{{Short description|Japanese manga series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | image = One-pound Gospel volume 1.jpg | caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Sister Angela (above) and Kosaku Hatanaka (below) | ja_kanji = 1ポンドの福音 | ja_romaji = Ichi-Pondo no Fukuin | genre = Romance<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/one-pound-gospel|title=The Official Website for One♥Pound Gospel|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=December 7, 2017|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414210518/https://www.viz.com/one-pound-gospel|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per MOS:A&M). --> }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Rumiko Takahashi | publisher = Shogakukan | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA = Viz Media }} | magazine = Weekly Young Sunday | magazine_en = {{English manga magazine | NA = Animerica {{noitalic|(some chapters)}} }} | first = July 24, 1987 | last = December 21, 2006 | volumes = 4 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = ova | director = Makura Saki | producer = | writer = | music = Kenji Kawai | studio = Studio Gallop | licensee = {{English anime licensee | NA = Viz Video }} | released = December 2, 1988 | runtime = 55 minutes }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = drama | title = | director = | producer = | writer = | music = | studio = | licensee = | network = Nippon TV | network_en = | first = January 12, 2008 | last = March 8, 2008 | episodes = 9 | episode_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|'''''One-pound Gospel'''''|1ポンドの福音|Ichi-Pondo no Fukuin|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from July 1987 to December 2006, with its chapters collected into four {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The story is a fusion of the sports (specifically, boxing) and romantic comedy genres.
Studio Gallop produced an anime original video animation adaptation in 1988. A live-action television drama adaptation starring Kazuya Kamenashi from KAT-TUN and Meisa Kuroki aired for nine episodes in 2008. Viz Media licensed and released the manga and OVA in North America.
==Plot== The series follows {{nihongo|Kosaku Hatanaka|畑中耕作|Hatanaka Kōsaku}}, the pride of {{nihongo|Mukōda<!-- It said "Mukaida" but it clearly says "Mukoda" on the sweaters in the Japanese paperback volumes, which becomes "Mukōda" in the transcription system used on Wikipedia. --> Gym|向田ジム|Mukōda Jimu}} for the most part. He went pro in only two bouts after leaving high school, and his strong punches are universally recognized by his opponents. While he is a natural at boxing, he cannot control his voracious appetite. Not surprisingly, Kosaku eats anything and everything. As a result, he has been forced to change his weight class since high school. Going from flyweight, all the way up to featherweight, something his trainer tells him he does not have the frame for. On top of this he accepts challenges from higher weight classes, giving his coach (and himself) constant trouble.
Into this picture steps {{nihongo|Sister Angela|シスターアンジェラ|Shisutā Anjera}}, a novice nun who takes Kosaku on as a personal project, determined to set him on the right path and break his habit of gluttony. She constantly encourages him, making sure that he stays in shape while staying away from food. Unfortunately, closeness can sometimes breed feelings of affection, which Kosaku begins to develop. Even worse, Sister Angela realizes she is beginning to have the same problems as well.
==Media== ===Manga=== Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi, chapters of ''One-pound Gospel'' were sporadically published in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Sunday'' between July 24, 1987, and December 21, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knudde|first=Kjell|title=Rumiko Takahashi|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/takahashi_rumiko.htm|website=Comiclopedia|publisher=Lambiek|access-date=June 28, 2023|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404063656/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/takahashi_rumiko.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2006年12月21日のアーカイブ|url=http://manganohi.jp/2006/12/21/|website=manganohi.jp|access-date=June 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011171432/http://manganohi.jp/2006/12/21/|archive-date=October 11, 2007|date=December 21, 2006}}</ref> The chapters were collected and published into four {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes by Shogakukan from July 5, 1989, to March 5, 2007.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_src?jan=cl&pat=b2&text=1%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%81%AE%E7%A6%8F%E9%9F%B3| archive-url=https://archive.today/20140906214016/http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_src?jan=cl&pat=b2&text=1%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%81%AE%E7%A6%8F%E9%9F%B3| url-status=dead| archive-date=September 6, 2014| script-title=ja:１ポンドの福音| publisher=Shogakukan| language=ja| access-date=2014-09-06}}</ref>
It was released in North America by Viz Media, adapted into English by Gerard Jones, with some chapters serialized in ''Animerica''. It was published in both a monthly comic book format and as three volumes mirroring the Japanese {{transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} from 1996 to 1998. The volumes were re-published in 2008, to include the final fourth volume.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2008/new-york-comic-con/viz-media| title=New York Comic Con - Viz Media| website=Anime News Network| date=April 19, 2008| access-date=2014-09-06| archive-date=August 18, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818075800/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2008/new-york-comic-con/viz-media| url-status=live}}</ref>
====Volumes==== {{Graphic novel list/header | Language = Japanese | Width = 70% }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 1 | OriginalRelDate = July 5, 1989<ref name="volume 1">{{cite web| url=http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091511015| script-title=ja:１ポンドの福音 / 1| publisher=Shogakukan| language=ja| access-date=2014-09-06| archive-date=2014-09-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907052201/http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091511015| url-status=dead}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 4-09-151101-5 | LicensedRelDate = August 5, 1996<ref name="US vol 1">{{cite book|title=One-Pound Gospel, Vol. 1|isbn=1569311315|last1=Takahashi|first1=Rumiko|date=5 August 1996|publisher=VIZ Media LLC }}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-56-931131-8 | ChapterList = | LicensedTitle = | OriginalTitle = | TranslitTitle = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 2 | OriginalRelDate = July 5, 1990<ref name="volume 2">{{cite web| url=http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091511023| script-title=ja:１ポンドの福音 / 2| publisher=Shogakukan| language=ja| access-date=2014-09-06| archive-date=2014-09-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907052117/http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091511023| url-status=dead}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 4-09-151102-3 | LicensedRelDate = April 5, 1997<ref name="US vol 2">{{cite book|title=One-Pound Gospel, Vol. 2: Hungry For Victory|isbn=1569311889|last1=Takahashi|first1=Rumiko|year=1997|publisher=Viz Communications }}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-56-931188-2 | ChapterList = | LicensedTitle = | OriginalTitle = | TranslitTitle = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 3 | OriginalRelDate = July 5, 1996<ref name="volume 3">{{cite web| url=http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091511031| script-title=ja:１ポンドの福音 / 3| publisher=Shogakukan| language=ja| access-date=2014-09-06| archive-date=2014-09-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907052120/http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=4091511031| url-status=dead}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 4-09-151103-1 | LicensedRelDate = June 5, 1998<ref name="US vol 3">{{cite book|title=One-Pound Gospel, Vol. 3: Knuckle Sandwich|isbn=1569312605|last1=Takahashi|first1=Rumiko|year=1998|publisher=Viz Communications }}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-56-931260-5 | ChapterList = | LicensedTitle = | OriginalTitle = | TranslitTitle = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list | VolumeNumber = 4 | OriginalRelDate = March 5, 2007<ref name="volume 4">{{cite web| url=http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091511706| script-title=ja:１ポンドの福音 / 4| publisher=Shogakukan| language=ja| access-date=2014-09-06| archive-date=2014-09-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907074246/http://sol-comics.shogakukan.co.jp/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091511706| url-status=dead}}</ref> | OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-151170-6 | LicensedRelDate = December 9, 2008<ref name="US vol 4">{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/onepound-gospel-volume-4/product/1645|title=One♥Pound Gospel, Volume 4|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=2020-06-09|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122185710/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/onepound-gospel-volume-4/product/1645|url-status=live}}</ref> | LicensedISBN = 978-1-42-152033-9 | ChapterList = | LicensedTitle = | OriginalTitle = | TranslitTitle = | Summary = }} {{Graphic novel list/footer}}
===Other media=== ''One-pound Gospel'' was adapted into a single 55 minute anime original video animation by Studio Gallop. Directed by Osamu Dezaki, under the alias Makura Saki,<ref name="buried">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2009-08-27/one-pound-gospel| title=Buried Treasure - One Pound Gospel| website=Anime News Network| date=August 27, 2009| access-date=2014-09-06| archive-date=September 7, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907132030/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2009-08-27/one-pound-gospel| url-status=live}}</ref> it was released on December 2, 1988. The OVA was released by Viz Media on subtitled VHS in 1995.<ref name="buried"/> Unlike the manga, Angela is two years older than Kosaku and has a red scooter.
A live-action television adaptation of the manga aired on Nippon TV from January 12 to March 8, 2008. The nine-episode series stars KAT-TUN's Kamenashi Kazuya as Hatanaka Kosaku and Meisa Kuroki as Sister Angela.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/kamenashi-to-star-in-rumiko-takahashi-adaptation/| title=Kamenashi to star in Rumiko Takahashi adaptation| publisher=Tokyograph| date=November 4, 2007| access-date=2014-09-06| archive-date=September 7, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907052451/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/kamenashi-to-star-in-rumiko-takahashi-adaptation/| url-status=live}}</ref> It was released in a DVD box set on September 3, 2008. A CD containing the music used in the drama was released on February 27, 2008, as ''One Pound Gospel Original Soundtrack''.
==Reception== Shaenon K. Garrity, writing for Anime News Network, stated that despite the unlikely combination of boxing and Catholicism in a situational comedy, Takahashi makes it work. She also called the action scenes "realistic" with proper boxing terminology. Garrity suspected the author was paying tribute to Mitsuru Adachi with the sports comedy and believes that ''One-pound Gospel'' appeals to fans of Takahashi's older "slapstick" works, as opposed to her new dramatic works.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-09-04/one-pound-gospel/.78392| title=House of 1000 Manga - One Pound Gospel| website=Anime News Network| date=September 14, 2014| access-date=2014-09-06| archive-date=September 7, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907053623/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-09-04/one-pound-gospel/.78392| url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.viz.com/one-pound-gospel ''One-Pound Gospel''] at Viz Media * [http://www.ntv.co.jp/1pound/ Official website] * {{Anime News Network|manga|2417}} * [http://www.furinkan.com/gospel/ ''One-Pound Gospel'' at Furinkan.com]
{{Rumiko Takahashi}} {{Osamu Dezaki}} {{Weekly Young Sunday}} {{Gallop (studio)}}
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