History Manga / SazaeSan

* ArtEvolution: The animation style was much more cartoony in the ''very'' early episodes.

** In addition, Sazae's original voice actress, Midori Kato, is ''still'' voicing the character at age 80. She's been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the voice actor with the longest continuous role playing one character on TV.

* AbsenteeActor: No. 93 "Happy Birthday", which aired on May 1970, is the only episode where Sazae doesn't appear. [[ADayInTheLimelight Katsuo and Wakame play the main role instead.]]

An ancient Japanese comic strip that dates back to 1946 and, perhaps more notably, holds the world record for the longest running anime of all time — new ''Sazae-san'' episodes have been airing since October 5, 1969, making it a pop culture staple of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. It almost always has higher TV ratings in Japan than any other anime (and even most other TV shows ''period''), and by a significant margin. Airings of ''Sazae-san'' in its Sunday evening timeslot regularly have viewership numbering over a tenth of the entire Japanese population. In other words, it's a pretty big deal. Despite this, [[PopCultureIsolation it is not very well known outside of its home country]].

An ancient Japanese comic strip that dates back to 1946 and, perhaps more notably, holds the world record for the longest running anime of all time — new ''Sazae-san'' episodes have been airing since October 5, 1969, making it a pop culture staple of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. It almost always has higher TV ratings in Japan than any other anime (and even most other TV shows ''period''), and by a significant margin. Airings of ''Sazae-san'' in its Sunday evening timeslot regularly have viewership numbering over a tenth of the entire Japanese population. In other words, it's a pretty big deal. Despite this, [[PopCultureIgnorance it is not very well known outside of its home country]].

An ancient Japanese comic strip that dates back to 1946 and, perhaps more notably, holds the world record for the longest running anime of all time — new ''Sazae-san'' episodes have been airing since October 5, 1969, making it a pop culture staple of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. It almost always has higher TV ratings in Japan than any other anime (and even most other TV shows ''period''), and by a significant margin. Airings of ''Sazae-san'' in its Sunday evening timeslot regularly have viewership numbering over a tenth of the entire Japanese population. In other words, it's a pretty big deal. Despite this, it is not very well known outside of its home country.

An ancient Japanese comic strip that dates back to 1946 and, perhaps more notably, holds the world record for the longest running animated series of all time — new ''Sazae-san'' episodes have been airing since October 5, 1969, making it a pop culture staple of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. It almost always has higher TV ratings in Japan than any other anime (and even most other TV shows ''period''), and by a significant margin. Airings of ''Sazae-san'' in its Sunday evening timeslot regularly have viewership numbering over a tenth of the entire Japanese population. In other words, it's a pretty big deal. Despite this, it is not very well known outside of its home country.

Outside of 50 episodes from the first year (which are on Amazon Prime Japan), the TV series has [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes never been released on home video]] due to the dying wishes of its creator, Machiko Hasegawa. This is probably the reason why it has [[NoExportForYou never been dubbed into English or any language besides Japanese]]. However, some of the original comic strip has been released bilingually as ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-World-Sazae-San-Vol/dp/4770020759 The Wonderful World of Sazae-san]]'' and later ''[[https://www.amazon.com/%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E5%AF%BE%E8%A8%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A8%E3%81%95%E3%82%93-%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%84%E3%81%AE%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3-Sazae-san-KODANSHA-ENGLISH/dp/4062500841 The Best of Sazae-san]]''.

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[[caption-width-right:300: The titular character, Sazae Fuguta.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: One would be forgiven for thinking Sazae's parents are in their 60s. However, Namihei is 54 and Fune is 52 (48 in the manga).