First human Giatrus | Gyātoruzu | Giatrus, il primo uomo | Gon, The Stone-Age Boy | Kagura Sake

Original drawing by Shunji Sonoyama (1935-1993) with his best known characters from the Giatrus manga / anime | This work was used in an advertising campaign by Kagura Sake (1983-85)

Giatrus (ギ ャ ー ト ル ズ) consists of:

3 manga series
2 anime television series
1 television drama
1 anime film


The original series was published between 1965 and 1975 there were also two spin-off manga:

* First Human Gon は じ め 人間 ゴ ン
* First Human Giatrus は じ め 人間 ギ ャ ー ト ル ズ

Shunji Sonoyama received the Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1976 for his work on this manga.
To illustrate: Osamu Tezuka received the same award in 1975 for his “Buddha” manga.

Tokyo Movie aired the series as an anime television series (77 episodes), which was successful in the 1970s and 1980s in Japan, the US, Italy, France...