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Kōya no Shōnen Isamu
Cover of the first volume of Kōya no Shōnen Isamu, as published in Japan by Shueisha
荒野の少年イサム
Genre	Western
Manga
Written by	Sōji Yamakawa
Illustrated by	Noboru Kawasaki
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1971 – 1974
Volumes	12
Anime television series
Directed by	Isao Takahata Kyosuke Mikuriya Yoshikata Nitta Kenzo Koizumi[1]
Music by	Takeo Watanabe
Studio	Tokyo Movie
Original network	FNS (Fuji TV)
Original run	4 April 1973 – 27 March 1974
Episodes	52

Kōya no Shōnen Isamu (荒野の少年イサム, lit. "Boy of the Wilderness Isamu"), is a Japanese manga series written by Sōji Yamakawa and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki. It was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1971 to 1974.

It was adapted into an anime by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Shingo Araki and Daikichiro Kusube created the character designs, while Hayao Miyazaki was in the team of animators. The series consists of 52 episodes and was originally broadcast on Fuji TV.^[1][2]

• Akira Kamiya as Isamu
• Ichirô Murakoshi as Ned Wingate
• Iemasa Kayumi as Rhett Wingate
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Big Stone
• Osamu Kato as Old Wingate
• Takeshi Kuwabara as Narrator

• Official TMS site for the anime adaptation under the official English title The Rough and Ready Cowboy
• Kōya no Shōnen Isamu (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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