is a children's anime series by

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. Created by the same team of

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and clearly influenced by it, it tells the adventures of a

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child and his friends in modern Tokyo. It consists of 61 episodes and was originally broadcast on

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. The show is most famous for having character designs by famous anime director

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of ''

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'' and ''

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Cast

Kaneta Kimotsuki was a Japanese actor and voice actor who was most known for the roles of Takeshi Goda before Suneo Honekawa in Fujiko F. Fujio's Doraemon. Career During his life he had been attached to TBS broadcast theater company and then Aoni Production ...

as Kurobe *

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as Shishio Sarari *

Eiko Masuyama is a Japanese actress and narrator. She works for Aoni Production. She is most known for originating the roles of Fujiko Mine ('' Lupin III''), Honey Kisaragi ('' Cutie Honey''), and Bakabon's Mama ('' Tensai Bakabon''). Early life Eiko Masuya ...

as Toriko Sarari *

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as Sensei *

Junko Hori is a Japanese actress and voice actress represented by Production Baobab. She is known as the voice of the protagonists in 3 Fujiko Fujio works, ''Obake no Q-tarō'', ''Ninja Hattori-kun'', and ''Chimpui''. As a dub artist she is known for the r ...

as Okara * Keisuke Yamashita as Tiger *

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as Mitsuru Sarari * Masako Ebisu as Takane Fujino *

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as Aka-bee *

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as Pao Pao * Yoshiko Yamamoto as Gakku

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* 1973 anime television series debuts 1973 Japanese television series endings Japanese children's animated adventure television series Japanese children's animated comedy television series Adventure anime and manga Comedy anime and manga Jungle men TMS Entertainment TV Asahi original programming {{Anime-tv-series-stub