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April 9:

Manga serialization
 * 1967 – Tensai Bakabon by Fujio Akatsuka begins serialization in Weekly Shōnen Magazine
 * 1973 – The Abashiri Family by Go Nagai finishes serialization in Weekly Shōnen Champion

Television series and specials Births
 * 1983 – Lady Georgie begins airing on TV Asahi
 * 1984 – Chikkun Takkun begins airing on Fuji TV
 * 1984 – Glass Mask begins airing on NTV
 * 1985 – Taotao (second series) finishes airing on TV Osaka
 * 1989 – Shin Bikkuriman begins airing on ABC
 * 1991 – Little Ghosts, There, Here, and Where begins airing on NTV
 * 1928 – Yōji Kuri, a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker