is a Japanese

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series by duo Fujiko Fujio and later

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, which ran in the children's

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'' Kodomo no Hikari'' from April 1974 to July 1977. The manga was later made into a 331-episode anime television series which ran on Fuji TV from 27 March 1988 to 9 June 1996. The series was licensed for Spain by LUK Internacional under the title of "Kiteretsu, el primo más listo de

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" (English translation: Kiteretsu, Nobita's Smarter Cousin).

Plot

The series is the plot of a scientific inventor boy genius named Eiichi Kite a.k.a. Kiteretsu, descendant of a great inventor named D. Kiteretsu, who has built a companion robot named Korosuke. He has friends such as Miyoko Nonohana, a girl in his neighborhood and love interest, Buta Gorira (Kumada Kaoru), a typical neighborhood bully and his friend Tongari, who both often antagonize Korosuke and Kiteretsu (though they are in grade school). It also depicts about Kiteretsu's frequent adventures in time with his friends and Korosuke in the time machine which he built.

Characters

; (a.k.a., ) : An 11-year-old 5th grader who lives in Tokyo. He is an excellent genius student, has a strong mechanical and inventive aptitude, but the one thing he is weak at is sports. He can repair normal machines and invent variations of the Daihyakka gadgets. . ; : Kiteretsu's robot assistant who usually ends his sentences with . He usually wears an artificial samurai sword. He is an invention in the encyclopedia. He was made by Kiteretsu himself. . ; (a.k.a., )) : A very intelligent girl who is one of Kiteretsu's best friends, and Kiteretsu's love interest. She is shown to be Kiteretsu's future wife in several time-travel episodes. And she resembles Michiko Sawada from Perman. . ; (a.k.a., ) : One of Kiteretsu's friends who is the son of a green grocer who loves vegetables. He is a typical bully, but is mostly comic relief. . ; (a.k.a., ) : A rich boy and one of Kiteretsu's friends. He is easily frightened, and a best friend of Butagorira, though is quite often bullied by him. . ; Benzō Karino : A friend and mentor of Kiteretsu and his friends, as well as a university student.He owns a car . ; Michiko Kite (木手美智子 Kite Michiko) : Kiteretsu's mother. . ; Eitarō Kite : Kiteretsu's father. . ; Kumahachi Kumada : Butagorira's father.He owns a vegetable shop . ; Sayuri Kumada : Butagorira's mother. . ; Kōichi Tongari : Tongari's father. . ; Takako Tongari : Tongari's mother. .

Media

Manga

*''Kiteretsu Daihyakka'' vol. 1–3 (Tentōmushi Comics, Shogakukan, 1977) *''Kiteretsu Daihyakka'' vol. 1–4 (Fujiko F. Fujio Land,

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, 1984) *''Kiteretsu Daihyakka'' vol. 1–2 (Shogakukan Koro r Bunko, Shogakukan, 1984) *''My First BIG Kiteretsu'' vol. 1–2 (Shogakukan, 2003)

Anime

The manga was later made into a 331-episode anime television series which ran on Fuji TV from 27 March 1988 to 9 June 1996. The series aired in South Korea on

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. The series first aired in India on Hungama TV in 2007. Later on Disney XD,

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, Pogo &

. An English dub of the anime aired in India on

. A remastered version of the series is aired on Hungama TV from April 2021 in India. As of September 2016, a

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ed version of the series airs on Animax in Japan.

Staff

*Planning: Taihei Ishikawa→Kenji Shimizu ( Fuji TV), Yoshirō Kataoka ( Asatsu) *Producers: **Kenji Shimizu→Minoru Wada→ Yoshihiro Suzuki (Fuji TV) **Yoshio Kataoka→Kazuhiko Ishikawa→Tateshi Yamazaki→Yutaka Sugiyama (Asatsu) **Akio Wakana ( Gallop) **

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(Staff 21) *Script: Shun'ichi Yukimuro,

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, Toshiyuki Aoshima, Satoshi Namiki, Tadaaki Yamazaki *General Animation Directors: Tsukasa Tannai, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hajime Watanabe, Nobuyuki Tokinaga, Shōjurō Yamauchi *Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi→Satoshi Shibata *Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production, Studio Kanon *Director of Photography: Shigeo Sugimura (credited as Yasuhiro Shimizu for part of it)→Hiroaki Edamitsu *Music Director: Nobuhiro Komatsu *Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi *Director: Hiro Katsuoka→Keiji Hayakawa *Executive Producer: Mikio Wakana *Sound Producer: Yōsuke Kuroda

Theme songs

=Opening theme songs

= Listing includes the song title followed by the episodes and the singer in parentheses. *''Kiteretsu Daihyakka no Uta'' (キテレツ大百科のうた "The Song of Kiterestu Encyclopedia") (90-minute special on November 2, 1987, Mitsuko Horie) #''Oyome-san ni Natte Agenaizo'' (お嫁さんになってあげないゾ) (ep. 1–24,

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) #''Body dake Lady'' (ボディーだけレディー) (ep. 25–60, Junko Uchida) #''Yumemiru Jikan'' (夢みる時間) (ep. 61–86, Megumi Mori) #''Hajimete no Chū'' (はじめてのチュウ) (ep. 87–108, Anshin Papa) #''Suimin Busoku'' (スイミン不足) (ep. 109–170, Chicks) #''Oryōri Kōshinkyoku'' (お料理行進曲) (ep. 171–331, Yuka)

=Ending theme songs

= Listing includes the song title followed by the episodes and the singer in parentheses. *''Korosuke Machi wo Yuku'' (コロ助まちをゆく) (90-minute special, Kyōko Yamada) #''Magical Boy Magical Heart'' (マジカルBoyマジカルHeart) (ep. 1–16, Kaori Moritani) #''Lace no Cardigan'' (レースのカーディガン) (ep. 17–24, Kaori Sakagami) #''Korosuke Rock'' (コロ助ROCK) (ep. 25–60, Junko Uchida) #''Felt no Pencase'' (フェルトのペンケース) (ep. 61–86, Megumi Mori) #''Merry ha tada no Tomodachi'' (メリーはただのトモダチ) (ep. 87–108, Toshiko Fujita) #''Hajimete no Chū'' (はじめてのチュウ) (ep. 109–170, 213–290, 311–331, Anshin Papa) #''Happy Birthday'' (ep. 171–212, Yuka) #''Uwasa Kiss'' (うわさのキッス) (ep. 291–310,

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Television drama

In January 2002, NHK aired a two-hour one-shot live action drama featuring a CGI Korosuke voiced by Mami Koyama. It was originally aired on

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on January 1, 2002.

Games

* On February 23, 1990, Epoch released an action game for the Famicom. * On July 15, 1994, another action game, ''Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Bouken Ouedo Juraki'', was released by Video System for the Game Boy. * A board game titled ''Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Chōjikū Sugoroku'' was released on January 27, 1995 by Video System for the Super Famicom. * Another game was made for the Sega Pico.

Reception

The anime was ranked 31st on a list published by TV Asahi in 2005 of the top 100 anime.

Notes

References

External links

Official Tokyo MX website
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