Tottemo! Luckyman (とっても! ラッキーマン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Gamo. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 1993 to July 1997, with its chapters collected in 16 volumes. The series follows the adventures of a bizarre superhero named Luckyman and his fights against various aliens and other enemies threatening the Earth. A 50-episode anime television series adaptation by studio Pierrot was broadcast on TV Tokyo between April 1994 and March 1995. Two video games Game Boy and Super Famicom consoles have been released, and the titular character Luckyman has been featured in the "Jump" crossover video games Jump Ultimate Stars and J-Stars Victory VS.

Plot

Yōichi Tsuitenai is the unluckiest boy in his hometown. One day, his luck truly ran out when he was crushed by an alien spaceship, killing him. But in this time of need, he was discovered by Luckyman, a cosmic superhero, who gives him the superpower of being extremely lucky. Now Yōichi, as Luckyman, must defend the Earth from aliens invading to conquer it, with the help of his sidekick, Endeavorman, their friend Superstarman, and three others, Victoryman, Friendshipman, and Geniusman.

Characters

Best 16 Super Heroes

The Best 16 Super Heroes (ナイナイシックスティーン), is an elite team of 16 special heroes assembled by the chairman of the Hero Committee, an organization for super heroes, located on a hero-populated planet called the Hero Star. The team is formed up of the main team of six heroes selected by the Chairman as elites to fight aliens on Earth, and 10 contestants from the 1053rd Hero Tournament that all won. "Nai Nai (ナイナイ)" is an onomatopoeia for the sound created when the 16 heroes all fire their beams at something.

Other characters

Hand Squadron Finger Rangers

The Hand Squadron Finger Rangers (お手手戦隊指レンジャー) are the five villains in Yotchan's team. They fight in cylindrical metal suits, each of a different color, and act as fingers for a giant hand. Eventually, these characters all die, except for Geniusman, Speedman, and Yotchan.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Hiroshi Gamo, ''Tottemo! Luckyman debuted with a one-shot in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump'' on April 12, 1993, and was later serialized in the same magazine from August 16 of that same year to July 7, 1997. Shueisha collected its chapters in sixteen volumes published between February 1994 and October 1997. Shueisha re-published the series in eight digital volumes, released on June 29, 2012.

Anime

A 50-episode anime television series, animated by studio Pierrot and directed by Osamu Nabeshima, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 6, 1994, to March 23, 1995.

Video games

A video game, titled Tottemo! Luckyman: Everyone Loves Lucky Cookie!! (とっても! ラッキーマン ラッキークッキーみんな大好きー!!), was developed by Bandai and released for the Game Boy on September 22, 1994. Another video game, titled Tottemo! Luckyman: Lucky Cookie Roulette Assault!! (とっても! ラッキーマン ラッキークッキールーレットで突撃ー!!), also developed by Bandai, was released for the Super Famicom on June 30, 1995. Luckyman was featured as a playable character in two Jump crossover fighting games, Jump Ultimate Stars for the Nintendo DS, released on November 23, 2006; and J-Stars Victory VS for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, released on March 19, 2014, in Japan, and in June 2015 in Europe and North America.