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Chibi Maruko-chan (TV)

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Alternative title:
Maruko Al-Saghira ~ Tunis 7 broadcast 1996 (Arabic)
ماروكو الصغيرة (Arabic)
ちびまる子ちゃん (Japanese)
櫻桃小丸子 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Momoko Sakura is an elementary school student who likes popular idol Momoe Yamaguchi and mangas. She is often called "Chibi Maruko-chan" due to her young age and small size. She lives together with her parents, her grandparents and her elder sister in a little town. In school, she has many friends with whom she studies and plays together everyday, including her close pal, Tama-chan; the student committee members, Maruo-kun and Migiwa-san; and the B-class trio: 'little master' Hanawa-kun, Hamaji-Bu Taro and Sekiguchi-kun. This is a fun-loving and enjoyable anime that portrays the simple things in life.
User Ratings: 89 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (dub:2, sub:2, others:1
1 Arabic edited dub
)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:3, ?:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Arabic dubbed
)
 Very good: 23 votes (sub:9, dub:4, raw:3, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:4
2 Arabic dubbed
1 Arabic edited dub
1 Hindi dubbed
)
 Good: 25 votes (sub:14, raw:4, dub:2, ?:1, others:4
3 Arabic dubbed
1 Cantonese dubbed
)
 Decent: 15 votes (sub:7, raw:4, others:4
2 German dubbed
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 Indonesia dubbed
)
 So-so: 10 votes (?:5, raw:3, sub:1, others:1
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 288 users, rank: #3086 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.910 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7265, rank: #4239 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.863 (Good), rank: #4223 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.26 / seen some: 6.77 / won't finish: 6.49)
Bayesian estimate: 6.947 (Good), rank: #3573 (of 7243)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 142
Episode titles: We have 144
Vintage:
1990-01-07 to 1992-09-27
1995 (Arabic)
2000-08-28 (Germany)
2001-07-01 (Indonesia, RCTI)
Opening Theme:
"Yume Ippai" by Yumiko Seki
Ending Theme:
#1: "Odoru Ponpokorin" by B.B. Queens
#2: "Hashire Shoujiki-mono" by Hideki Saijou
Insert song:
"Aoi Kajitsu" (青い果実) by Momoe Yamaguchi
"Hitonatsu no Keiken" (ひと夏の経験) by Momoe Yamaguchi
"Nerai-uchi" (狙いうち) by Linda Yamamoto
"Otome-za Kyū" (乙女座 宮) by Momoe Yamaguchi (ep 73)
"Yokosuka Story" (横須賀ストーリー) by Momoe Yamaguchi (ep 77)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director:
Kazunori Tanahashi (eps 35-116)
Susumu Ishizaki (eps 1-34)
Screenplay:
Mayumi Koyama (23 episodes
eps 11, 15-18, 20, 25, 27, 35, 37-38, 42, 46, 48, 55-56, 64, 66, 80, 82, 85, 91, 94
)

Miho Maruo (14 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 10, 14, 21, 23, 30, 44, 49, 58, 70, 75, 77
)

Momoko Sakura (59 episodes
eps 67-68, 70-74, 76, 79-80, 84-85, 88-90, 92-93, 95-96, 103-142
)

Nanase Nishizawa (6 episodes
eps 83-84, 88, 92, 96-97
)

Naoko Miyake (23 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-8, 12, 18, 22, 24, 29, 31-32, 41, 50, 57, 61-62, 65, 68, 81, 86-87, 102
)

Tomoko Ishizuka (26 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11-13, 16, 26, 28-29, 35-36, 41, 43, 47, 51, 53-54, 60, 63, 73-74, 98-101
)

Tsutomu Shibayama (ep 1)
Yumiko Suda (ep 1)
Storyboard:
Akiko Matsushima (5 episodes
eps 8, 12, 15, 18, 43
)

Fumiko Ishii (13 episodes
eps 9, 11, 14, 16, 57, 100, 106, 113, 118, 123, 126, 136, 141
)

Futa Morita (4 episodes
eps 27, 34-35, 41
)

Jun Takagi (17 episodes
eps 28, 37, 62, 71, 81, 87, 95, 102, 111, 117, 120, 122, 125, 129, 132, 135, 142
)

Junichi Satō (8 episodes
eps 7, 22, 30, 38, 46, 53, 64, 104
)

Kazunori Tanahashi (36 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 8, 12, 15, 22, 25, 28, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43, 46, 50, 53, 56, 59, 64, 67, 70, 75, 78, 80, 82, 85-86, 90, 93, 98, 101, 105, 109, 112, 115
)

Ken'ichi Nishida (3 episodes
eps 282-283, 294
)

Kōichirō Nakamura (9 episodes
eps 16, 21, 26, 36, 42, 47, 52, 60, 68
)

Kōzō Kusuba (ep 4)
Masaaki Yuasa (ep 126)
Naoko Kusumi (4 episodes
eps 127, 130, 134, 137
)

Noriyuki Abe (ep 131)
Saeko Aoki (3 episodes
eps 128, 133, 138
)

Shinji Takamatsu (18 episodes
eps 48, 54, 58, 61, 65, 69, 73, 76, 80, 85, 88, 92, 96, 99, 104, 107, 110, 114
)

Susumu Ishizaki (11 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10, 13, 17-18, 20, 23, 27, 30, 34
)

Takuya Inagaki (5 episodes
eps 120, 125, 127, 135, 139
)

Tameo Kohanawa (9 episodes
eps 38, 44, 48, 51, 54, 61, 67, 73, 78
)

Tatsuo Satō (16 episodes
eps 6, 9, 11, 14, 19, 24, 31-32, 40, 66, 72, 77, 83, 89, 94, 113
)

Tsuneo Kobayashi (14 episodes
eps 45, 49, 55, 63, 68, 74, 79, 84, 91, 97, 103, 108, 116, 121
)

Tsutomu Shibayama (eps 1, 32)
Yumiko Suda (6 episodes
eps 1, 29, 76, 92, 123, 140
)

Episode Director:
Fumiko Ishii (14 episodes
eps 9, 11, 14, 16, 57, 100, 106, 113, 118, 123, 126, 131, 136, 141
)

Jun Takagi (15 episodes
eps 28, 37, 62, 71, 81, 87, 95, 102, 111, 117, 119, 122, 125, 129, 132
)

Kazunori Tanahashi (34 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 18, 22, 25, 28-29, 33, 35, 39, 43, 46, 50, 53, 56, 59, 64, 67, 70, 75, 78, 82, 86, 90, 93, 98, 101, 105, 109, 112, 115
)

Kōichirō Nakamura (8 episodes
eps 21, 26, 29, 36, 42, 47, 52, 60
)

Kōzō Kusuba (eps 4, 120)
Naoko Kusumi (6 episodes
eps 124, 127, 130, 134, 137, 140
)

Saeko Aoki (3 episodes
eps 128, 133, 138
)

Shinji Takamatsu (21 episodes
eps 41, 44, 48, 51, 54, 58, 61, 65, 69, 73, 76, 80, 85, 88, 92, 96, 99, 104, 107, 110, 114
)

Susumu Ishizaki (10 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30, 34
)

Takuya Inagaki (3 episodes
eps 135, 139, 142
)

Tatsuo Satō (15 episodes
eps 6, 9, 11, 14, 19, 24, 31-32, 40, 66, 72, 77, 83, 89, 94
)

Tsuneo Kobayashi (14 episodes
eps 45, 49, 55, 63, 68, 74, 79, 84, 91, 97, 103, 108, 116, 121
)

Tsutomu Shibayama (ep 1)
Yumiko Suda (ep 1)
Original creator: Momoko Sakura
Character Design:
Hideo Kawauchi (eps 114-142)
Yūji Shigekuni (eps 1-113)
Art Director: Kanako Nomura
Animation Director:
Akira Takeuchi (8 episodes
eps 122, 125, 129, 132, 134, 137, 139, 142
)

Fumiyo Kimura (6 episodes
eps 113, 118, 123, 128, 133, 138
)

Hideyuki Funakoshi (13 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 24, 31-32, 40, 45, 63, 77, 120
)

Kazue Kinoshita (14 episodes
eps 12, 17, 23, 30, 35, 43, 49, 56, 61, 69, 76, 85, 92, 99
)

Kyoko Matsubara (15 episodes
eps 38, 44, 49, 53, 59, 65, 67, 73, 78, 86, 92, 98, 104, 109, 114
)

Masako Gotō (8 episodes
eps 9, 14, 19, 24, 42, 47, 57, 63
)

Masami Abe (21 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 27, 33, 38, 43, 48, 53, 58, 64, 69, 75, 80, 86, 90, 96, 101, 105
)

Masaya Fujimori (eps 89, 94, 106)
Michishiro Yamada (14 episodes
eps 66, 72, 86, 92, 98, 100, 104, 109-110, 114, 119, 124, 130, 135
)

Mitsuo Shindo (19 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 22, 28, 34, 39, 46, 51, 58, 64, 70, 80, 88, 93, 101, 107, 112, 115
)

Saburo Masutani (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 22, 27
)

Saburō Sakamoto (17 episodes
eps 10, 17, 23, 29, 34, 39, 44, 51, 56, 65, 70, 78, 85, 93, 99, 105, 110
)

Sadayoshi Tominaga (14 episodes
eps 3, 8, 18, 25, 33, 41, 46, 54, 59, 73, 76, 82, 88, 96
)

Shunji Saida (ep 4)
Tomoyuki Matsumoto (eps 135, 140)
Toshiki Yoshida (eps 7, 13, 20)
Yoshiaki Yanagida (5 episodes
eps 26, 28-29, 32, 36
)

Yoshinobu Aohachi (17 episodes
eps 5, 12, 18, 25, 30, 35, 41, 48, 54, 61, 67, 75, 82, 90, 98, 104, 107
)

Yūji Shigekuni (eps 83, 94, 100)
Yūko Fujii (10 episodes
eps 37, 62, 71, 81, 87, 95, 102, 111, 117, 127
)

Yuko Ikuno (17 episodes
eps 50, 55, 60, 68, 74, 79, 84, 91, 97, 103, 108, 116, 121, 126, 131, 136, 141
)

Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography:
Masahide Okino (T. Nishimura)
Toshiaki Morita (Trans Arts)
Executive producer: Kōichi Motohashi
Producer:
Minoru Wada (eps 65-142)
Shigeo Endo (eps 65-142)
Shōji Satō (eps 1-64)
Yoshihisa Tachikawa (Fuji TV; eps 1-30)

Background Art:
Emi Hoshino (6 episodes
eps 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64
)

Hideko Ishibashi (60 episodes
eps 66-67, 69-126
)

Kazuhisa Asai (eps 96-142 even)
Masahiro Kubota (eps 133-141 odd)
Michiko Maruyama (eps 1-142)
Michiko Yokota (46 episodes
eps 1-81 odd, 82, 85-91 odd
)

Minako Echizen (eps 23-142)
Naho Yoshioka (eps 133-141 odd)
Naoko Shiraishi (eps 127-142)
Noriko Tsutsui (19 episodes
eps 93-115 odd, 119-131 odd
)

Riku Kuwabata (19 episodes
eps 93-115 odd, 119-131 odd
)

Sayuri Ito (eps 1-141 odd)
Shōji Ōtsuka (eps 1-142)
Toshihiro Kohama (eps 133-141 odd)
Yasukuo Takahashi (42 episodes
eps 2-42 even, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66-80 even, 83-84, 86-96 even
)

Yoshiharu Katayama (43 episodes
eps 46, 54, 58, 62, 66-80 even, 83-84, 86-94 even, 98-116 even, 117-118, 120-142 even
)

Yoshiyuki Shikano (27 episodes
eps 2-44 even, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64
)

Color Coordination:
Masato Yokoi (eps 35-142)
Masumi Nose (eps 1-32)
Naomi Takahashi (eps 33-34)
Finish Animation Manager: Norichika Iwakiri
In-Between Animation:
Fumiaki Asano (eps 1, 6)
Fumiko Tateyama (11 episodes
eps 2, 10, 20, 33, 43, 53, 69, 80, 101, 110, 115
)

Kazunori Ōta (6 episodes
eps 2, 10, 20, 33, 43, 64
)

Masayuki Sekine (eps 1, 16)
Naoki Arakawa
Sachiko Yuminamochi (24 episodes
eps 1, 14, 24, 32, 40, 45, 47, 52, 55, 57, 63, 68, 72, 74, 81, 89, 97, 106, 113, 118, 123, 128, 136, 138
)

Tetsuya Nishio (8 episodes
eps 2, 10, 20, 33, 43, 53, 58, 105
)

Tomoko Iwasaki (19 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28-29, 31-32, 36, 40, 42, 47, 52
)

Tsuyoshi Ichiki (14 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 11, 16, 19, 21, 26, 32, 36, 40, 42, 45, 52
)

Yasuo Hoshina (19 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 22, 27, 38, 44, 49, 53, 59, 65, 73, 78, 86, 92, 98, 104, 109, 114
)

Yūichi Nakajima (19 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 11, 16, 19, 21, 26, 72, 74, 83, 91, 100, 108, 116, 121, 126, 136, 138
)

Yuiko Aoki (4 episodes
eps 62, 71, 87, 95
)

Yumi Ikenuma (22 episodes
eps 1, 9, 11, 16, 19, 32, 40, 52, 68, 72, 74, 81, 89, 97, 106, 113, 118, 123, 128, 133, 136, 138
)

In-Between Check:
Akemi Seki (19 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 22, 28, 34, 39, 46, 51, 58, 64, 67, 70, 80, 88, 93, 101, 107, 112
)

Fumiko Tateyama (5 episodes
eps 58, 75, 90, 96, 105
)

Fumio Sakai (eps 4, 6)
Kazunori Ōta (5 episodes
eps 53, 69, 86, 101, 115
)

Mariko Sakagami (16 episodes
eps 117, 119-120, 122, 124-125, 127, 129-130, 132, 134-135, 137, 139-140, 142
)

Mikio Endo (10 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 27, 33, 38, 43, 48
)

Sadayoshi Tominaga (14 episodes
eps 3, 8, 18, 25, 33, 41, 46, 54, 59, 73, 76, 82, 88, 96
)

Taizo Noguchi (55 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10, 12-13, 17-18, 20, 23, 25, 29-30, 34-35, 39, 41, 44, 48, 51, 54, 56, 61, 65, 67, 70, 75, 78, 82, 85, 90, 93, 98-99, 104-105, 107, 110, 112, 115, 117, 119-120, 122, 124-125, 127, 129-130, 132, 134-135, 137, 139-140, 142
)

Takeshi Itoo (eps 62, 71)
Tatsuo Yokomizo (19 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 22, 27, 38, 44, 49, 53, 59, 65, 73, 78, 86, 92, 98, 104, 109, 114
)

Tetsuya Nishio (eps 64, 109)
Key Animation:
Akihiro Shibata (4 episodes
eps 24, 26, 40, 42
)

Akio Hosoya (eps 36, 45, 50)
Akio Katada (12 episodes
eps 79, 84, 89, 94, 100, 106, 113, 118, 123, 127, 133, 138
)

Eiji Yamanaka (ep 50)
Etsuko Iiguchi (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 16, 21, 26
)

Fumiaki Asano (11 episodes
eps 47, 52, 57, 63, 68, 72, 83, 89, 94, 100, 106
)

Fumiyasu Saito (17 episodes
eps 3, 8, 18, 25, 33, 41, 46, 54, 59, 67, 73, 76, 82, 88, 96, 110, 115
)

Fumiyo Kimura (13 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 47, 52, 55, 60, 66, 72, 83, 91, 97, 103
)

Hideo Kawaguchi (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 22, 27
)

Hideyuki Funakoshi (4 episodes
eps 1, 16, 72, 116
)

Hirofumi Nakata (4 episodes
eps 129, 134, 137, 142
)

Hiromitsu Morishita (eps 120, 125)
Hiroshi Hara (12 episodes
eps 6, 9, 11, 14, 19, 24, 45, 50, 66, 74, 79, 84
)

Hiroshi Kawaguchi (eps 1, 42, 55)
Hiroshi Komaba (ep 19)
Hiroyuki Nakamura (13 episodes
eps 6, 9, 11, 14, 19, 21, 24, 26, 31-32, 40, 42, 74
)

Hiroyuki Saitō (eps 135, 140)
Izumi Shimura (eps 120, 125)
Junichi Hashimoto (4 episodes
eps 129, 134, 137, 142
)

Junko Ikeda (ep 4)
Junko Mio (ep 17)
Kazue Kinoshita (13 episodes
eps 12, 23, 30, 35, 43, 49, 56, 61, 69, 76, 85, 92, 99
)

Kazuhiro Ohmame (3 episodes
eps 113, 121, 128
)

Kazuhiro Soeta (ep 117)
Kazuko Fukutomi (23 episodes
eps 11, 16, 21, 24, 31-32, 40, 57, 60, 66, 72, 83, 89, 94, 100, 106, 113, 118, 123, 126, 131, 136, 141
)

Kazuko Hirose (ep 8)
Kazuko Nakayama (eps 119, 124)
Kazunari Kume (eps 11, 14, 16)
Koichi Hayashi (4 episodes
eps 129, 134, 137, 142
)

Kyoko Chino (eps 12, 17)
Kyoko Matsubara (14 episodes
eps 38, 44, 49, 53, 59, 65, 73, 78, 86, 92, 98, 104, 109, 114
)

Kyōko Yoshikawa (15 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 21, 24, 31-32, 40, 55, 60, 66, 72
)

Mariko Iioka (ep 29)
Masaaki Yuasa (OP, ED; 8 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 16, 21, 31-32, 40
)

Masae Ōtake (ep 110)
Masaji Maruyama (ep 5)
Masako Gotō (eps 63, 68, 127)
Masami Koiwa (14 episodes
eps 74, 79, 84, 89, 100, 106, 113, 118, 123, 127, 131, 136, 138, 141
)

Masami Ohta (ep 122)
Masaya Fujimori (3 episodes
eps 121, 127-128
)

Masayo Matsumoto (ep 14)
Masayuki Sekine (5 episodes
eps 45, 57, 60, 66, 89
)

Megumi Abe (9 episodes
eps 15, 22, 27, 34, 39, 46, 51, 58, 64
)

Megumi Miki (8 episodes
eps 81, 95, 102, 111, 117, 122, 130, 139
)

Miki Furukawa (eps 119, 125)
Miki Ukai (ep 13)
Mitsuo Shindo (16 episodes
eps 8, 22, 28, 34, 39, 46, 51, 58, 64, 70, 80, 88, 93, 101, 107, 112
)

Mitsuru Fujii (eps 120, 125)
Natsuyo Kōsaka (ep 122)
Nobuko Abe (ep 29)
Noriko Shibata (eps 3, 13, 22)
Reiko Suzuki (25 episodes
eps 9, 11, 14, 19, 24, 26, 36, 42, 47, 52, 57, 63, 68, 72, 83, 89, 94, 100, 106, 113, 116, 121, 126, 133, 138
)

Saburō Sakamoto (18 episodes
eps 10, 17, 23, 29, 34, 39, 44, 51, 56, 65, 70, 78, 85, 93, 99, 105, 110, 115
)

Sachiko Iwamura (eps 120, 125)
Seiji Okada (ep 29)
Seiko Iwasaki (7 episodes
eps 87, 95, 102, 111, 117, 124, 130
)

Setsuko Nobuzane (ep 17)
Shigehito Tsuji (ep 4)
Shinichi Endo (6 episodes
eps 42, 118, 123, 126, 133, 138
)

Shinji Takeuchi (3 episodes
eps 132, 135, 140
)

Shunji Saida (ep 4)
Takahiro Gotō (4 episodes
eps 57, 63, 68, 74
)

Takashi Yamazaki (7 episodes
eps 11, 21, 24, 26, 31, 36, 42
)
 
Takayuki Hirakawa (10 episodes
eps 79, 84, 91, 97, 103, 108, 116, 121, 128, 131
)

Takenori Tsukuma (eps 120, 125)
Takumi Koyama (4 episodes
eps 129, 134, 137, 142
)

Teruhisa Ryū (eps 3, 13)
Tetsuo Hara (ep 141)
Tetsuro Sano (9 episodes
eps 97, 108, 116, 121, 126, 128, 131, 136, 141
)

Tomoko Iwasaki (18 episodes
eps 57, 63, 66, 68, 79, 84, 91, 97, 103, 108, 116, 121, 123, 126, 131, 136, 138, 141
)

Tomoyuki Matsumoto (3 episodes
eps 132, 135, 140
)

Toshiki Yoshida (eps 7, 13, 20)
Toshiyuki Kono (eps 120, 125)
Tsutomu Nishiyama (5 episodes
eps 118, 123, 126, 133, 138
)

Tsuyoshi Ichiki (6 episodes
eps 55, 60, 63, 68, 72, 91
)

Yasuhiro Wakui (ep 29)
Yoshikazu Fujishiro (eps 2, 7)
Yoshimasa Iiyama (6 episodes
eps 3, 8, 18, 25, 33, 46
)

Yoshinobu Aohachi (18 episodes
eps 5, 12, 18, 25, 30, 35, 41, 48, 54, 61, 67, 75, 82, 90, 98, 104, 107, 112
)

Yoshiro Yabusaki (22 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 27, 33, 38, 43, 48, 53, 58, 64, 69, 75, 80, 86, 90, 96, 101, 105, 110
)

Yuka Hoya (8 episodes
eps 37, 81, 87, 95, 117, 122, 130, 139
)

Yukio Nishimura (eps 2, 7)
Yukio Ōmori (5 episodes
eps 89, 94, 100, 106, 108
)

Yūko Fujii (15 episodes
eps 28, 32, 36-37, 62, 71, 81, 87, 95, 102, 111, 117, 124, 127, 139
)

Yuko Ikuno (4 episodes
eps 9, 47, 52, 63
)

Yuko Ogawara (ep 28)
Literature Manager:
Masataka Miyanaga (eps 10-142)
Takashi Anno (eps 1-9)
Music Performance:
Hiroyuki Koike (Violin)
Yumiko Hirose (Violin)
Negative Editing: Hidetoshi Kadono
Photography:
Akemi Maki (44 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 13, 17, 22, 25, 28, 33, 35, 39, 43, 46, 49, 56, 59, 64, 67, 69-70, 73, 75-76, 78, 80, 82, 85-86, 88, 90, 92-93, 96, 98-99, 101, 104-105, 107, 109-110, 112, 114-115
)

Akio Kanazawa (33 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, 42, 47, 52, 57, 63, 68, 81, 94, 97, 102, 111, 116-118, 120-140 even
)

Hideo Fujii (17 episodes
eps 4, 9, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 62, 66, 71, 74
)

Hiroaki Matsuzawa (42 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29, 32, 37, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 62, 66, 71, 74, 79, 83-84, 87, 89, 91, 95, 100, 103, 106, 108, 113, 119-141 odd, 142
)

Hiroki Sekido (31 episodes
eps 14, 19, 24, 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 63, 68, 72, 81, 94, 97, 102, 111, 116-118, 120-140 even
)

Hirotaka Ōkubo (8 episodes
eps 1, 6, 14, 19, 24, 29, 32, 37
)

Isao Takahashi (62 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 12-13, 15, 17-18, 20, 22-23, 25, 27-28, 30, 33-35, 38-39, 41, 43-44, 46, 48-49, 51, 53-54, 56, 58-59, 61, 64-65, 67, 69-70, 73, 75-76, 78, 80, 82, 85-86, 88, 90, 92-93, 96, 98-99, 101, 104-105, 107, 109-110, 112, 114-115
)

Kazushi Torigoe (26 episodes
eps 42, 47, 52, 57, 63, 68, 72, 81, 94, 97, 102, 111, 116-118, 120-140 even
)

Koji Yamakoshi (29 episodes
eps 56, 59, 64, 69-70, 73, 75-76, 78, 80, 82, 85-86, 88, 90, 92-93, 96, 98-99, 101, 104-105, 107, 109-110, 112, 114-115
)

Makoto Itō (47 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23, 27, 30, 34, 38, 41, 44, 48, 51, 53-54, 58, 61, 65, 69-70, 73, 75-76, 78, 80, 82, 85-86, 88, 90, 92-93, 96, 98-99, 101, 104-105, 107, 109-110, 112, 114-115
)

Natsuko Mori (34 episodes
eps 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 62, 66, 71, 74, 79, 83-84, 87, 89, 91, 95, 100, 103, 106, 108, 113, 119-141 odd, 142
)

Shigenori Baba (11 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 13, 17, 22, 25, 28, 33, 35, 67
)

Tomoyoshi Ishizuka (46 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23, 27, 30, 34, 38, 44, 48, 51, 53-54, 58, 61, 65, 69-70, 73, 75-76, 78, 80, 82, 85-86, 88, 90, 92-93, 96, 98-99, 101, 104-105, 107, 109-110, 112, 114-115
)

Tsuneo Hosoda (eps 4, 9)
Yukio Sugiyama (33 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, 79, 83-84, 87, 89, 91, 95, 100, 103, 106, 108, 113, 119-141 odd, 142
)

Planning:
Junzō Nakajima (Nippon Animation; eps 1-64)
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Shōji Satō (Nippon Animation; eps 65-142)
Production Desk:
Ryūichirō Matsuyama (26 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 19, 21, 26, 29, 31-32, 36, 40, 42, 45, 47, 50, 52, 55, 57, 60, 63, 66, 68, 72
)

Shojiro Abe (66 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7-8, 10, 12-13, 15, 17-18, 20, 22-25, 27-28, 30, 33-35, 38-39, 41, 43-44, 46, 48-49, 51, 53-54, 56, 58-59, 61, 64-65, 67, 69-70, 73, 75-76, 78, 80, 82, 85-86, 88, 90, 92-93, 96, 98-99, 101, 104-105, 107, 109-110, 112, 114-115
)

Yoshiyuki Tojo (25 episodes
eps 74, 79, 83-84, 89, 91, 94, 97, 100, 103, 106, 108, 113, 116, 118, 121, 123, 126, 128, 131, 133, 135-136, 138, 141
)

Production manager:
Junzō Nakajima (eps 31-142)
Matsumi Tanaka
Mitsuru Takakuwa
Sound Adjustment: Chiaki Sato
Sound Effects: Akihiko Matsuda
Theme Song Arrangement: Tetsuro Oda (OP1)
Theme Song Composition: Tetsuro Oda (OP1)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Momoko Sakura (ED #1, #2)
Tomoko Aran (OP1)
Theme Song Performance:
B.B.Queens (ED #1)
Eisuke Mochizuki (ED1;keyboards)
Fusanosuke Kondō (ED #1)
Haruka Murakami (ED1;chorus)
Hideki Saijō (ED #2)
Keiko Utoku (ED1;chorus)
Mami Watanabe (ED1;chorus)
Seiichiroh Kuribayashi (ED1;bass)
Takashi Masuzaki (ED1;guitar)
Yuiko Tsubokura (ED #1)
Yumiko Seki (OP)
Titles: Akira Michikawa
TARAKO as Momoko "Maruko" Sakura

Chafūrin as Kimio Nagasawa
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Hideyuki Togawa
Keaton Yamada as Narration
Kei Tomiyama as Tomozō Sakura
Masami Kikuchi as Kazuhiko Hanawa
Mie Suzuki as Sumire Sakura
Miki Narahashi as Hanako Migiwa
Naoko Watanabe as Tamae Honami
Nobuo Tobita as Sueo Maruo
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Noritaka "Hamaji" Hamazaki (eps 16, 34-142)
Yūko Mizutani as Sakiko Sakura
Yūko Sasaki as Kotake Sakura
Yūsaku Yara as Hiroshi Sakura

Ai Orikasa as
Announce
Announcer
Children
Classmate
Ebisu (2nd voice; eps 64-122)
Ekko-oneesan
Girl
Katō-san
Keiko Uchida (ep 6)
Mari Uesugi
Maruo's mother
Moriko Yamagawa
Noritaka "Hamaji" Hamazaki (eps 20-30)
Older sister
School Nurse (eps 14-40)
Taiboku
Teacher
Yoshida (eps 8, 20)
Yoshio-kun
Akiko Yajima as Akemi (ep 45)
Chafūrin as
Hideji Saijō
Hiroaki's Father (eps 45, 53)
Kazuo Nagasawa
P.E. Teacher (ep 26)
Emi Shinohara as Miyako Tanaka (eps 78, 111)
Fumio Matsuoka as Yamada's Grandfather (ep 121)
Hirohiko Kakegawa as
Great-Uncle
Mr. Tomita
Snake Man B (ep 108)
Hiroko Emori as
Great-Aunt
Sumire's Friend (ep 62)
Hiromi Konno as
Akemi
flower shop worker
girl (ep 286)
piano teacher
Ikue Ōtani as
Chi-chan (ep 64)
Natsumi Murata
Junko Iwao as Hasegawa kun (Hasegawa Kenta)
Kappei Yamaguchi as
Mark (eps 100-101)
Masaru Orihara (ep 20)
Yamamoto (ep 20)
Kazuo Oka as Kosaka-san (ep 104)
Keiko Yamamoto as
Mrs. Hamazaki
Mrs. Ōishi
Shōta Yamada
Kikuko Inoue as Yoshio's Girlfriend (ep 125)
Kyousei Tsukui as Shinji Sekiguchi
Maki Yaosaka as Kindergarten Teacher (ep 28)
Mami Matsui as
Būtarō Tomita
Utako Yonamine (ep 22)
Yoshida (ep 25)
Masako Miura as Yumiko Itō
Masami Kikuchi as
Misawa
Saburō Matsuoka
Watanabe
Megumi Urawa as
Chikako Katō (ep 6)
Hiromi Maeda
Maekawa
Maki Makimura
Midori Yoshikawa
Momoe Yamaguchi (ep 103)
Saitō
Tarō Nagasawa
Tomiko Tomita
Yoshida (eps 23, 26, 94)
Yukio Yamamoto (eps 12, 57)
Michiko Shimizu as Momoe Yamaguchi (ep 77)
Mie Suzuki as
Futoshi Kosugi
Ogawa
Tsuyoshi Arai
Mika Kanai as Mrs. Togawa (ep 112)
Miki Narahashi as
Junko Takamiya
Kubota
Mrs. Migiwa
Toshi
Yoshiko Takahashi
Moyu Arishima as Mii-chan
Nobuo Tobita as
Ichirō Sakura (ep 120)
Shintarō Honami
Soeda (eps 3, 11, 18)
Tatsugorō Hamazaki
Noriko Uemura as Misuzu Fuyuta (ep 122)
Reiko Yamada as Old Lady (ep 65)
Rin Mizuhara as
Mrs. Tomita
Shimazaki (ep 98)
Sugiyama-kun
Ryō Agawa as Okin
Ryōichi Tanaka as
Principal
Snake Man A (ep 108)
Saori Suzuki as
Ruriko
Yurie Hayashi
Satoru Kamata as Nobuo-kun's uncle
Satsuki Yukino as Rie-chan
Shigeru Nakahara as Soeda (eps 55, 66)
Shiho Niiyama as Sakada no Jiisan no Tsuma
Shinobu Oshizaka as Shinobu Oshizaka (ep 72)
Taeko Yamada as Toshiko Tsuchihashi
Takahiro Kawachi as Announcer
Takehito Koyasu as Marius
Takkō Ishimori as Old Man (ep 65)
Tomie Kataoka as Fat Lady (ep 65)
Tomiko Suzuki as Yasuko Ishihara (ep 63)
Tomoko Naka as
Ikuko (ep 45)
Mrs. Honami
Shigeru Fujiki
Yoshiko Mochizuki
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Yoshio
Tsurumaru Sakai as Announcer (ep 72)
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as
Ebisu (eps 3-34)
Yoshida (eps 3, 11)
Yukio Yamamoto (eps 13-16)
Wakana Yamazaki as Haruko
Yasuhiro Takato as Shū Hasegawa (ep 59)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Young Man (ep 62)
Yukiko Hirotsu as Kanako-chan
Yūko Mizutani as
Kazue Tanabe
Keiko Uchida
Tomiko Kojima (eps 16, 23)
Wakabayashi
Yoshiko Nagasawa
Yuko Ōkawa (eps 9, 28)
Yūko Sasaki as
Chikako Katō (ep 87)
Nakamura (ep 138)
Tomiko Kojima (ep 14)
Yuri Amano as
Hanawa's Mother (eps 100-101)
Pusadhi (eps 32-33, 101)
Yūko Nomura
Yuri Shiratori as
Machiko-chan
Yuko Nomura
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Hiroaki

Aya Hara (ep 121)
Hitoshi Horimoto (eps 103, 108)
Isshin Chiba (ep 102)
Shinichirō Ōta (ep 121)
Toshiya Ueda (ep 31)
Yasuhiko Kawazu (eps 102, 108)
Yasuhiro Takato (ep 102)
Japanese companies
Animation: Nippon Animation
Backgrounds:
Atelier Roku (eps 1-142)
Mukuo Studio (eps 2-142 even)
Studio Aqua (eps 1-141 odd)
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
In-Between Animation:
Anime Spot (22 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 27, 33, 38, 43, 48, 53, 58, 64, 69, 75, 80, 86, 90, 96, 101, 105, 110, 115
)

Araki Productions (4 episodes
eps 76, 85, 92, 99
)

Daizo Productions
Dragon Production (ep 4)
Shindo Production (11 episodes
eps 13, 22, 34, 39, 46, 51, 67, 80, 88, 93, 107
)

Snow Light Staff (eps 102, 111)
Studio Musashi (18 episodes
eps 7, 15, 22, 27, 38, 44, 49, 53, 59, 65, 73, 78, 86, 92, 98, 104, 109, 114
)

Studio Venus (eps 109, 114)
Key Animation:
Anime R (3 episodes
eps 119-120, 125
)

Anime Spot (22 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 27, 33, 38, 43, 48, 53, 58, 64, 69, 75, 80, 86, 90, 96, 101, 105, 110
)

Araki Productions (14 episodes
eps 12, 17, 23, 30, 35, 43, 49, 56, 61, 69, 76, 85, 92, 99
)

Oh! Production (ep 4)
Shindo Production (18 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 22, 28, 34, 39, 46, 51, 58, 64, 70, 80, 88, 93, 101, 107, 112
)

Studio Musashi (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 22, 27
)

Studio Venus (eps 109, 114)
Paint: Studio Killy
Production Assistance:
Ajiado
Lifework
Recording Production: Onkyo Eizo System Co., Ltd.
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
English cast
English staff
ADR Script: Bernard Lee
Russell Wait as Narration
Sarah Hauser as Momoko "Chibi Maruko-chan" Sakura

Andrea Kwan as
Maruko's mother (2nd voice)
Tamae Honami (Animax dub)
Candice Moore as Maruko's sister
Emily Woo Zeller as Maruko's mother
Richard Magarey as Tomozu

Michael Pizzuto as
Fujiki
Hamasaki
Sarah Hauser as Maruo's mother
English companies
ADR Production: Omni Productions (Animax dub)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Tanja Schumann as Momoko "Chibi Maruko-chan" Sakura

Marc Seidenberg as Maruo-kun
Oliver Böttcher as Hanawa-kun
Rafi Guessos as Sekiguchi-kun
Stephanie Kirchberger as Tama-chan

Daniela Reidies as Yumiko
Holger Mahlich as Togawa
Marco Kröger as Hiroshi Sakura
Rolf Becker as Erzähler (narrator)
Sabine Hahn as Grossmutter
Susanne Sternberg as Sakiko Sakura
Traudel Sperber as Sumire Sakura
Wolf Rathjen as Tomozou Sakura
German companies
Broadcaster:
RTL II (from 7 May 2001)
Super RTL (from 28 August 2000)
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation: D. Muhammad Al-Khazali

Production manager:
Fakhri Khamis
Khalid Al-Momani
Sound Engineer & Mixage: Abd Al-Salam Al-Dajjani
Supervision: Omar Hamed
Theme Song Composed & Arranged: Amer Madi
Theme Song Lyrics: Muhammad Al-Daher
Theme Song Performance: Eman Younes
Eman Hail as Momoko "Chibi Maruko-chan" Sakura (primary)

Abeer Issa as
Sumire Sakura (Maruko's mother)
Yumiko Itō
Manadel Nawfal as
Hiroshi Sakura (Maruko's father)
Kazuhiko Hanawa
Maysaa Radi as Toshiko
Nabil Najim as
Shinji Sekiguchi
Teacher
Tomozou Sakura (Maruko's grandfather)
Omar Hamed as various characters
Reem Saadeh as
Hanako Migiwa
Kotake Sakura (Maruko's grandmother)
Sakiko Sakura (Maruko's older sister)
Suheir Fahad as
Sueo Maruo
Tamae Honami

Abeer Essa as Maruko's mother 
Reem Sa'ada as Maruko's sister 
Arabic companies
Broadcaster:
ART Teenz
Jordan TV
Dubbing: Al-Anoud Studios (Jordan)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Jenny Bituin as Momoko "Chibi Maruko-chan" Sakura

ayen dangcalan as Tama-chan/Tamae Honami
Don Sanmaniego as Hanawa-kun/Kazuhiko Hanawa
Gigi Medina as Sumire Sakura
Jimmy Manato as Hiroshi Sakura
Maybelle Vendiola Beltran as Sakiko Sakura

Ed Belo as Narration

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: GMA Network
Dubbing: ALTA Productions
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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