [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Shinji Mizushima]]. It tells the story of fictional baseball player {{nihongo|Yasutake Kageura|景浦安武|Kageura Yasutake}}. It started to be serialized in 1973 in [[Shogakukan]]'s [[Seinen manga|''seinen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Big Comic Original]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-16/kochikame-manga-reaches-1750-chapters-abu-san-reaches-100-volumes|title=Kochikame Manga Reaches 1,750 Chapters, Abu-san Reaches 100 Volumes|access-date=April 17, 2012}}</ref> and ended on February 5, 2014, after 976 chapters published in the magazine.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.daily.co.jp/baseball/2013/12/20/0006584024.shtml | title=あぶさん完結 今季限りでホークス退団 | work=Daily Sports Online | access-date=December 17, 2014 | language=ja}}</ref><ref name=mw>{{cite web | url=http://mantan-web.jp/2013/12/20/20131219dog00m200057000c.html | script-title=ja:あぶさん ： 長寿野球マンガが41年の歴史に幕 ついにホークス退団 | work=[[Mainichi Shimbun]] Digital | access-date=December 17, 2014 | language=ja | archive-date=December 17, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217065235/http://mantan-web.jp/2013/12/20/20131219dog00m200057000c.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> The first manga volume was released on {{dts|1974|May|15}}<ref name=vol_1>{{cite web|url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_4091800114|script-title=ja:あぶさん 1|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=September 30, 2010}}</ref> and the last one, the 107th volume, was released on March 28, 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/comics/detail/_isbn_9784091860576 | script-title=ja:あぶさん 107 | language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref>

In 1977, it received the [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for ''[[Seinen Manga|seinen]]''/general manga.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 |publisher=Shogakukan |language=ja |access-date=2008-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123175526/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archive-date=23 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004, Mizushima auctioned off the right to appear as a character in ''Abu-san'' for over ¥3 million, as a fundraiser for Mangajapan.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-09-02/become-a-manga-character | title=Become a Manga Character | date=2004-09-02 | publisher=Anime News Network | access-date=2007-12-31}}</ref> As of 2013, the series has sold over 22 million copies.<ref name=mw/>

The [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks]] currently honours Squad no.90, which belongs to Yasutake Kageura.

== References ==
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{{Big Comic Original}}
{{Shogakukan Manga Award - General}}

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[[Category:1973 manga]]
[[Category:Baseball in anime and manga]]
[[Category:Seinen manga]]
[[Category:Shogakukan manga]]
[[Category:Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga]]


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