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1962 manga by Osamu Tezuka

勇者ダン (Yuusha Dan)
Brave Dan
Cover of "Brave Dan" from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition.
Genre	Adventure
Manga
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Digital Manga Publishing
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 15, 1962 – December 23, 1962
Volumes	1

Brave Dan (勇者ダン, Yuusha Dan) is a manga by Osamu Tezuka that began serialization in 1962.

Plot

In the wilderness of Hokkaido, the Ainu people of Japan live in harmony with nature. Kotan Nakamura is a young Ainu boy living peacefully until he meets a tiger one day. This tiger, Dan, has escaped from a train that was carrying him to a zoo. Together, they discover mysterious ruins hidden underneath the ground.

Within the ruins, Kotan and Dan discover an old man named Upopo living there. He tells the boy and the tiger about three keys to a fantastic treasure. As it so happens, the evil Sekkoku Kou is also searching for the treasure and shoots Upopo. Before he dies, Upopo gives one of the keys to Kotan.

Now, Kotan and Dan find themselves involved in an ugly battle as numerous villains track them down to try to get the three keys so they can claim the treasure.

Characters

Kotan Nakamura: An ainu boy who befriends an escaped tiger with whom he goes on adventures with.
Dan: A tiger that has escaped from a train carrying him to a zoo.
Upopo: A mysterious old man living in a hidden, underground ruin who knows the secret to finding a great treasure.
Sekkoku Kou: A villain who wants to obtain the three keys that will unlock a great treasure.
Doctor Zoger
Doctor Hanamaru as himself
Tamayo

References

External links

"Brave Dan" manga page at TezukaOsamu@World (in English)
"Brave Dan" manga page at TezukaOsamu@World (in Japanese)
"Brave Dan" manga publications page at TezukaOsamu@World (in English)
"Brave Dan" manga publications page at TezukaOsamu@World (in Japanese)

Osamu Tezuka

Manga
1940s	Diary of Ma-chan (1946) Shin Takarajima (1947) Lost World (1948) Angel Gunfighter (1949) Metropolis (1949)
1950s	Faust (1950) Kimba the White Lion (1950–1954) Nextworld (1951) Age of Adventure (1951–1953) Ambassador Atom (1951–1952) The Fossil Island (1951) The Adventure of Rock (1952–1954) Astro Boy (1952–1968) Crime and Punishment (1953) Princess Knight (1953–1956) Chief Detective Kenichi (1954–1956) The Devil of the Earth (1954) Lion Books (1956–1957) Biiko-chan (1957) The Curtain is Still Blue Tonight (1958) The Film Lives On (1958–1959) Peacock Shell (1958) The Twin Knights (1958) Dr. Thrill (1959) The Merchant of Venice (1959) Song of the White Peacock (1959)
1960s	Angel's Hill (1960–1961) Captain Ken (1960–1961) Brave Dan (1962) Big X (1963–1966) Princess Knight (1963–1966) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Ambassador Magma (1965–1967) The Vampires (1966–1967) Dororo (1967–1969) Gum Gum Punch (1967–1969) Phoenix (1967–1988) Princess Knight (1967–1968) Activist Student (1968) Grand Dolls (1968) Swallowing the Earth (1968–1969) The Crater (1969–1970) Triton of the Sea (1969–1971)
1970s	Alabaster (1970–1971) Apollo's Song (1970) Bomba! (1970) The Book of Human Insects (1970–1971) Marvelous Melmo (1970–1972) Ode to Kirihito (1970–1971) Birdman Anthology (1971–1975) Lion Books II (1971–1973) Little Wansa (1971–1972) Serenade of a Pig's Navel (1971) Ayako (1972–1973) Buddha (1972–1983) Lay of the Rhine (1972) Lord Iechika Mogami (1972) The Moon and Wolves (1972) Old Folk's Home (1972) Black Jack (1973–1983) Microid S (1973) The Record of Peter Kürten (1973) Sensual Nights (1973) Son of Godfather (1973) The Three-Eyed One (1974–1978) Boy Detective Zumbera (1975) Rainbow Prelude (1975) MW (1976–1978) Unico (1976–1979) Don Dracula (1979) Insect Collector (1979) Insect Collector – The Butterfly Road Smells of Death (1979) The Thief Akikazu Inoue (1979)
1980s	Hidamari no Ki (1981–1986) Rainbow Parakeet (1981–1983) Spaceship Ringel Rock (1982) Suspicion (1982) Volcanic Eruption (1982) Message to Adolf (1983–1985) Peace Concert (1984) Duke Goblin (1985–1986) Gringo (1987–1989) Ludwig B (1987–1989)

Anime
1960s	Alakazam the Great (1960) Astro Boy (1963–1966) Big X (1964–1965) The Amazing 3 (1965–1966) Kimba the White Lion (1965–2009) Leo the Lion (1966–1967) Gokū no Daibōken (1967) Princess Knight (1967–1999) Dororo (1969) A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
1970s	Cleopatra (1970) Marvelous Melmo (1971–1972) Triton of the Sea (1972–1979) Belladonna of Sadness (1973) Little Wansa (1973) Microid S (1973) Jetter Mars (1977) Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979) Unico (1979–1983)
1980s	Astro Boy (1980–1981) Fumoon (1980) Phoenix 2772 (1980) Don Dracula (1982) The Green Cat (1983) Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984) Lunn Flies into the Wind (1985) The Three-Eyed One (1985–1991) Phoenix (1986–2004) Yamataro Comes Back (1986) Blue Blink (1989–1990) The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion (1989–1990) Rain Boy (1989)
1990s	Adachi-ga Hara (1991) Akuemon (1993) Ambassador Magma (1993) Black Jack (1993–2011) In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1997) Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)
2000s	Hidamari no Ki (2000) Metropolis (2001) Astro Boy (2003–2004) Phoenix (2004) Astro Boy (2009) Ravex in Tezuka World (2009)
2010s	Buddha (2011–2014) Dororo (2019)
2020s	Phoenix: Eden17 (2023)

Characters
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Related
Makoto Tezuka Animerama Galaxy Boy Troop Mushi Production Star System Tezuka Award Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Tezuka Productions The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime Tokiwa-sō

v t e Weekly Shōnen Sunday: 1959–1969
1959	Dr. Thrill
1960	Captain Ken
1961	Iga no Kagemaru
1962	Osomatsu-kun Brave Dan
1963	Submarine 707
1964	Obake no Q-Tarō
1965	Kamui Gaiden The Amazing 3 Super Jetter
1966	The Vampires Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae Kamen no Ninja Akakage
1967	Perman Blue Submarine No. 6 Dororo Giant Robo Captain Ultra Mōretsu Atarō 21 Emon Captain Scarlet
1968	MJ Judo Boy
1969	Tensai Bakabon Orochi
1959–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Shōnen Sunday S Monthly Shōnen Sunday

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