Tags: Manga.
Perman (パーマン Pāman) by Fujiko F Fujio is a Japanese manga and anime about a clumsy boy Mitsuo Suwa who is chosen to apprentice to a powerful superhero. Although created as a parody of Superman (the name Perman is based on Superman without the Su) the character’s creators appear to have distanced themselves from this origin story. In the comic-essay Passionate Days of Parman (PARマンの情熱的な日々) Fujiko Fujio claims the name is actually a reference to the par concept in golf.