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series for young children by

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. The anime was produced by

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. Kotencotenko replaces the previous

series: Onmyou Taisenki on the TV Tokyo Thursdays 06:00pm – 06:30pm slot.

Story

Kotencotenco is a gag strip

for especially younger children. Featuring the flourishes of the Prince of Heaven Kingdom, Kotenco. It's up to him and his friends, Pick-chan and Nappa to stop The Baron, Urusainu, and Nekoumori from stealing the heavenly stars for their boss, The Great Demon King Agu, who wants to take over Heaven Kingdom. Kotenco is normally very kind, but will transform into Matenco, his trouble-making counterpart when in bad spirit. Matenco is transformed back into Kotenco when Pick-chan calls upon The Queen to replace Matenco's halo.

Characters

Heaven Kingdom

*Kotenco - *Matenco - *The Queen - *Mumu-san -

Kotenco's 6 older brothers

*Dawn - *Vah - / (Episode 22 only) *Sera *Kevi *Fanni *Ru -

Fairy Kingdom

*Pick-chan(''Pikku-chan'') - *Nappa - *Elder(''Choro'') -

Ground Kingdom

*The Baron - *Nekoumori - *Urusainu - *Otaka-san - *Kurikuri - *Great Demon King Agu -

Database

Opening/Ending themes

*Opening: "Issyo ni Utaou!(''Let's sing!'')" by Sae *Ending: "Hoshi-monogatari(''Stories of the Stars'')" by

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*2nd Opening: "Yukeyuke Kotengo" by Tenkara-Mail *2nd Ending: "Kotenco Exercise"(''Kotenko Taisou'') by Tenkara-Mail

Episodes

Video game

A minigame collection called was made by Dorasu for the

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and released on 29 March 2007 in Japan.

CDs

3 CDs were released in 2005 and 2006. 2 featured the 1st and 2nd intros and outros, along with karaoke tracks. The 3rd CD was released as a soundtrack / drama CD, featuring background music from the anime, and 3 stories.

Traffic Safety OVA

A traffic safety

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called meant to teach young children about traffic safety, and was released before the anime's broadcast.

External links

TV Tokyo Kotencotenco Official HomepageAnimax's official Kotencotenco websiteOfficial video game website
* Kotencotenco on Jp Wikipedia{{in lang, ja Children's manga Kodansha manga TV Tokyo original programming Video games developed in Japan Nintendo DS games