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NEWS: Yoshinori Kobayashi's Obocchama-kun Manga Gets New Anime for India




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PipimiOden



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:37 am Reply with quote
Honestly I'm surprised it took so long for someone to decide to make something for india. I know they're a completely different market compared to basically everywhere else on the planet, but you'd still think there'd be more stuff made for them
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John-a-san



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:07 am Reply with quote
I'm trying to fully understand this series, but the humor is soooo outdated. For instance: Forceful-groping gags; and the MC's guardian tongue-licking people like a dog.
The satire is probably too cringe now.

I do get the MC's trademarked misunderstanding of the meaning of "tomodachi" (friend) with his mash-up word "tomodachinko"; mashing two words into something like "bud-dink". ("buddy" and "dick") And then pulls that forced-groping gag.
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Egan Loo



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:12 am Reply with quote
PipimiOden wrote:
Honestly I'm surprised it took so long for someone to decide to make something for india. I know they're a completely different market compared to basically everywhere else on the planet, but you'd still think there'd be more stuff made for them


There is one other example, although it's a manga:

animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-06/kyojin-no-hoshi-baseball-manga-remade-for-india-with-cricket
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John-a-san



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:23 pm Reply with quote
I just discovered on Youtube that there is a channel with episodes of Obocchama-kun available with English subtitles. It appears the channel is from the same team who had uploaded Oishinbo* and Atashin'chi back in 2020-21 judging by their channel's description and formatting. i.e. "Each episode will be available for 45 days", and "Episode 1 and some popular episodes will always be available". (I was able to watch those channels in North America.)

* - ANN article regarding Youtube channel for Oishinbo
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OjaruFan2



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2024 10:00 pm Reply with quote
I know this new version is primarily aimed at the Indian market, but it would be cool for it to eventually get released in other markets (even if only for a limited time) so that international fans of the series can have a chance to watch it.

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The manga's first anime adaptation aired in Japan from 1989 to 1992. It aired on a children's channel in India, and was also dubbed in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

It currently airs on Sony YAY! in India. Some episodes from the Hindi dub are currently available on their official YouTube channel.

John-a-san wrote:
I just discovered on Youtube that there is a channel with episodes of Obocchama-kun available with English subtitles. It appears the channel is from the same team who had uploaded Oishinbo* and Atashin'chi back in 2020-21 judging by their channel's description and formatting. i.e. "Each episode will be available for 45 days", and "Episode 1 and some popular episodes will always be available". (I was able to watch those channels in North America.)

* - ANN article regarding Youtube channel for Oishinbo

Adding to this, here is the link to the Obocchama-kun channel for anyone interested.
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