is a Japanese

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television series created by Tatsuo Yoshida and directed by Ippei Kuri. The series aired on

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from April 2, 1969, to September 24, 1969, totaling 26 episodes. Two manga adaptations were created, the first published in

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's ''

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'' from July 28 to November 17, 1968, and a 4-chapters series in

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'' from May 22 to July 10, 1969. The series stars a teenage martial artist named Sanshiro (voiced by

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), trained in the Kurenai School of

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and centers around his search for his fathers killer. Accompanying Sanshiro is an orphaned boy named Kenbo (voiced by Kenbo Kaminarimon) and his pet dog Boke (voiced by Hiroshi Otake). Sanshiros only clue to his fathers murderer is a

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left on the scene of the crime, suggesting that his fathers murderer was one-eyed. Thus many of the villains Sanshiro fought during the course of the series were one-eyed or had one eye concealed with an eye-patch. The opening theme was performed by

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(her first) when she was just 12 years old.

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* 1968 manga 1969 anime television series debuts Fictional judoka Fictional jujutsuka Fuji TV original programming Judo in anime and manga Shogakukan manga Shōnen manga Shueisha manga Shueisha franchises Tatsunoko Production {{manga-stub