Trivia / Little Ghost Q-Taro

• Divorced Installment: Chubby Cherub was originally a game based on the show. Few changes were made to the game aside from replacing Q-Taro with a cherub.
• Follow the Leader: Fujiko Fujio gained success with this show, which inspired a boatload of imitators following the formula, many of them from the Fujiko duo themselves. The best-known and the longest-running of that is Doraemon, which itself inspired imitators.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes:
  • The comic was out of print for a while due to rights issues. When Fujiko Fujio split up, both men retained the rights to the series. This made the rights very complex when Fujiko F. Fujio died. When Fujiko F. Fujio died, the series went out of print before all of the stories had been published. Some comics were never released until 2018.
  • None of the three anime series from 1964, 1971, and 1985 are available on DVD or streaming in Japan, probably due to the aforementioned rights issues that affected the manga. As a result, many of the episodes are hard to come by nowadays. Despite this, the 1985 anime is easier to find, since some of the episodes have been uploaded online. Some of the episodes were released across multiple VHS volumes. Additionally, it airs every now and then on Tele-Asa Channel 1.
  • As of December 2018, not a single clip of the English dub has surfaced online. If you have any tapes of it, don't get rid of them!
  • The movies, Tobidase! Bake Bake Daisakusen ^note  Released in theaters with Doraemon: Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan and Pro Golfer Saru: Super Golf World e no Chousen!! in March 1986 and Tobidase! 1/100 Daisakusen ^note  Released in theaters with Doraemon: Nobita to Ryuu no Kishi and Pro Golfer Saru: Kouga Hikyou! Kage no Ninpou Golfer Sanjou! in March 1987 have not been released on home media in Japan.
• Long-Runners: Began in 1964 and continued until 1974.
• Referenced by...:
  • The ghosts in Pac-Man feature minor references to Q-Taro's design.
  • It was parodied in Kyoufu No Kyochan.
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders: When the crew registers in the hotel run by Enya, Jotaro registers under the alias "Qtaro Kujo".
  • Osomatsu-kun: The 1966 version of "Chibita Walks the Tightrope" (episode 34) has Q-Taro show up amongst the circus audience.
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Ghost Q is a reference to Q-Taro.
  • The Keronians from Sgt. Frog seem to be well-acquainted with Earth culture. In an early chapter of the manga, Natsumi is surprised when Keroro takes offense to being compared to Q-Taro the Ghost (Slimer in the Tokyopop translation): "How dare you compare me to that overeating ectoplasmic idiot?!" Evidently, Pekopon (Earth) is an entertainment Mecca and produces most of the galaxy's highest rated TV shows.
  • Ninja Hattori: The one glimpse that is shown of the movie Kenichi and Yumeko watch in the episode "Can You Rely on a Puppet Doll?" features a cameo from Q-Taro.
  • The official website for Manga de Hakken! Tamagotchi asks people to compare the series to Little Ghost Q-Taro. Of note, both series were serialized in CoroCoro Comic.
• Unfinished Dub:
  • Only the 70's series was dubbed into English.
  • Only a couple comic chapters were translated into English.

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