Manga Mito Kōmon

まんが水戸黄門
Manga Mito Kōmon

Genre	Shōnen
Anime television series
Directed by	Kazuyuki Okasako
Music by	Kentarō Haneda
Studio	Knack Productions
Network	TV Tokyo
Original run	3 September 1981 – 15 July 1982
Episodes	46

Manga Mito Kōmon (まんが水戸黄門) is a Japanese shōnen anime TV series consisting of 46 episodes directed by Kazuyuki Okasako.^[1]^[2] Loosely based on real life events of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, it is considered as a sort of remake of the successful jidaigeki drama Mito Kōmon filled with more fantastic elements.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The shogun Mito Mitsukuni crosses Japan in disguise, accompanied by two bodyguards, the grandson Sutemaru, the dog Dombee and, in part of the series, by a girl named Yuki. In each episode the group arrives in a village and find itself caught up in some kind of mystery they will unravel and solve.

Cast

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Kesaburo
Masaru Ikeda as Kakunoshin
Toshiya Sugita as Mitokomon
Kazue Ikura as Okoto
Masako Miura as Onatsu
Naoki Tatsuta as Donbee
Yōko Matsuoka as Sutemaru

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia. Stone Bridge Press, 2006. ISBN 1933330104.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Daniel Valentin Simion. Il Dizionario dei Cartoni Animati. Anton, 2009. ISBN 9791234567896.

External links

Manga Mito Kōmon (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Manga Mito Kōmon at the Internet Movie Database