is an

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

series by Studio Pierrot. The 33 episode series aired on

Fuji Television JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network S ...

(CX) from October 18, 1989, to July 6, 1990.Magical Hat
." '' Studio Pierrot''. Retrieved on February 10, 2009. The series stars Hat, the descendant of a hero who fought an evil king and sealed Devildom. Hat falls into Devildom and finds he has to defeat the evil king. The 1990

Mega Drive The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan a ...

game is based on this series. Due to the game's developer failing to secure the ''Magical Hat'' license outside Japan, it was completely redone and released in 1991 as ''

Decap Attack ''Decap Attack'' is a 1991 platform game developed by Vic Tokai and published by Sega for the Genesis. The game is a westernized version of the 1990 Japanese Mega Drive game '' Magical Hat no Buttobi Tābo! Daibōken'', with the art, plot, music, ...

''. The game features different characters, story, art, music, and level design, but the same general gameplay.

References

External links

Official Pierrot website

* {{Pierrot (company) 1989 anime television series debuts 1989 Japanese television series debuts 1990 Japanese television series endings 1990 video games Fuji TV original programming Pierrot (company)