[2] Some of its characters returned with different names as part of other series, such as Cutie Honey, UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinger Angels Z among others.
The series was originally conceived by Nagai as a form of protest and parody of the controversy that arose with Harenchi Gakuen.
While having a grim tone at the beginning, the series lightens up as it progresses, although the graphic violence remains through most of it but becoming less frequent.
A special crossover one-shot with Cutie Honey was also published in 2009, in commemoration of the 40 years anniversary of the magazine Shōnen Champion, where both series debuted in manga.
[9] A 31-pages one-shot short story titled Abashiri Ikka: Goemon Seijin (あばしり一家 ゴエモン星人) was published in Akita Shoten's Play Comic in April 14, 1977 (1977-04-14).
It has been compiled in the tankōbon Shukan Shōnen Champion 40th Sokan: 40 Shunen Kinen Tokubetsu Henshu (週刊少年チャンピオン40th 創刊40周年記念特別編集), published in February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08) by Akita Shoten with ISBN 978-4-253-10200-1.
This prompts her mother to request Daemon to stop the criminal activities of the family after Kikunosuke reaches a certain age.
The rest of the Abashiri also enter the fight and Daemon recognizes the true identity of the director, Danjuro Namakubi, whom he has fought already two times in the past.
By this point, the students' leader has already betrayed Kikunosuke and uses Goemon and Yukiko as hostages in order to subdue her.
An enraged Kikunosuke shows no mercy and uses her most powerful technique, the Abashiri 8 God attack, with which she kills the leader in the most painful way.
The OVA was released in the United States in November 11, 1998 (1998-11-11) by ADV Films, subtitled and in VHS format.
[18][19] Source(s)[20][21][22] A live-action film titled Abashiri Ikka: The movie (あばしり一家 ＴＨＥ ＭＯＶＩＥ), starring actress Erika Tonooka (member of the group Idoling!!!)
[6] Source(s)[23][24] The characters Daemon, Goemon, Kichiza, and Naojiro would all appear in Go Nagai's later series Cutie Honey.