Haguregumo (浮浪雲, literally “Vagrant Cloud”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by George Akiyama. It has been serialized by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original from 1973 to 2017 and collected in 112 tankōbon volumes. Haguregumo received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for the general category.

It was adapted into a television series on TV Asahi in 1978, airing for 20 episodes and an anime film in 1982 by Madhouse Studios and Toei Animation. Directed by Mori Masaki, it premiered in Japan on the 24 April 1982.

Plot

Set at the end of the Edo period, the series depicts Cloud’s family with his wife, Turtle, their 11-year-old son, and 8-year-old daughter. The Clouds are always ignoring work and playing. Cloud is notorious for womanising.

Characters

• Cloud (雲, Kumo) is the protagonist of the series. He is a famous womaniser and rarely works.
• Turtle (かめ, Kame) is the wife of Cloud and often joins her husband in his idling.
• Shinnosuke (新之助) is the 11-year-old son of Cloud and Turtle. His personality is completely opposite to that of his father’s.
• Flower (お花, Ohana) is the 8-year-old daughter of Cloud and Turtle. She is a tomboy and has a serious attitude, opposite to those of her parents.

Television series 1978

• Tetsuya Watari as Kumo
• Kaori Momoi as Kame Onna
• Toshio Shiba as Aota
• Rinichi Yamamoto as Shunjyu Oyabun
• Hideji Otaki as Chojyuro Suzuki
• Chishū Ryū as Shibusawa
• Yujiro Ishihara as Iwakichi
• Written by Sō Kuramoto.

Haguregumo
First edition of Haguregumo, published by Shogakukan on July 6, 1975
浮浪雲 (Haguregumo)
Manga
Written by	George Akiyama
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Original
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1973 – 2017
Volumes	112
Anime film
Directed by	Mori Masaki
Produced by	Chiaki Imada
Written by	Atsushi Yamatoya
Music by	Seiji Yokoyama
Studio	Toei Animation Madhouse
Released	24 April 1982
Runtime	91 minutes