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Echizen was an old province of Japan, an area that is today the northern part of Fukui Prefecture. “Kani<\/em>” means “crab”, and “Echizen Gani<\/em>” is a colloquial name for snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio<\/em>)\u00a0–\u00a0specifically referring to males of this species. \u00a0They are considered a winter delicacy and are one of the region’s attractions.<\/p>\n Echizen Gani is easy to spot by his very unique hairstyle, which bears a striking resemblance to a crab with large pincers almost coming out of his head.<\/p>\n As a reliable supporting Star, Echizen Gani has usually been cast in roles that benefit from a steady hand, such as a teacher, a doctor, or a stage manager. \u00a0In fact, his early interactions with Black Jack<\/a> were shaped by his\u00a0“by-the-book” mentality. \u00a0Although, at first, he was wary of the dark doctor’s lack of an actual medical license, he gradually came to respect and admire him.<\/p>\n His stage name was established during is first appearance as the home room teacher in Lunatic Japan<\/em> (1974) and was reinforced when he later appeared as the Director of “Echizen Hospital” in the Black Jack<\/em> (1973-83)<\/a> chapter “Burned Doll” (1974). \u00a0He has also appeared in Rainbow Parakeet<\/em> (1981-82)<\/a>, the sci-if adventure Prime Rose<\/em> (1982) and the short-story Spaceship Ringel Rock<\/em> (1982).<\/p>\n If you spot an appearance not already listed, please let us know in the comments section below!<\/p>\n Lunatic\u00a0Japan<\/em> as “the\u00a0homeroom\u00a0teacher” Black Jack<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(“The Corsican Brothers”) as “a\u00a0doctor”<\/p>\n Black Jack<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Stop Drawing!”) as “a\u00a0doctor”<\/p>\n The Rainbow Parakeet<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(\u201cHamlet<\/a>\u201c) as “the stage manager”<\/p>\n Spaceship Ringel Rock<\/em> as “the\u00a0Medical University Professor” As a reliable supporting Star, Echizen Gani has usually been cast in roles that benefit from a steady hand, such as a teacher, a doctor, or a stage manager. In fact, his early interactions with Black Jack were shaped by his \u201cby-the-book\u201d mentality. Although, at first, he was wary of the dark doctor\u2019s lack of an actual medical license, he gradually came to respect and admire him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6642,"parent":6252,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[250,224],"class_list":["post-6625","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-star-system","tag-lunatic-japan-cast","tag-the-teachers","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6vZWu-1IR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6625"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13585,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6625\/revisions\/13585"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezuka.strobez.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Distinguishing Features<\/h3>\n
Status: Minor\u00a0Star (\u2605)<\/h3>\n
Notable\u00a0Roles<\/h3>\n
\nManga Appearances<\/h3>\n
\n1974<\/h4>\n
\nBlack Jack<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(“Burned Doll”) as “a\u00a0doctor”<\/p>\n
\n1975<\/h4>\n
\n1976<\/h4>\n
\n1981<\/h4>\n
\n1982<\/h4>\n
\nPrime Rose<\/em> as “the doctor”<\/p>\n
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