is a

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series written by

Shiro Yadama is a Japanese author. His most famous work, ''Hare Tokidoki Buta'', known in English as ''Fair, then Partly Piggy'', was later written as an anime series (titled ''Tokyo Pig'' in English) by Shinichi Watanabe. Works Yadama's works were transla ...

. Some books were translated into English by Keith Holman. The book is about a boy named Noriyasu Hatakeyama who starts writing "tomorrow's" journal entries when he finds out the days start happening just the way he writes them. A 30-minute animated film was created by

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and Gakken and released on August 23, 1988. An

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animated by

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aired on

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from July 3, 1997 to September 29, 1998. It was rebroadcast on

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from May 6, 2011 to July 29, 2011. When brought to the

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, it was renamed ''Tokyo Pig''. The English dub of ''Tokyo Pig'' was produced by

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and Buena Vista Sound Services and had all the original Japanese music completely replaced with a new musical score and all the original Japanese sound effects completely replaced with new American-made sound effects. It was also translated into

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and Tagalog (under the name ''Sunny Pig''). It was broadcast from September 2002 to March 2003 in the United States on

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, and eventually on Cartoon Network Korea in June 2013. It was originally directed by

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. Miramax Home Entertainment released ''Tokyo Pig'' only on one DVD with no VHS equivalent and having previews for ''

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'', '' Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows'', '' Spider-Man: The Venom Saga'' and ''

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'' playing before the ''Tokyo Pig'' DVD on it.

Main characters

; / Spencer Weinberg-Takahama : ; / Sunny Pig : ; / Mom : ; / Dad : ; / Dizzy Lizzy : ; / The Weather Lady :

Other characters

; / Angus : ; / Eggman : ; / Tiffany Van Hootenberg : ; / Wigstaff : ; / Sweater Girl : ; / Ms. Spelt : ; / Principal Tezuka : ; / Shadow Lady ; / Mrs. Tingly a.k.a. Lady Fujian ; / Dark Sunny : ; / Wenworth : : Snow Queen

Music

; Theme songs ; Opening: # "Tsuyoki na Futari" (強気なふたり) by

Yumi Yoshimura is a Japanese singer, best known as a member of the pop duo PUFFY, along with Ami Onuki. Early life and career She was born in Neyagawa, Osaka, in 1975. She learned that there was a talent search underway in Tokyo. She successfully tried out ...

(Episodes 1-17) # "Karette Tokidoki Buta" (カレって時々ブタ) by TSUNAMi (Episodes 18-36) # "BOO~Onaka ga Karaku Hodo Warattemitai~" (BOO ～おなかが空くほど笑ってみたい～) by The Gospellers (37-61) ; Ending: # "I'm Home" (ただいま, ''Tadaima'') by

Ami Onuki is a Japanese singer and a member of J-pop group PUFFY, along with Yumi Yoshimura. Career She has co-hosted several Japanese TV shows with the "cool" half of PUFFY, Yumi Yoshimura, including the talk show '' Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy'', part of a morn ...

(Episodes 1-17) # "Airplane Cloud" (ヒコーキ雲, ''Hikouki Kumo'') by Flower Companies (Episodes 18-36) # "Ah Buta da! 〜Tsuitachi yu kai ni ikiru uta〜" by Delicious Pigs (Episodes 37-61)

Crew

English crew

* Steve Kramer - Voice director

Picture books

Episode list

References

Bibliography

* - NDC913

External links

Shiro Yadama's website

''Hare Tokidoki Buta'' (TV)
at

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