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{{short description|Japanese manga and anime series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Karate Master cover.jpg
| caption = Volume one cover art
| ja_kanji = 空手バカ一代
| ja_romaji = Karate Baka Ichidai
| genre = {{hlist|[[Martial Arts]]|[[Action genre|Action]]}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Ikki Kajiwara]]
| illustrator     = [[Jirō Tsunoda]] (1971–1973)<br>Jōya Kagemaru
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| demographic     = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| magazine        = [[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]
| first           = 1971 
| last            = 1977
| volumes         = 29 
| volume_list     =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Osamu Dezaki]]
| producer        = Eisuke Nozawa<br>Nobuo Inada
| writer          =
| music           =
| studio          = [[Shin-Ei Animation|A Production]]<br>[[TMS Entertainment|Tokyo Movie]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Discotek Media]]}}
| network         = [[All-Nippon News Network|ANN]] ([[TV Asahi|NET]])
| first           = October 3, 1973
| last            = September 25, 1974
| episodes        = 47
| episode_list    =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| director        = [[Kazuhiko Yamaguchi]]
| producer        =
| writer          =
| music           =
| studio          = Toei
| licensee        =
| released        = 14 May 1977
| runtime         = 91 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Karate Master'''''|空手バカ一代|Karate Baka Ichidai|lit. "A Karate-Crazy Life"}} is a Japanese [[manga]] drawn by [[Jirō Tsunoda]] and Jōya Kagemaru, with the story written by [[Ikki Kajiwara]]. The story was inspired by the life of the real-life [[karate]] martial artist [[Mas Oyama]].<ref name=kotobank>{{cite web|title=Karate baka ichidai|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A9%BA%E6%89%8B%E3%83%90%E3%82%AB%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3|work=Dejitaru Daijisen Purasu|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=11 May 2014|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Waru Action Manga Artist Joya Kagemaru Passes Away|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-08/waru-action-manga-artist-joya-kagemaru-passes-away|access-date=2014-03-23}}</ref>

The manga was published in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'' between 1971 and 1977, and accumulated in 29 [[tankōbon]] volumes.<ref name=kotobank /> It was adapted into an [[anime]] television series from 1973 to 1974, and a live-action film in 1977.

==Anime and film adaptations==
The [[anime]] television series was produced by [[Tokyo Movie]] and aired Wednesdays, from 19:30 to 20:00, on [[TV Asahi|NET]] from October 3, 1973 to September 25, 1974, totaling 47 episodes.<ref name=kotobank /><ref name=Movie>{{cite web|title=Karate baka ichidai|url=http://www.moviesquare.jp/channel/catalog/?c=karat|work=Movie Square|access-date=11 May 2014|language=ja}}</ref><ref name=All>{{cite web|title=TV Anime Karate baka ichidai|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89551|work=AllCinema|access-date=11 May 2014|language=ja}}</ref>

The manga was first adapted into a live-action film by [[Toei Company|Toei]] as ''Karate Baka Ichidai'', which was released on 14 May 1977 (the English release title was ''[[Karate for Life]]'').<ref name=Kinenote>{{cite web|title=Karate baka ichidai|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=18678|work=Kinenote|publisher=Kinema Junpo|access-date=11 May 2014|language=ja}}</ref> It was directed by [[Kazuhiko Yamaguchi]] and starred [[Shin'ichi Chiba|Shin'ichi ("Sonny") Chiba]].<ref name=Kinenote /> The two-part film, ''Shin Karate Baka Ichidai: Kakutōsha'', which was directed by Takeshi Miyasaka and released in 2003 and 2004 to commemorate the seventeenth anniversary of Kajiwara's death, is often treated as an adaptation of the manga,<ref name=Kinenote /> but its direct source is a book by Hisao Maki, Kajiwara's younger brother.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shin Karate Baka Ichidai: Kakutōsha|url=http://www.cinematopics.com/cinema/works/output2.php?oid=3790|work=Cinema Topics Online|access-date=11 May 2014|language=ja}}</ref>

The anime is now available on [[Hulu]] (in the U.S.) under the name ''Karate Master''. [[Discotek Media]] has licensed the anime for home video release in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-27/discotek-adds-hana-yori-dango-07-ghost-beelzebub-kyousougiga-getter-robo-armageddon-z-x-ignition-karate-master/.92209|title=Discotek Adds Hana Yori Dango, 07-Ghost, Beelzebub, Kyousougiga, Getter Robo Armageddon, Z/X Iginition, Karate Master|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 27, 2015|access-date=August 29, 2015}}</ref>

==Reception and legacy==
The success of the manga and the anime are often credited for producing a "karate boom" in Japan in the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hashimoto|first=Norihiro|title='Karate Saikyō Gensō' Futatabi|url=http://number.bunshun.jp/articles/-/13055|work=Number|publisher=Bungei Shunju|access-date=11 May 2014|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1969-1987|url=http://kyokushin-kansai.com/union/history3.html|work=Kokushin Kaikan no Rekishi|publisher=Kokushin Kaikan|access-date=11 May 2014|language=ja}}</ref>

Video game artist [[Keiji Inafune]] drew inspiration from ''Karate Master'' for several character designs in the arcade [[fighting game]] ''[[Street Fighter (video game)|Street Fighter]]'' (1987).<ref>{{cite news|last1=McLaughlin|first1=Rus|title=IGN Presents the History of Street Fighter|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/02/16/ign-presents-the-history-of-street-fighter|access-date=31 January 2022|work=[[IGN]]|date=16 February 2009}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tms-e.co.jp/english/search/introduction.php?pdt_no=209 ''Karate Master'' on TMS Entertainment's website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160418161033/http://www.tms-e.com/search/index.php?pdt_no=324 ''Karate Baka Ichidai'' on TMS Entertainment's website] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q5070043}}
* {{ann|manga|20320}}

{{Osamu Dezaki}}
{{Weekly Shōnen Magazine - 1960–1989}}
{{TMS Entertainment}}

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[[Category:Karate in anime and manga]]
[[Category:Kodansha manga]]
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[[Category:Shōnen manga]]
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