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{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Tsunomaru}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Midori no Makibaō 1.png
| caption         = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover, featuring Midori Makibaō
| ja_kanji        = みどりのマキバオー
| ja_romaji       = 
| genre           = [[Comedy]], [[Sports manga|sports]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Midori No Makibao|url=http://en.pierrot.jp/anime_1990s.html#anime_014|publisher=[[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]]|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180806012524/http://en.pierrot.jp/anime_1990s.html%23anime_014#anime_014|archive-date=August 6, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Tsunomaru]]
| publisher       = [[Shueisha]]
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
| magazine        = [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
| imprint            = [[Jump Comics]]
| first           = November 28, 1994
| last            = February 9, 1998
| volumes         = 16
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Noriyuki Abe]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = Hiroshi Hashimoto
| music           = [[Taro Iwashiro]]
| studio          = [[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]]
| network         = [[Fuji TV]]
| first           = March 2, 1996
| last            = July 12, 1997
| episodes        = 61
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Taiyō no Makibaō
| author          = Tsunomaru
| publisher       = Shueisha
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]}}
| magazine        = {{ubl|[[Weekly Playboy]] {{noitalic|(2007–2011)}}|Shū Play News {{noitalic|(2011–2016)}}}}
| first           = March 26, 2007
| last            = November 14, 2016
| volumes         = 36
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title           = Series titles
|content         = 
# ''Taiyō no Makibaō'' (2007–2011, 16 volumes)
# ''Taiyō no Makibaō W'' (2011–2016, 20 volumes)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}

{{nihongo|'''''Midori no Makibaō'''''|みどりのマキバオー||{{lit|Green Meadow King}}}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Tsunomaru]]. It was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from November 1994 to February 1998, with its chapters collected in 16 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes.

A 61-episode [[anime]] television series produced by [[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]] was broadcast on [[Fuji TV]] from March 1996 to July 1997. A second manga series, titled ''Taiyō no Makibaō'', was serialized in ''[[Weekly Playboy]]'' from 2007 to 2011, and later in the ''Shū Play News'' website, under the title ''Taiyō no Makibaō W'', from 2011 to 2016, with the overall series' chapters collected in 36 volumes.

The ''Midori no Makibaō'' manga has had over 9 million copies in circulation. In 1997, it won the 42nd [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in the [[Children's anime and manga|children]] category.

==Plot==
Midori Makibaō is a small white [[mule]]. Compared to the other thoroughbred horses, his physical size is comparable to a donkey with wide nostrils. However, with guts and speed as his weapons, Makibaō wins in every big race.

At the beginning of his career, Makibaō has trouble making his debut as a racehorse. But he has reasons to overcome his difficulties; a lifelong rival horse called Superhorse Cascade, that Makibaō needs to defeat. Plus, he is determined to win back his mother, Midori, a horse taken away to pay debts.

There are many hardships that Makibaō has to overcome, but he thrives in a series of races to become a great racehorse.

==Characters==
===Horses===
;{{Nihongo|Midori Makibaō|ミドリマキバオー}} / {{Nihongo|Tarezo Unko|うんこ たれ蔵|Unko Tarezō}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Inuko Inuyama]]<ref name="PierrotJP">{{cite web|script-title=ja:みどりのマキバオー|url=https://pierrot.jp/archive/1995/tv90_12.html|publisher=[[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]]|access-date=July 13, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317081439/https://pierrot.jp/archive/1995/tv90_12.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
;{{Nihongo|Cascade|カスケード|Kasukēdo}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Tesshō Genda]]<ref name="PierrotJP"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Amago Wakuchin|アマゴワクチン}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yasunori Matsumoto]]<ref name="VStorage1">{{cite web|script-title=ja:『みどりのマキバオー』Blu-ray BOX発売記念 キャラクター紹介第1弾 「ミドリマキバオーと仲間たち、そしてライバル馬を紹介！」［『みどりのマキバオー』Blu-ray BOX特集サイト「ボックスなのね～！」］|url=https://v-storage.bnarts.jp/bv_news/184169/|website=V-Storage|publisher=[[Bandai Namco Filmworks]]|access-date=July 13, 2023|language=ja|date=May 25, 2022|archive-date=March 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325082054/https://v-storage.bnarts.jp/bv_news/184169/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
;{{Nihongo|Nitronics|ニトロニクス|Nitoronikusu}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Kōji Ishii]]<ref name="VStorage2">{{cite web|script-title=ja:『みどりのマキバオー』Blu-ray BOX発売記念 キャラクター紹介第2弾 「忘れちゃいけない名馬&キャラクターたち」［『みどりのマキバオー』Blu-ray BOX特集サイト「ボックスなのね～！」］|url=https://v-storage.bnarts.jp/bv_news/186367/|website=V-Storage|publisher=[[Bandai Namco Filmworks]]|access-date=July 13, 2023|language=ja|date=June 29, 2022|archive-date=May 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528102532/https://v-storage.bnarts.jp/bv_news/186367/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
;{{Nihongo|Ancalgia|アンカルジア|Ankarujia}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yoshiko Kamei]]<ref name="VStorage2"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Beanaccle|ベアナックル|Beanakkuru}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Takashi Nagasako]]<ref name="VStorage2"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Tū Cutter|トゥーカッター|Tūkattā}}
:{{Voiced by|{{ill|Nobuaki Fukuda|ja|福田信昭}}<ref name="VStorage2"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Morriaror|モーリアロー|Mōriarō}}
:{{Voiced by|{{ill|Masato Yamada|ja|山田雅人}}<ref name="VStorage2"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Satomi Amazon|サトミアマゾン|Satomi Amazon}}
:{{Voiced by|{{ill|Eiji Itō|ja|伊藤栄次}}<ref name="VStorage1"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Makibako|マキバコ}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Ikue Ōtani]]<ref name="VStorage2"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Blitz|ブリッツ|Burittsu}}
:{{Voiced by|{{ill|Shinichirō Kamio|ja|神尾晋一郎}} (2022 special episode)<ref name="NatalieBD">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「みどりのマキバオー」BD特典で原作最終話のレースを初アニメ化！犬山イヌコも胸熱|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/481440|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 13, 2023|language=ja|date=June 13, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622102957/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/481440|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
;{{Nihongo|Midoriko|ミドリコ}}
:{{Voiced by|{{ill|Mizuka Arima|ja|有馬瑞香}}<ref name="PierrotJP"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Peter II|ピーターII|Pītā II}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Jūrōta Kosugi]]}}
;{{Nihongo|Shabitel|ツァビデル|Shabiteru}}:
:{{Voiced by|[[Akio Ōtsuka]]<ref name="VStorage2"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Jerusalem|エルサレム|Erusaremu}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Tōru Ōkawa]]<ref name="NatalieBD"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Fried Chicken|フライドチキン|Furaido Chikin}} 
:{{Voiced by|Tōru Ōkawa<ref name="VStorage2"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Hiropon|ヒロポン}}

===Other===
;{{Nihongo|Tomonori Saegusa|三枝 友則|Saegusa Tomonori}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Akira Ishida]]<ref name="PierrotJP"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Genjiro Obu|飯富 源次郎|Obu Genjirō}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Kenichi Ogata (voice actor)|Kenichi Ogata]]<ref name="PierrotJP"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Chūbei|チュウ兵衛}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Shigeru Chiba]]<ref name="PierrotJP"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Masaru Obu|飯富勝|Obu Masaru}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Minami Takayama]]<ref name="PierrotJP"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Nobuhiko Horie|堀江 信彦|Horie Nobuhiko}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Takeshi Watabe]]<ref name="VStorage2"/>}}

==Media==
===Manga===
Written and illustrated by [[Tsunomaru]], ''Midori no Makibaō'' was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from November 28, 1994,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ1994年50|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543570|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=July 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713160723/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543570|archive-date=July 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> to February 9, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ1998年9|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543415|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=July 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713160623/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543415|archive-date=July 13, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha collected its chapters 16 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from June 2, 1995, to June 4, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:みどりのマキバオー|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_series?tid=908871668|website=s-book.com|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=July 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121071146/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_series?tid=908871668|archive-date=November 21, 2004|language=ja}}</ref>

A second series, titled {{Nihongo|''{{ill|Taiyō no Makibaō|ja|たいようのマキバオー}}''|たいようのマキバオー}}, started in Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Playboy]]'' on March 26, 2007.{{efn|It started in the magazine's 15th issue of 2007,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|url=https://static.mercdn.net/item/detail/orig/photos/m23164857031_2.jpg?1688869335|magazine=[[Weekly Playboy]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|issue=15|year=2007|access-date=July 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714064444/https://static.mercdn.net/item/detail/orig/photos/m23164857031_2.jpg?1688869335|archive-date=July 14, 2023|language=ja|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|quote={{lang|ja|【新連載スタート!】「たいようのマキバオー」 ○つの丸}}|url-status=live}}</ref> released on March 26 of that same year.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊プレイボーイ 2007年15号|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi?key=detail&zashimei=w_playboy|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=July 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329115612fw_/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi?key=detail&zashimei=w_playboy|archive-date=March 29, 2007|language=ja}}</ref>}} The manga was later moved to the ''Shū Play News'' website, continued under the title {{Nihongo||たいようのマキバオーW|Taiyō no Makibaō W}}, where it ran from May 9, 2011,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:マキバオー、キン肉マンなど週プレ連載作がWEBに移籍|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/47673|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 14, 2023|language=ja|date=April 11, 2011|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318150302/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/47673|url-status=live}}</ref> to November 14, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:たいようのマキバオーW　Weekly238馬|url=http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2016/11/14/8001|website=Shū Play News|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=July 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116052651/http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2016/11/14/8001|archive-date=November 16, 2016|language=ja|date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> Shueisha collected the ''Taiyō no Makibaō'' chapters in 16 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from August 17, 2007,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:たいようのマキバオー 1|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-857470-7&mode=1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=July 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129122241/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-857470-7&mode=1|archive-date=November 29, 2011|language=ja}}</ref> to June 17, 2011,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:たいようのマキバオー 16|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-857519-3&mode=1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=July 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824160254/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-857519-3&mode=1|archive-date=August 24, 2011|language=ja}}</ref> while the ''Taiyō no Makibaō W'' chapters were collected in 20 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from September 16, 2011,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:たいようのマキバオーW 1|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-857522-3&mode=1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=July 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123185142/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-857522-3&mode=1|archive-date=November 23, 2011|language=ja}}</ref> to February 17, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「たいようのマキバオーW」完結巻に、描き下ろしの最終話43ページ|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/221275|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 14, 2023|language=ja|date=February 17, 2017|archive-date=June 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620101503/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/221275|url-status=live }}</ref>

===Anime===
A 61-episode [[anime]] television series adaptation, produced by [[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]] and directed by [[Noriyuki Abe]], was broadcast on [[Fuji TV]] from March 2, 1996, to July 12, 1997.<ref name="MediaArts"/> The opening theme is {{nihongo|"Hashire Makibaō"|走れマキバオー||"Run, Makibaō"}} by F.MAP, while the ending theme is {{nihongo|"Tottemo Umanami"|とってもウマナミ||"A Very Good Average"}} by Men's 5.

The series was re-released on a [[Blu-ray Disc]] box on July 27, 2022, which included a five-minute-long new episode that adapted the final chapter of the original manga series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Midori no Makibao Manga Finale Gets Animated for Blu-ray Disc Box|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-13/midori-no-makibao-manga-finale-gets-animated-for-blu-ray-disc-box/.186629|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 14, 2023|date=June 13, 2022|archive-date=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021064821/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-13/midori-no-makibao-manga-finale-gets-animated-for-blu-ray-disc-box/.186629|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Episodes====
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 1
| Title           =    Born to be Droopy!
| TranslitTitle       = Umarete Odoro ita!
| NativeTitle     = 生まれてオドロいた!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|3|2}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 2
| Title           = Tarezo Unko!
| TranslitTitle       = Unko Tarezō!
| NativeTitle     = うんこたれ蔵!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|3|9}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 3
| Title           = The Demon Trainer!
| TranslitTitle       = Oni no Chōkyōshi!
| NativeTitle     = 鬼の調教師!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|3|16}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 4
| Title           = Cascade is Here!
| TranslitTitle       = Kasukēdo Tōjō!
| NativeTitle     = カスケード登場!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|3|23}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 5
| Title           = It's Getting Worse!
| TranslitTitle       = Dame ni Naru!
| NativeTitle     = だめになる!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|3|30}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 6
| Title           = It's the Ones Who Stand Up!
| TranslitTitle       = Tatsunda Tare Kura!
| NativeTitle     = 立つんだ たれ蔵!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|4|6}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 7
| Title           = Who's Going to Get In?
| TranslitTitle       = Dare ga Noru no?!
| NativeTitle     = 誰がのるの?!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|4|20}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 8
| Title           = The King of Green Farm
| TranslitTitle       = Midori Bokujō no Ōsama
| NativeTitle     = みどり牧場の王様
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|4|27}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 9
| Title           = We're Going to be Strong!
| TranslitTitle       = Tsuyoku Naru zo!!!
| NativeTitle     = 強くなるぞっ!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|5|4}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 10
| Title           = Stormy Debut!
| TranslitTitle       = Arashi no Debyū!!
| NativeTitle     = 嵐のデビュー!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|5|11}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 11
| Title           = Poke It! Tarezo!
| TranslitTitle       = Tsukkome! Tarezō!
| NativeTitle     = つっこめ!たれ蔵!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|5|18}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 12
| Title           = Who's Stronger?
| TranslitTitle       = Docchi ga Tsuyoi no!?
| NativeTitle     = どっちが強いの!?
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|5|25}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 13
| Title           = The Black Assassin!
| TranslitTitle       = Kuroi Koroshi-ya!
| NativeTitle     = 黒い殺し屋!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|6|15}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 14
| Title           = Don't Be So Lax!
| TranslitTitle       = Amattareru na?!!
| NativeTitle     = 甘ったれるな～!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|6|22}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 15
| Title           = No More Hesitations!
| TranslitTitle       = Mō Mayowanai
| NativeTitle     = もう迷わない!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|7|6}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 16
| Title           = You've Got the Score!
| TranslitTitle       = Hakatta na!!
| NativeTitle     = はかったな!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|7|13}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 17
| Title           = Scatter! Mud!
| TranslitTitle       = Kechirase! Doronko!!
| NativeTitle     = けちらせ! 泥んこ!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|8|10}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 18
| Title           = Go! Operation Ballerina
| TranslitTitle       = Ike!! Bareriina Sakusen
| NativeTitle     = 行け!! バレリーナ作戦
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|8|17}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 19
| Title           = Cascade Debut!
| TranslitTitle       = Kasukēdo Debyū!!
| NativeTitle     = カスケードデビュー!! 
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|8|24}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 20
| Title           = The Devil's Triangle
| TranslitTitle       = Ma no Toraianguru
| NativeTitle     = 魔のトライアングル
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|8|31}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 21
| Title           = 200% Guts!
| TranslitTitle       = Konjō 200％!!
| NativeTitle     = 根性 200％!! 
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|7}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 22
| Title           = Haha, Kitoku
| TranslitTitle       = Haha Kitoku
| NativeTitle     = ハハ キトク
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|14}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 23
| Title           = The Rain of Trials! The Morning of the Asahi Cup!
| TranslitTitle       = Shiren no Ame! Asahi-hai no Asa!!
| NativeTitle     = 試練の雨! 朝日杯の朝!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|21}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 24
| Title           = Survival at 1600M
| TranslitTitle       = 1600M no Sabaibaru!!
| NativeTitle     = 1600Mのサバイバル!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|28}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 25
| Title           = The Three Strong Races! Who Will Win?
| TranslitTitle       = Sankyō Gekisō!! Katsu no wa?!
| NativeTitle     = 三強激走!! 勝つのは?!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|5}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 26
| Title           = It's a Game? Kansuke's Tearful Whip!
| TranslitTitle       = Shōbuari?! Kansuke Namida no Muchi!!
| NativeTitle     = 勝負あり?! 菅助 涙のムチ!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|12}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 27
| Title           = To Mongolia, the White Steppe!
| TranslitTitle       = Shiroi Sōgen, Mongoru e!
| NativeTitle     = 剛VS柔!空前絶後の兄弟喧嘩!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|19}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 28
| Title           = Ride to the Wilderness!
| TranslitTitle       = Gen'ya no Ikkiuchi!!
| NativeTitle     = 原野の一騎討ち!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|26}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 29
| Title           = Awaken! The Power of the Wild!
| TranslitTitle       = Mezamero!! Yasei no Chikara!!
| NativeTitle     = 目覚めろ!! 野性の力!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|2}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 30
| Title           = Tarezo Runs for His Life!
| TranslitTitle       = Tarezō Inochigake no Shissō!!
| NativeTitle     = たれ蔵・命がけの疾走!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|9}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 31
| Title           = Rush! A Death Battle of Rage!
| TranslitTitle       = Mō Tosshin!! Ikari no Shitō!!
| NativeTitle     = 猛突進!! 怒りの死闘!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|16}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 32
| Title           = The Devil's Lucky Horse
| TranslitTitle       = Akuma no Rakkii Hōsu
| NativeTitle     = 悪魔のラッキーホース
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|23}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 33
| Title           = There's a Foul! Arrow's Persistence!
| TranslitTitle       = Hansoku Ari! Arō no Shūnen!!
| NativeTitle     = 反則あり! アローの執念!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|30}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 34
| Title           = Showdown! Dangerous Race!
| TranslitTitle       = Taiketsu! Kiken'na Rēsu!!
| NativeTitle     = 対決! 危険なレース!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|12|7}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 35
| Title           = Clash!! The Wounded Spirit!!
| TranslitTitle       = Gekitotsu! Kizudarake no Konjō!!
| NativeTitle     = 激突!! 傷だらけの根性!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|12|14}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 36
| Title           = Two Traps! The Start of the [[Satsuki Shō]]!
| TranslitTitle       = Futatsu no Wana! Satsuki-shō Sutāto!!
| NativeTitle     = 2つの罠! 皐月賞スタート!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|12|21}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 37
| Title           = Make It Happen! White Miracle!
| TranslitTitle       = Okose!! Shiroi Kiseki!!
| NativeTitle     = 起こせ!! 白い奇跡!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|1|11}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 38
| Title           = Fear! The Invisible Enemy!
| TranslitTitle       = Senritsu!! Mienaiteki!!
| NativeTitle     = 戦慄!! 見えない敵!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|1|18}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 39
| Title           = The Fierce Battle! Japan Derby!
| TranslitTitle       = Gekitō!! Nihon Dābī!!
| NativeTitle     = 激闘!! 日本ダービー!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|1|25}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 40
| Title           = Deliver! To the Goal of Japan's Best!
| TranslitTitle       = Todoke!! Nihon'ichi no Gōru e!!
| NativeTitle     = 届け!! 日本一のゴールへ!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|2|1}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 41
| Title           = Banei Racing to Visit Mother
| TranslitTitle       = Haha O Tazunete Ban'eikeiba
| NativeTitle     = 母を訪ねてばんえい競馬
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|2|8}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 42
| Title           = The Ambition of the Nemesis, Beard and His Parents
| TranslitTitle       = Shukuteki Hige Oyako no Yabō
| NativeTitle     = 宿敵・ヒゲ親子の野望
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|2|15}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 43
| Title           = The Challenge from Makibako!
| TranslitTitle       = Makibako kara no Chōsen!
| NativeTitle     = マキバコからの挑戦!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|2|22}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 44
| Title           = Farewell, Mother!
| TranslitTitle       = Saraba O Ka-chan!!
| NativeTitle     = さらばおかーちゃん!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|3|1}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 45
| Title           = Secret Training Deep in the Mountains!
| TranslitTitle       = Yamaoku no Himitsu Tokkun!!
| NativeTitle     = 山奥の秘密特訓!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|3|8}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 46
| Title           = A Change? Tarezo's Big Change!
| TranslitTitle       = Ihen?! Tarezō Dai Henshin?!
| NativeTitle     = 異変?! たれ蔵大変身?!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|3|15}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 47
| Title           = Running! The [[Kikuka-shō]] of Determination!
| TranslitTitle       = Hassō!! Ketsui no Kikka-shō!!
| NativeTitle     = 発走!! 決意の菊花賞!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|3|22}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 48
| Title           = The First Move is a Must! Kansuke's Big Game!
| TranslitTitle       = Sente Hisshō!! Kansuke no Dai Shōbu!
| NativeTitle     = 先手必勝!! 菅助の大勝負!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|3|29}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 49
| Title           = Collapse! The Legend of the Black King!
| TranslitTitle       = Hōkai!! Kuroi Teiō Densetsu!!
| NativeTitle     = 崩壊!! 黒い帝王伝説!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|4|5}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 50
| Title           = New Coach Tsavidel!
| TranslitTitle       = Shin Kōchi Tsabideru!!
| NativeTitle     = 新コーチ・ツァビデル!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|4|12}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 51
| Title           = Clash! The Decisive Battle of Arima Kinen!
| TranslitTitle       = Gekitotsu!! Kessen no Arima Kinen!!
| NativeTitle     = 激突!! 決戦の有馬記念!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|4|19}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 52
| Title           = The Last Spurt of the Dangerous Race!
| TranslitTitle       = Inochigake no Rasutosupāto!!
| NativeTitle     = 命がけのラストスパート!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|4|26}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 53
| Title           = Pour All Your Strength! The Final Closing!
| TranslitTitle       = Sosoge Zenryoku!! Saigo no Kecchaku!!
| NativeTitle     = 注げ全力!! 最後の決着!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|5|10}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 54
| Title           = Hungry! The Tarezo Trial
| TranslitTitle       = Harapeko! Tarezō Saiban
| NativeTitle     = はらぺこ！たれ蔵裁判
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|5|17}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 55
| Title           = American Makibao!
| TranslitTitle       = Amerika no Makibaō!
| NativeTitle     = アメリカのマキバオー!! 
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|5|24}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 56
| Title           = Trapped Makibako!
| TranslitTitle       = Toraware no Makibako!!
| NativeTitle     = とらわれのマキバコ!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|5|31}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 57
| Title           = Discovery? The Phantom Strongest Horse!
| TranslitTitle       = Hakken?! Maboroshi no Saikyō-ba!!
| NativeTitle     = 発見?! 幻の最強馬!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|6|7}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 58
| Title           = Operation Magnet of Fear!
| TranslitTitle       = Kyōfu no Magunetto Sakusen!!
| NativeTitle     = 恐怖のマグネット作戦!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|6|14}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 59
| Title           = Rampage! Escape from the Amazon!
| TranslitTitle       = Dai Abare!! Amazon Dasshutsu!!
| NativeTitle     = 大暴れ!! アマゾン脱出!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|6|21}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 60
| Title           = The Greatest Race Ever!
| TranslitTitle       = Shijō Saidai no Rēsu!!
| NativeTitle     = 史上最大のレース!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|7|5}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 61
| Title           = Run! Makibao of the World!
| TranslitTitle       = Hashire!! Sekai no Makibaō!!
| NativeTitle     = 走れ!! 世界のマキバオー!!
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|7|12}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor           = 29E640
}}
}}

===Other===
An [[art exhibition]] to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary is set to run at the Graveyard Gallery in [[Nakano, Tokyo]] from November 7 to December 2, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「みどりのマキバオー」連載30周年！展示イベントでTシャツや「馬券パスケース」発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/596345|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 22, 2024|language=ja|date=October 22, 2024}}</ref>

==Reception==
The manga has had over 9 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:あの人気競馬アニメがDVDに！|url=https://www.j-cast.com/trend/2009/02/19036214.html?p=all|website=J-Cast|access-date=July 14, 2023|language=ja|date=February 19, 2009|archive-date=November 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125081347/https://www.j-cast.com/trend/2009/02/19036214.html?p=all|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1997, the manga won the 42nd [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in the [[Children's anime and manga|children]] category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/kako/|script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|access-date=July 14, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181110045854/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/kako/|archive-date=November 10, 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of fictional horses]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130501222656/http://pierrot.jp/archives/tv_list_1995/tv_031.html|title=Studio Pierrot website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Anime News Network|manga|8974}}

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