Mojacko

is a shōnen manga series created by Fujiko Fujio and later Fujiko F. Fujio. It was first serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Bokura Magazine in 1969 to 1970, for 35 chapters, eventually compiled into 2 tankōbon volumes. It was then revived twice by Masahito and published in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic from September 1995 to April 1996, with a total of 1 volume. The manga revolves around Sorao Amano, an ordinary student who befriends two aliens stranded on their planet while helping them to get home. The series was later adapted into anime, directed by Tetsuya Endo and produced by OLM, Inc. It premiered on October 3, 1995 and ran until March 31, 1997, with a total of 74 episodes. Enoki Films once licensed the series outside of Japan. Synopsis Sorao is an ordinary student who lives an ordinary life of a typical kid, but his life is tough due to being the only representative of the school's Science Fiction Club. One Day, he heard that strange ghosts haunt an abandoned construction site and he and his friend Miki decided to investigate. They accidentally make friends with two aliens who were stranded on Earth after their ship crashed. His life changes as he helps them find their way home, the Moja Planet. As the story progresses, wherein they do reach the aliens' homeworld, Sorao, along with Miki, discover a feud between two different tribes. Things gone awry as the tribes' representatives try to outdo one another in search of the missing treasure of the past with the help of an uncovered clue.