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Higepiyo Anime Inspires Manga in Ribon Mag
posted on by Egan Loo
Comedy anime was itself inspired by earlier manga by Ebichu's Risa Itou
The May issue of Oruchuban Ebichu comedy manga and anime.
The story of Higepiyo (literally "Mustache-Peep") revolves around Hiyoko, a "surreal" bird that happens to have a mustache. Hiyoko can talk with "Piroshi" — Hiroshi, the human boy who bought her at a night fair — and the two are tight friends. In fact, Hiyoko teaches Hiroshi how to win brawls in elementary school, and she sometimes fights a bullying girl on Hiroshi's behalf. (Hiyoko is actually an experimental test subject that escaped from a laboratory.)
The anime premiered in Japan on April 3 with direction by Antique Bakery)
Image © Risa Itou/Shueisha, Higepiyo Production Committee
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