The Flying House
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| The Flying House | |
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| タイム教室トンデラハウスの大冒険 (Time Kyoshitsu: Tondera House no Daiboken) |
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| Genre | Historical, Science fiction |
| TV anime | |
| Director | Masakazu Higuchi and Mineo Fuji |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Productions |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 5, 1982 – March 28, 1983 |
| Episodes | 52 |
The Flying House, full title Time Classroom, Adventures of The Flying House (タイム教室トンデラハウスの大冒険 Time Kyoshitsu: Tondera House no Daiboken?), is an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States.
It was the companion series to Superbook, as it chronicles the events of the Bible's New Testament in 52 episodes in its first run from April 5, 1982 to March 28, 1983.
The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo, CBN Cable (now ABC Family), and in syndication. It was previously seen on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, but is currently off the schedule. It is currently shown on TBN's Smile of a Child network, it is also currently airing on the NRB Network (National Religious Broadcasters).
It is generally not as well-known as Superbook, despite achieving high ratings in Japan, and is often mistakenly thought to be part of the Superbook series itself, when in fact the series had different lead characters although a similar premise (and almost the same voice cast, at least in the English version).
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[edit] The Story
The series began in the middle of a game of hide and seek, as a young boy named Justin Casey (Gen) finishes counting and begins searching for his friends Angela (usually called "Angie") and Corkey Roberts (Kanna and Tsukubo Natsuyama). As he searched for the brother and sister in the wooded area, a storm occurred all of a sudden. Justin managed to sneak up on the two before the rain started pouring, forcing them to run for cover. They would eventually find a house in the wooded area, previously unseen according to Justin. At first glance it appeared nobody was home after entering the house, until they discovered a robot named Solar Ion Robot (Kadenchin), or the acronym SIR. They would soon meet the owner of the house, Professor Humphrey Bumble (Dr. Tokio Taimu), who introduced the children to his greatest creation, a time machine. Professor Bumble's attempt at recreating Benjamin Franklin's famous lightning experiment with the use of a kite flying outside the house to get the machine working only led up to SIR's temporary change in personality before sending the entire house on course for the past. The children never realized how long the journey back home would be due to Professor Bumble's misguidance and errors in time travel, but in the meantime they witnessed and participated (with little or no consequences) in numerous events in the Bible's New Testament, from John the Baptist's birth to the rise of the Apostle Paul.
[edit] English and Japanese Cast
[edit] English
- Billie Lou Watt
- Hal Studer
- Helena Van Cort
- Ray Owens
- Sonia Owens
[edit] Japanese
- Satomi Majima (Gen/Justin Casey)
- Sanae Takagi (Kanna Natsuyama/Angela Roberts)
- Runa Akiyama (Tsukubo Natsuyama/Corkey Roberts)
- Kyoko Tongu (Kandenchin/SIR)
- Yoshito Yasuhara (Dr. Tokio Taimu/Professor Humphrey Bumble)
- Jun Hazumi (Jesus Christ)
[edit] Episode List (English Titles)
1. Blast Off For the Past
2. Star-Spangled Night
3. Lost and Found in Time
4. Voice in the Wilderness
5. Speak of the Devil
6. All That Glitters
7. Military Secrets
8. The Prize That Was Won and Lost
9. Another Life
10. The Runaway
11. Neighbors
12. Poor Little Rich Men
13. The Greatest
14. Back From the Grave
15. Real Treasure
16. What If
17. The Lost Sheep
18. Sour Grapes
19. Dog Gone
20. Little Orpan Anna
21. A Word to the Wise
22. Judgement Day
23. Possessed
24. Over the Hill
25. True Friends
26. Devil's Gate
27. Well, Well, Well?
28. Left Holding the Bag
29. Who Among You?
30. Oil and Water
31. A Special Secret
32. Midnight Callers
33. What's it worth?
34. Fruitless
35. Fit For a King
36. The Secret Agent
37. The Preparation
38. Betrayed
39. Who's in Charge
40. The Crown of Thorns
41. Golgotha
42. The Empty Tomb
43. With You Always
44. The Prison Break
45. Good Riddance
46. The Blinding Light
47. Bound & Rebound
48. Tender Grapes
49. Shipwrecked
50. Snake Bite
51. Heartbreak
52. Homeward Bound
[edit] Other titles
[edit] DVD/VHS Releases
The series has been partially released on video in the United States, but those videos are now out of print.
Spanish versions of The Flying House are still available at some Christian bookstores.
CBN Animation Studios has now re-released the English series on DVD on May 2006. The Flying House Volume 1 includes the first four episodes of the show. ("Blast Off For The Past," "Star-Spangled Night," "Lost And Found In Time," and "Voice In The Wilderness").
The entire 52 episodes of The Flying House have been released on DVD in Japan by Word of Life Press. Word of Life Press DVD List has information on the releases.
[edit] Trivia
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- The Flying House series as a whole is ranked #3 on The Top 8 Christian Cartoon Series List.
- Fusako Fujimoto wrote the show's original theme song, "Tondera House no Daibouken" ("The Great Adventures of the Flying House"). Fujimoto had previously performed the ending theme to the first Superbook series, "Yukai na Nakamatachi" ("My Merry Friends").
