in Shota's class and neighborhood. Voiced by: Mitsuko Aso (1965), Sumiko Shirakawa (1971), Kaneta Kimotsuki (1985), Naoki Tatsuta (1985, stand-in) Shota's smart classmate. Voiced by: Unknown (1965), Kazuko Sawada (1971), Naoki Tatsuta (1985) Shota's rich classmate who kisses up to Godzilla. His name is also similar to the rich boy in Kaibutsu-kun Voiced by: Mariko Tsukai (1965), Michiko Nomura (1971), Sanae Miyuki (1985) Shota's female classmate, always referred to as and U-ko lives with her Voiced by: Unknown (1965), Unknown (1971), Yoko Asagami (1985) Shin'ichi's girlfriend. She is a middle school student, and P-ko lives with her Voiced by: Hiroshi Ōtake (1965), Akira Shimada (1971), Shingo Hiromori (1985) Ramen chief character, he also appears too as a ramen chief in Doraemon, he appears as a teacher in Ninja Hattori-kun, he appears as a Michio's father in Ultra B Voiced by: Reizo Nomoto (1965) and (1971), Shingo Kanemoto (1985) Ohara's neighbor and Doronpa lives with him. And he resembles from Doraemon Reception and impact The popularity of the 1965 anime adaptation caused a cultural phenomenon called "Oba-Q boom" (オバQブーム Oba-Kyū būmu), which made the series have an 30% audience rating, high popularity with children and spawn a variety of Toys, songs and clothes, as well a host of imitators. The reason of Q-Tarō's popularity was that the series was grounded in everyday Japanese life, with Q-Tarō questioning the structure of Japanese society and the comedic situations that occurred because of Q-Tarō misinterpreting it. Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani cited the series as inspiration for the designs of the Ghosts in the Pac-Man video game series. In the manga series To Love Ru, the ghost character Shizu Murasame has a fear of dogs as an homage to Little Ghost Q-Taro. Notes References External links 60s 70s 80s 1960s Japanese television series 1964 manga 1965 anime television series debuts 1971 anime television series debuts 1985 anime television series debuts Anime series based on manga Children's manga Comedy anime and manga CoroCoro Comic Fictional ghosts Fujiko Fujio Japanese comedy television series Nippon TV original programming Shin-Ei Animation Shogakukan manga Shogakukan franchises Shōnen manga Shunsuke Kikuchi TMS Entertainment TBS Television (Japan) original programming TV Asahi original programming