The gag manga underwent several title changes as it followed Tanaka through every stage of his life: KÅkÅ Afro Tanaka (High School Afro Tanaka), ChÅ«tai Afro Tanaka (Dropout Afro Tanaka), JÅkyÅ Afro Tanaka (Tokyo-Bound Afro Tanaka), Sasurai Afro Tanaka (Wandering Afro Tanaka), and Shiawase Afro Tanaka (Happy Afro Tanaka).
The sixth and latest installment is titled Kekkon Afro Tanaka (Marriage Afro Tanaka), and it launched in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Spirits magazine in April 2018. The JÅkyÅ Afro Tanaka story received a live-action film adaptation in 2012.
Noritsuke’s Afro Tanaka manga series has been running since 2002.
The manga series centers around the quirky life of an Afro-haired young man named Hiroshi Tanaka.