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April 9: Manga serialization

• 1967 – Tensai Bakabon by Fujio Akatsuka begins serialization in Weekly Shōnen Magazine
• 1973 – The Abashiri Family by Go Nagai finishes serialization in Weekly Shōnen Champion

Television series and specials

• 1983 – Lady Georgie begins airing on TV Asahi
• 1984 – Chikkun Takkun begins airing on Fuji TV
• 1984 – Glass Mask begins airing on NTV
• 1985 – Taotao (second series) finishes airing on TV Osaka
• 1989 – Shin Bikkuriman begins airing on ABC
• 1991 – Little Ghosts, There, Here, and Where begins airing on NTV

Births

• 1928 – Yōji Kuri, a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker