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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=manga|おはよう!スパンク|date= July 2024}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Good Morning! Spank
| image           = Ohayouspank.jpg
| caption         = Promotional image from ''Ohayō! Spank'' featuring the main character
| ja_kanji        = おはよう!スパンク
| ja_romaji       = Ohayō! Supanku
| genre           = [[Comedy]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Shun'ichi Yukimuro]]
| illustrator     = [[Shizue Takanashi]]
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| demographic     = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine        = [[Nakayoshi]]
| first           = February 1979
| last            = March 1982
| volumes         = 7
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Shigetsugu Yoshida]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = Yutaka Kaneko<br />[[Yoshimi Shinozaki]]<br />[[Masāki Sakurai]]<br />[[Chifude Asakura]]
| music           = [[Kouji Makaino]]<br />[[Tetsuo Ueno]]
| studio          = [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]]
| network         = [[All-Nippon News Network|ANN]] ([[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]])
| first           = March 7, 1981
| last            = May 29, 1982
| episodes        = 66
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = film
| director        = [[Shigetsugu Yoshida]]
| producer        = [[Yutaka Fujioka]]
| writer          = [[Chifude Asakura]]<br/>[[Hiroshi Kaneko]]<br/>[[Masaaki Sakurai]]<br/>[[Yoshimi Shinozaki]]
| music           = [[Kouji Makaino]]<br />[[Tetsuo Ueno]]
| studio          = Tokyo Movie Shinsha
| released        = March 13, 1982
| runtime         = 95 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Ohayō! Spank'''''|おはよう!スパンク|Ohayō! Supanku|lit. ''Good morning! Spank''}} is a Japanese [[shōjo]] [[manga]] written by [[Shun'ichi Yukimuro]] and drawn by [[Shizue Takanashi]]. The series has been adapted as an [[anime]] television series, broadcast in [[Japan]] from 1981 to 1982 for 66 episodes, and a theatrical movie released in 1982. In 1981, it received the [[Kodansha Manga Award]] for the shōjo category.<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{cite web | url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml | author=Joel Hahn | title=Kodansha Manga Awards | work=Comic Book Awards Almanac | access-date=2007-08-21 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-08-16}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Spank (voiced by [[Noriko Tsukase]]), the main character and regular protagonist, is a dog whose owner went missing on the high seas. While awaiting his return Spank strays at the beach every day. One day he meets Aiko Morimura (voiced by [[Mari Okamoto]]), a junior high school student, whose father also went missing on a yacht tour ten years ago. Her mother, a designer of hats, left for Paris, leaving Aiko in the care of her uncle, Mr. Fujinami. 

Abandoned, Aiko believes that her father is still alive and awaits his return. She has recently lost her pet dog, Papi, a good-bye present from her mother, in a  car accident, leaving her totally devastated. In the course of the anime, Spank begins to lighten up her gloomy mood as he is a clumsy, merry, big-hearted dog. Whereas, Spank finds his love in the pet cat of Aiko's classmate. However, later, he finds in love with a blue dog named Fan Fan. At the end of the anime, despite Spank ruining everything, all will be forgiven cheerfully and all will really fall in love.

== Characters ==
=== Regular ===
* {{nihongo|'''Spank'''|スパンク|Supanku}} A little white dog with black/brown ears.
* {{nihongo|'''Torakichi'''|トラ吉}} A cat that is a rival but occasional friend of Spank.
* {{nihongo|'''Aiko Morimura'''|森村 愛子|Morumura Aiko}} A 14-year-old girl. She is Spank's reluctant master.

=== Main ===
* {{nihongo|'''Shinako Yoshimura'''|芳村 科子|Yoshimura Shinako}} Aiko and Ryo's friend.
* {{nihongo|'''Ryoichi Shinoda'''|篠田 亮一|Shinoda Ryōichi}} Aiko and Shinako's friend. He enjoys art like his friend Shinako.
* {{nihongo|'''Seiya Tsukahara'''|塚原 誠也|Tsukahara Seiya}} Baron's master.
* {{nihongo|'''Serino Mihara'''|美原 せりの|Mihara Serino}} A snobby rich girl. She is the same age as Aiko and her pet is a female cat named Cat.
* '''Oyama''' - Torakichi's master.
* '''Cat''' - A female cat that is a snob like her master Serino. Torakichi and Spank have a crush on her.
* '''Fan Fan''' - A cute little dog. Spank have a crush on her.
* '''Baron''' - A dog friend of Torakichi and Spank.

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Portal|1980s|Anime and manga}}
* {{anime News Network|manga|4016}}

{{Kodansha Manga Award - Shōjo}}
{{TMS Entertainment}}
{{TMS Entertainment films}}
{{Nakayoshi}}

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[[Category:1979 manga]]
[[Category:1981 anime television series debuts]]
[[Category:1989 anime television series debuts]]
[[Category:1994 anime television series debuts]]
[[Category:1982 anime films]]
[[Category:1982 films]]
[[Category:Comedy anime and manga]]
[[Category:Comics about anthropomorphic dogs]]
[[Category:Animated television series about dogs]]
[[Category:Kodansha manga]]
[[Category:Shōjo manga]]
[[Category:TMS Entertainment]]
[[Category:Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo)]]
[[Category:Asahi Broadcasting Corporation original programming]]
[[Category:Comics about talking animals]]
[[Category:Animated films about talking animals]]
[[Category:Children's television series about talking animals]]