 A spinoff manga, titled began serialization on "Coro Coro Ichiban" in August 2017.An anime adaptation of the series was produced by Xebec, directed by Tetsurō Amino ("Macross 7") and written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama.It first aired on TV Tokyo from January 8, 1996 through December 30, 1996, covering the first half of the manga.