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Sunset on Third Street

Sunset on Third Street (Japanese: 三丁目の夕日・夕焼けの詩, Hepburn: San-Chōme no Yūhi Yūyake no Uta; 'Sunset on District Three: Poems of the Sunset') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryōhei Saigan [ja]. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga Big Comic Original since 1974, with its chapters collected in 72 tankōbon volumes as of February 2026.

Sunset on Third Street
First tankōbon volume cover
三丁目の夕日
(San-Chōme no Yūhi)
GenreSlice of life[1]
Manga
Written byRyōhei Saigan [ja]
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic Original
Original runSeptember 1974 – present
Volumes72
Anime television series
Directed byTsuneo Maeda
Music byKentarō Haneda
StudioGroup TAC
Original networkJNN (MBS, TBS)
Original run October 12, 1990 – September 21, 1991
Episodes27
Live-action films
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It was adapted into an anime television series broadcast from 1990 to 1991 and three live-action films: Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) and Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012).

It won the 27th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1982.

Overview

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Set in post-war Japan from 1955 to 1964, the series tells countless stories that illustrate the humor and pathos of ordinary Showa life via the residents of the titular "Sunset on Third Street", a fictional Tokyo neighborhood. Though it begins with an exclusive focus on the recently settled Suzuki family and their auto shop, the focus soon expands to include other regulars of the neighborhood, as well as one-shot characters.

Overall, the series is episodic, with stories following selective continuity. Some characters age linearly, while others remain the same age or even grow younger as needed.

Media

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Manga

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Written and illustrated by Ryōhei Saigan [ja], Sunset on Third Street has been serialized for over 45 years in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original since September 1974.[2] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on September 29, 1975.[3] The tankōbon volumes were initially published under the title Poems of the Sunset (夕焼けの詩, Yūyake no Uta), and several feature stories that were never serialized as part of Sunset on Third Street. The first volume, in particular, collects Professional Lives (プロフェッショナル列伝, Purofesshonaru Retsuden), Saigan's earliest series for Shogakukan, which is markedly different in tone and focus. Starting with the 20th volume, Sunset on Third Street was added to the title of each volume, including re-releases of all prior volumes.[4] As of February 27, 2026, 72 volumes have been released.[5]

Volumes

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No. Release date ISBN
1September 29, 1975[3]978-4-09-180061-9
2October 28, 1975[6]978-4-09-180062-6
3November 28, 1975[7]978-4-09-180063-3
4November 30, 1976[8]978-4-09-180064-0
5October 31, 1977[9]978-4-09-180065-7
6July 28, 1978[10]978-4-09-180066-4
7August 28, 1978[11]978-4-09-180067-1
8August 29, 1979[12]978-4-09-180068-8
9September 28, 1979[13]978-4-09-180069-5
10August 28, 1980[14]978-4-09-180070-1
11September 29, 1980[15]978-4-09-180291-0
12November 28, 1981[16]978-4-09-180292-7
13December 19, 1981[17]978-4-09-180293-4
14November 27, 1982[18]978-4-09-180294-1
15December 17, 1982[19]978-4-09-180295-8
16November 30, 1983[20]978-4-09-180296-5
17December 17, 1983[21]978-4-09-180297-2
18January 30, 1985[22]978-4-09-180298-9
19February 28, 1985[23]978-4-09-180299-6
20October 30, 1985[24]978-4-09-180300-9
21February 28, 1986[25]978-4-09-180081-7
22August 30, 1986[26]978-4-09-180882-0
23January 30, 1987[27]978-4-09-180883-7
24July 30, 1987[28]978-4-09-180884-4
25February 29, 1988[29]978-4-09-180885-1
26September 30, 1988[30]978-4-09-180886-8
27March 30, 1989[31]978-4-09-180887-5
28October 30, 1989[32]978-4-09-180888-2
29May 30, 1990[33]978-4-09-180889-9
30November 30, 1990[34]978-4-09-180890-5
31September 30, 1991[35]978-4-09-182701-2
32May 29, 1992[36]978-4-09-182702-9
33April 28, 1993[37]978-4-09-182703-6
34March 30, 1994[38]978-4-09-182704-3
35May 30, 1995[39]978-4-09-182705-0
36January 30, 1996[40]978-4-09-182706-7
37May 30, 1996[41]978-4-09-182707-4
38October 30, 1996[42]978-4-09-182708-1
39April 30, 1997[43]978-4-09-182709-8
40December 19, 1997[44]978-4-09-182710-4
41June 30, 1998[45]978-4-09-185091-1
42March 30, 1999[46]978-4-09-185092-8
43November 30, 1999[47]978-4-09-185093-5
44July 29, 2000[48]978-4-09-185094-2
45April 26, 2001[49]978-4-09-185095-9
46November 30, 2001[50]978-4-09-185096-6
47November 30, 2002[51]978-4-09-185097-3
48June 30, 2003[52]978-4-09-185098-0
49January 30, 2004[53]978-4-09-185099-7
50September 30, 2004[54]978-4-09-185100-0
51September 30, 2005[55]978-4-09-187631-7
52June 30, 2006[56]978-4-09-180112-8
53July 29, 2011[57]978-4-09-181097-7
54June 30, 2007[58]978-4-09-181554-5
55June 30, 2008[59]978-4-09-182027-3
56April 30, 2009[60]978-4-09-182488-2
57December 26, 2009[61]978-4-09-182793-7
58July 30, 2010[62]978-4-09-183368-6
59March 30, 2011[63]978-4-09-183728-8
60March 30, 2012[64]978-4-09-184325-8
61March 29, 2013[65]978-4-09-185068-3
62March 28, 2014[66]978-4-09-186055-2
63March 30, 2015[67]978-4-09-186824-4
64March 30, 2016[68]978-4-09-187526-6
65November 30, 2017[69]978-4-09-189427-4
66August 30, 2019[70]978-4-09-860392-3
67January 30, 2020[71]978-4-09-860534-7
68March 30, 2021[72]978-4-09-860877-5
69May 30, 2022[73]978-4-09-861351-9
70June 29, 2023[74]978-4-09-861733-3
71June 28, 2024[75]978-4-09-862787-5
72February 27, 2026[5]978-4-09-863796-6

Anime

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A twenty-seven episode anime television series adaptation by Group TAC was broadcast on MBS from October 12, 1990, to September 21, 1991.[76]

Live-action films

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The series has been adapted into three live-action films premiered in Japan. Always: Sunset on Third Street, premiered on November 5, 2005;[77] Always: Sunset on Third Street 2, premiered on November 3, 2007;[78] and Always: Sunset on Third Street '64, premiered on January 21, 2012.[79]

Reception

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Sunset on Third Street won the 27th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1982.[80]

The manga has been credited for causing a nostalgia boom.[81]

References

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