Cluck, Buck and Muck

Topanto is a Japanese manga series written by John Ashu (under his pen name, Tezuka Fujiko Fujio) and illustrated by Koji Aihara.

Plot
Topantos are talking Japanese magical creatures with bodies of Marmots, Wings of Birds, 2 different tails of a cat and dog, oval-shaped fangs and 2 different ears of a cat and dog. They appear every new year's eve to help humans for 20 years by granting them wishes by whistling twice and can cancel the wishes they grant by tapping their feet twice (though there are some wishes Topantos can't grant such as money and people back from the dead and when they grant up to 5 wishes, they'll become tired and won't grant any more wishes for 6 hours). They are really harmless but can be dangerous if one of their tails are pulled.

Jacaro is an unlucky and miserable 10-year-old boy who is terrible at everything as he always gets bad grades and he is always bullied at school. One new year's eve, Jacaro was given a Topanto named Rikit. Rikit was given to Jacaro one new year's eve so he can have a perfect future but Jacaro was warned that Rikit can't wish for money or for anyone back from the dead. Jacaro is also told that he can only have Rikit for 20 years and that when 20 years has passed, Rikit will leave him forever.

Trivia

 * Hiroshi Fugimoto and Motoo Abiko's family were allowed to read this manga mostly to avoid lawsuits due to Topanto supposedly ripping-off Doraemon despite having little-to-nothing in common with Topanto.