Keshikasu-kun (ケシカスくん, "Eraser Crumb-kun") is a Japanese children's manga written and illustrated by Noriyuki Murase [ja] (村瀬範行 Murase Noriyuki). It has been serialized in Monthly CoroCoro Comic from June 2004.[1]
The series is about a white eraser who becomes Keshikasu-kun by putting an eraser crumb on his head and a paper costume on his body. Keshikasu-kun wants to become the best of the stationery supplies, outdoing other characters such as the blackboard eraser (kokuban-keshi) and the correction fluid (shūseieki).[1]
Beginning in 2008 Keshikasu-kun appeared in the television program Oha Coliseum [ja] (おはコロシアム).[1]Keshikasu-kun received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the children's category in 2008.[2]
The January 2010 issue of Monthly Coro Coro Comic, released on December 15, 2009, revealed that an anime adaptation, classified by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions as a television program, had been approved.[1]
The anime aired for 44 episodes from 2010 to 2013.
A videogame called Keshikasu-kun Battle Kastival was released by Konami in 2010.