is a
picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images.
The ima ...
series written by
Shiro Yadama. Some books were translated into English by Keith Holman. The book is about a boy named Noriyasu Hatakeyama who starts writing "tomorrow's" journal entries when he finds out the days start happening just the way he writes them.
A 30-minute animated film was created by
Oh! Production and
Gakken
is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1947 by Hideto Furuoka, which also produces educational toys. Their annual sales are reported at ¥ 90 billion ($789 million US).
Gakken publishes educational books and magazines and produces othe ...
and released on August 23, 1988.
An
animated television series
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animated by
Group TAC aired on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.[Tokyo MX
JOMX-DTV (channel 9), branded as Tokyo MX (officially stylized as TOKYO MX), is an independent station, independent television station in Tokyo, Japan, owned by the . It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city and parts ...]
from May 6, 2011 to July 29, 2011. When brought to the
United States
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, it was renamed ''Tokyo Pig''.
The English dub of ''Tokyo Pig'' was produced by
Miramax Television
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Studio E Productions and
Buena Vista Sound Services and had all the original Japanese music completely replaced with a new musical score and all the original Japanese sound effects completely replaced with new American-made sound effects. It was also translated into
Chinese and
Tagalog (under the name ''Sunny Pig''). It was broadcast from September 2002 to March 2003 in the United States on
ABC Family
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, and eventually on
Cartoon Network Korea in June 2013. It was originally directed by
Shinichi Watanabe. Miramax Home Entertainment released ''Tokyo Pig'' only on one DVD with no VHS equivalent.
Main characters
; / Spencer Weinberg-Takahama
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; / Sunny Pig
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; / Mom
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; / Dad
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; / Dizzy Lizzy
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; / The Weather Lady
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Other characters
; / Angus
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; / Eggman
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; / Tiffany Van Hootenberg
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; / Wigstaff
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; / Sweater Girl
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; / Ms. Spelt
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; / Principal Tezuka
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; / Shadow Lady
; / Mrs. Tingly a.k.a. Lady Fujian
; / Dark Sunny
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; / Wenworth
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: Snow Queen
Music
; Theme songs
; Opening:
# "Tsuyoki na Futari" (強気なふたり) by Yumi Yoshimura (Episodes 1-17)
# "Karette Tokidoki Buta" (カレって時々ブタ) by TSUNAMi (Episodes 18-36)
# "BOO~Onaka ga Karaku Hodo Warattemitai~" (BOO ～おなかが空くほど笑ってみたい～) by
The Gospellers (37-61)
; Ending:
# "I'm Home" (ただいま, ''Tadaima'') by Ami Onuki (Episodes 1-17)
# "Airplane Cloud" (ヒコーキ雲, ''Hikouki Kumo'') by Flower Companies (Episodes 18-36)
# "Ah Buta da! 〜Tsuitachi yu kai ni ikiru uta〜" by Delicious Pigs (Episodes 37-61)
Crew
English crew
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Steve Kramer - Voice director
Picture books
Episode list
References
Bibliography
* - NDC913
External links
Shiro Yadama's website''Hare Tokidoki Buta'' (TV) at
Tokyo MX
JOMX-DTV (channel 9), branded as Tokyo MX (officially stylized as TOKYO MX), is an independent station, independent television station in Tokyo, Japan, owned by the . It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city and parts ...
's official website
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