Tensai Bakabon

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Tensai Bakabon
天才バカボン
Genre Comedy
Manga
Author Fujio Akatsuka
Publisher Kodansha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Weekly Bokura Magazine
Comic Bonbon
Original run April 9, 1967 – 1976
Volumes 21
TV anime
Director Hiroshi Saito
Studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Network Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Original run September 25, 1971 – June 24, 1972
Episodes 40
TV anime: Ganso Tensai Bakabon
Director Hiroshi Saito (?)
Studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Network Nippon Television
Original run October 6, 1975 – September 26, 1977
Episodes 103
TV anime: Heisei Genius Bakabon
Director Hiroshi Sasagawa
Studio Studio Pierrot
Network Fuji Television
Original run January 06, 1990 – December 27, 1990
Episodes 46
TV anime: Rerere no Tensai Bakabon
Director Hayato Date
Studio Studio Pierrot
Network TV Tokyo
Original run October 1999 – March 2000
Episodes 24

Tensai Bakabon (天才バカボン Genius Bakabon?) is a manga and anime series created by Fujio Akatsuka which began publication on April 9, 1967 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine. It is about the misadventures of a dim-witted boy (Bakabon) and his insane father, the latter of whom eventually becomes the central character. Tensai Bakabon's style and themes are sometimes compared to the animated American sitcom, The Simpsons.

[edit] Anime

  • Rerere no Tensai Bakabon (レレレの天才バカボン Rerere's Genius Bakabon?) (Produced by Studio Pierrot for TV Tokyo, October 1999~March 2000, 24 episodes)

[edit] Cast

Bakabon's troublemaker father who eventually steals the show and becomes the central character. more to come
A young boy who enjoys causing mischief, especially with his Papa. On the inside, though, he is a kind boy and works a part-time job as a shoeshine in order to buy his mother a birthday present. He is known for wearing pants underneath his kimono. At the beginning of the series he attends Boumou Eggplant Elementary School (坊毛茄子小学校 Boumou Nasubi Shougakkou?), but by the fourth anime it has been renamed Bakada Elementary School (バカ田小学校 Bakada Shougakkou?).
Bakabon's younger brother. He is a child prodigy, understanding words almost immediately after his birth and being capable of explaining the Pythagorean theorem and Kepler's laws of planetary motion. His name means "beginning".
Bakabon's mother and a graduate of Kuroyuri Women's University (黒百合女子大学 Kuroyuri Joshi Daigaku?) (a parody of Shirayuri Women's University). Despite how much trouble and mischief Papa and Bakabon cause, she is a good wife and mother. She is the only family member to have the same seiyū throughout the entire series.
The Bakabon family's nutty neighbor. Almost always seen with a broom.
The local beat cop, usually referred to as Omawari-san (お巡りさん Mr. Policeman?). He is just as dumb and nutty as Papa.
An unusual animal from the neighborhood who is a cross between an eel and a dog.
  • Dog of the Night (夜のいぬ Yoru no Inu?)
A goofy dog who shows up during scene changes.
Bakabon's headmaster. Only appears in the first anime.
Bakabon's ill-tempered classmate. Only appears in the first anime.

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