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is a Japanese manga by Mitsuru Sugaya, which ran in CoroCoro Comic from 1978 to 1984. The manga was one of the earliest Japanese video game-themed comics, which sold over 5 million copies and won the 1983 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. The series was adapted as a TV anime series by Shin-Ei Animation and aired on NTV from April 5 to September 27, 1982.

As per the Japanese word "Arashi" meaning "storm", the series became one of the early icons in Asia, booming the popularity of videogames to the public while bringing imagination and the possibilities of what gaming entertainment was about.

The author made an incomplete sequel title of the series named with Matsui Securities' cooperation for material gathering. It was serialized on Comic Gumbo's 2007 31st issue and on indefinite hiatus for only 9 chapters, with a 10th chapter made by SE Holdings' MONEYzine.

A manga titled by Mine Yoshizaki was written as an homage to the series and was serialized by Enterbrain's Famitsu magazines. This included a 4-episode OVA by Shaft studio from February 25, 2002 to January 25, 2003 and licensed for English release by Central Park Media who distributed them under the U.S. Manga Corps label.

Plot
The story of a young bucktoothed boy named Arashi Ishino who is obsessed with video games. He would spend all his time trying to beat the games and conquer the local arcades. He would meet competitors like Satoru Daimonji and Ishii, who would try to outmatch him with higher scores. At a certain point in each episode, he would display his special skill of unleashing a top which will spin so fast that both the top and his hands would catch on fire. On release, the spin would land on or near the cabinet panels, turning the ordinary button into a turbo button thus giving him a major advantage.