is a

children's television program Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during the early evenin ...

airing weekday mornings in Japan on

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. The show consists of seasonal songs, the Galapico Pu segment, and animated shorts like Tomodachi Hachi Nin (previously also ''

Deko Boko Friends is a children's television program airing weekday mornings in Japan on NHK. The show consists of seasonal songs, the Galapico Pu segment, and animated shorts like Tomodachi Hachi Nin (previously also '' Deko Boko Friends''). , the program was h ...

''). , the program was hosted by: * Singer Brother Yuichiro Hanada * Singer Sister Maya Nagata * Taisou Brother Makoto Fukuo * Taisou Sister Azuki Akimoto * Fantane!

Deko Boko Friends

is a collection of 30-second Japanese

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created by advertising creators Momoko Maruyama and Ryotaro Kuwamoto to promote acceptance of people of different personalities and appearances. The shorts are focused on 12 different creatures, meant to show certain personalities, likes, dislikes, and quirks. ''Deko Boko Friends'' originated on

's oldest running

children's programming Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during the early eveni ...

show, ''Okaasan to Issho'' in 2003, superseding previous short cartoon series, '' Yancharu Moncha''. It was distributed in

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and shown in English on Nickelodeon's children's programming block,

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and

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in the United States, and on

Treehouse TV Treehouse TV is a Canadian English-language specialty channel for preschoolers aged 2 to 5 that was launched in 1997. Its name comes from YTV's former preschool block, " The Treehouse". The channel is owned by YTV Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of ...

in Canada.

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