Makoto-chan

• Name — Makoto-chan • Ja Kanji — まことちゃん

• Type — manga • Author — Kazuo Umezu • Publisher — Shogakukan • Imprint — Shōnen Sunday Comics • Magazine — Weekly Shōnen Sunday • First — April 18, 1976 • Last — July 8, 1981 • Volumes — 24

• Type — manga • Title — Heisei-ban Makoto-chan • Author — Kazuo Umezu • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Weekly Shōnen Sunday • First — August 24, 1988 • Last — July 26, 1989 • Volumes — 4

• Type — film • Director — Tsutomu Shibayama • Studio — Tokyo Movie Shinsha • Released — July 26, 1980 • Runtime — 85 minutes Makoto-chan is a shōnen gag manga by Kazuo Umezu. The series was initially published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 18, 1976, to July 8, 1981, and later returned from August 24, 1988, to July 26, 1989, as "Heisei-edition Makoto-chan".

The series follows the odd life of kindergartener Makoto Sawada and his family. Makoto gets into all sorts of toilet and adult humor. He sometimes dresses in his mother's and sister's clothing, and often has a long strand of mucus dangling from his nose.