Pro Golfer Saru

Fujiko Fujio A.’s sports manga about a monkey-like genius golf boy.

I remember reading a few Saru manga in my childhood and recently got to revisit them. Looking at them now it’s pretty crazy how a series about an alcohol loving monkey boy was marketed as a children’s manga.

Regardless, I was actually really impressed with Fujiko A’s artwork. He uses a lot of shadows and inking in both characters and background speed lines to give this simple children’s manga a more gekiga style. But the designs of the Saru’s golf rivals look so cartoony that I laughed.

I read more of Fujiko F. Fujio’s manga growing up so it was nice to revisit Fujio Fujiko A.’s work instead.

~dakazu