is a Japanese manga series by Fujiko Fujio and later Fujiko F. Fujio about the titular obake, Q-Taro, who lives with the Ōhara family. Q-Tarō, also known as "Q-chan" or "Oba-Q", is a mischief-maker who likes to fly around scaring people and stealing food, though he is deathly afraid of dogs. The story is usually focused on the antics of Q-Tarō and his friends. The manga was drawn in 1964–1966 by the duo Fujiko Fujio (Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko) and in 1971–1974 by just Hiroshi Fujimoto (as Fujiko F. Fujio). An English manga volume was published in Japan as Q the Spook. There are three anime series adaptations of Obake no Q-Tarō. The first was shown on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) in black and white, and ran from 1965 to 1967. The second series, produced in color, ran from 1971 to 1972 on Nippon TV. The third series ran from 1985 to 1987 on TV Asahi. The series was broadcast in the United States in the 1970s as Little Ghost Q-Taro, making it one of only two works by Fujiko F. Fujio to be localized in English. Characters Voiced by: Machiko Soga (1965), Junko Hori (1971), Fusako Amachi (1985) The protagonist of the manga, Q-Tarō has a fear of dogs and cannot transform although he is an obake. Voiced by: Kazue Tagami (1965), Yoshiko Ōta (1971), Katsue Miwa (1985) A human friend of Q-tarō, Shōta Ōhara is an elementary school student. Q-Tarō calls him and Shota calls Q-Tarō . Voiced by: Masako Nozawa (1965), Sumiko Shirakawa (1971), Yū Mizushima (1985) Shota's older brother. He is a middle school student. Voiced by: Hiroko Maruyama (1971), Eiko Masuyama (1985) U-ko, a judoka, is Q-Tarō's girlfriend obake. Voiced by: Misae Kita (1965), Yoshiko Yamamoto (1971), Fuyumi Shiraishi (1985) Doronpa is an American obake. Q-Tarō tends to have a rivalry towards him due to the fact that U-ko idolizes Doronpa's intelligence and he likes to annoy Q-Tarō because he is Japanese. Voiced by: Yōko Mizugaki (1965), Kazuko Sawada (1971), Yūko Mita (1985) P-ko is Q-Tarō's younger sister. Voiced by: Makoto Kōsaka→Reiko Katsura (1971), Keiko Yokozawa (1985) O-jirō is Q-Tarō's younger brother. Although he can understand others' speech, he can only say "bakeratta." Only Q-Tarō understands what O-jirō says. Father of Q-Tarō, P-ko, and O-jirō. Mother of Q-Tarō, P-ko, and O-jirō. Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki (1965/1971), Hiroshi Takemura (1985) Nickname: Godzilla. A bully