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Osomatsu-kun (TV 2/1988)

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©FUJIO AKATSUKA / PIERROT


Alternative title:
Cosas de Locos (Spanish)
おそ松くん (Japanese)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 88
Episode titles: We have 89
Vintage:
1988-02-13 to 1989-12-23
2005-12-19 (Spain, Canal 2 Andalucía)
Opening Theme:
"Seichō Osomatsu Bushi" (正調おそまつ節) by Takashi Hosokawa
Ending Theme:
"Osomatsu-kun Ondo" (おそ松くん音頭) by Takashi Hosokawa
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Akira Shigino
Series Composition: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Script:
Akira Shigino (ep 37)
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (21 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 16, 22, 26, 31, 36, 41, 44, 47, 53, 58, 63, 69, 71, 75, 84-85
)
Isao Shizuya (ep 43)
Kazuhisa Sakaguchi (5 episodes
eps 46, 59, 73, 77, 85
)
Kazuhito Hisajima (ep 39)
Keiji Terui (17 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 19, 25, 29, 33, 38, 40, 49, 54, 57, 60, 70, 78, 81, 85
)
Miho Maruo (14 episodes
eps 8, 11, 15, 21, 23, 27, 32, 45, 48, 51, 55, 67, 79, 83
)
Sukehiro Tomita (4 episodes
eps 5, 18, 24, 35
)
Yoshio Urasawa (22 episodes
eps 2, 4, 13, 17, 20, 28, 30, 34, 41.5, 42, 50, 52, 56, 64-66, 72, 76, 80, 82, 85-86
)
Yutaka Hirooka (eps 62, 68, 74)
Storyboard:
Akira Shigino (18 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 16-17, 25, 29, 34, 37, 41, 56, 63, 65, 68, 72, 75-76, 79
)
Hajime Nishi (ep 12)
Harumi Tamano (ep 21)
Hidehito Ueda (22 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 13, 18, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 42, 44, 49, 54, 59, 64, 70, 74, 77, 81, 84-85
)
Hiroaki Satō (ep 80)
Hiroshi Aoyama (ep 60)
Hiroyuki Yokoyama (6 episodes
eps 30, 38, 45, 50, 58, 66
)
Kazunori Mizuno (10 episodes
eps 40, 47, 51, 57, 62, 65, 71, 78, 83, 86
)
Kazunori Tanahashi (ep 11)
Kazuyoshi Yokota (ep 4)
Masami Shimoda (ep 69)
Motosuke Takahashi (11 episodes
eps 15, 22, 27, 33, 39, 46, 53, 61, 67, 73, 82
)
Takashi Watanabe (13 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 14, 19, 23, 26, 31, 35, 43, 48, 52, 85
)
Yutaka Kagawa (ep 55)
Episode Director:
Akira Shigino (9 episodes
eps 1, 22, 27, 37, 41, 46, 68-69, 72
)
Harumi Tamano (eps 12, 17, 21)
Hidehito Ueda (24 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 13, 15, 18, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 42, 44, 49, 54, 59, 64, 70, 74, 77, 79, 81, 84-85
)
Hiroaki Satō (ep 76)
Hiroshi Aoyama (eps 55, 60, 63)
Hiroyuki Yokoyama (11 episodes
eps 30, 33, 38, 45, 50, 53, 56, 58, 61, 66, 82
)
Kazunori Mizuno (18 episodes
eps 9, 25, 29, 34, 40, 47, 51, 57, 62, 65, 67, 71, 73, 75, 78, 80, 83, 86
)
Kazunori Tanahashi (eps 6, 11, 16)
Takashi Watanabe (13 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 14, 19, 23, 26, 31, 35, 39, 43, 48, 85
)
Yūji Kawahara (ep 52)
Music: Yusuke Honma
Original Manga: Fujio Akatsuka
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Art:
Kenji Kato
Setsuko Ishizu
Animation Director:
Akira Watanabe (5 episodes
eps 18, 23, 28, 31, 38
)
Hiroshi Kawabata (17 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 17, 21, 26, 32, 36, 40, 56, 58, 63, 65, 75, 79, 83, 85
)
Katsuhiko Yamazaki (ep 4)
Masami Abe (15 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 20, 25, 30, 35, 42, 47, 50, 66, 71, 77, 80, 86
)
Masami Shimoda (ep 69)
Motosuke Takahashi (11 episodes
eps 15, 22, 27, 33, 39, 46, 53, 61, 67, 73, 82
)
Saburō Masutani (11 episodes
eps 43, 48, 51, 57, 62, 68, 74, 78, 81, 84-85
)
Seiichi Nodate (eps 55, 60)
Takashi Saijō (ep 13)
Takenori Mihara (eps 9, 45)
Tetsuya Yamamoto (eps 37, 41)
Tsuneo Ninomiya (eps 59, 70)
Yoshiaki Matsuda (eps 6, 11, 16)
Yoshiyuki Kishi (14 episodes
eps 3, 8, 14, 19, 24, 29, 34, 49, 54, 58, 64, 72, 76, 85
)
Yumiko Suda (eps 44, 52, 85)
Animation Character Design: Yoshiyuki Kishi
Sound Director: Kan Mizumoto
Director of Photography: Hirokata Takahashi
Executive producer: Yūji Nunokawa
Producer:
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Kyōtarō Kimura (Yomiuri Advertising)

Assistant producer: Shigehiro Suzuki (Pierrot)
Background Art: Kazuko Nakajima (Studio Jack; 46 episodes
eps 34, 37-47 odd, 48-86
)
Editing:
Hajime Taniguchi
Haruhiko Kuriyagawa
In-Between Animation: Taketomo Ishikawa (9 episodes
eps 65, 67-70, 72-75
)
In-Between Check:
Taketomo Ishikawa (eps 76, 81, 83)
Yaeko Kodama (eps 22, 27)
Key Animation:
Atsuko Inoue (18 episodes
eps 34, 40-41, 45, 48, 51, 56, 58, 62, 65, 68, 70, 74-75, 79, 81, 83-84
)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 65)
Masaya Ōnishi (6 episodes
eps 34, 36, 43, 54, 57, 63
)
Michiko Noda (Anime Spot; ep 60)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 24)
Literature Advancement: Kazuhisa Sakaguchi
Planning: Kazuo Shimamura (Yomiuri Advertising)
Production Desk: Minoru Yoshimoto
Setting Advancement: Kazunori Mizuno
Sound Effects: Shōji Katō (Anime Sound)
Sound Engineer: Ryō Narikiyo
Theme Song Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto (OP)
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Iyami
Mari Mashiba as Karamatsu Matsuno
Mari Yokoo as Ichimatsu Matsuno
Mayumi Tanaka as Chibita
Megumi Hayashibara as Todomatsu Matsuno
Naoko Matsui as Jūshimatsu Matsuno
Rica Matsumoto as Choromatsu Matsuno
Yō Inoue as Osomatsu Matsuno

Mari Mashiba as Hatabō
Mari Yokoo as Matsuyo Matsuno
Naoko Matsui as Totoko
Shigeru Chiba as
Honkan (Fuchio Shirotsuka; eps 1-19)
Katsumi Yatsugashira (eps 21-86)
Nyarome
Rerere no Ojisan
Takuzō Kamiyama as Dayōn
Tetsuo Mizutori as Matsuzō Matsuno
Tōru Ōhira as Dekapan

Chie Kōjiro as Jajako (ep 61)
Chika Sakamoto as Tamabō (ep 24)
Eken Mine as Totoko's Father (ep 18)
Hiroko Maruyama as
Gonbeider (eps 14, 44, 85)
Tarō (ep 40)
Hisako Kyōda as
Narration (ep 45)
Old Woman (ep 45)
Isamu Tanonaka as Man (ep 16)
Kenichi Ogata as
Beshi (eps 85-88)
Dayōn (eps 80-83)
Father (eps 85-88)
Kemunpas (eps 80-83)
Shinigami (ep 10)
Kōsei Tomita as Minion (ep 81)
Kumiko Takizawa as Chibita's Mother (ep 79)
Mari Yokoo as Shinjimattadar (eps 14, 44, 85)
Maria Kawamura as Kumiko (ep 32)
Masaru Ikeda as Editor (ep 12)
Masashi Hirose as
Sandayū (ep 13)
Totoko's Father (ep 19)
Megumi Hayashibara as
Black Rose Fairy (ep 31)
Kaori Shiratori (ep 49)
Minoru Inaba as Bank Robber (ep 2)
Naoko Matsui as Babubabuder (eps 14, 44, 85)
Nobuaki Fukuda as Yatchan (ep 49)
Osamu Saka as Invader (ep 14)
Shigeru Chiba as
Akanbeider
Norauma (ep 49)
Yarinosuke (ep 35)
Shōzō Iizuka as Hidoi (ep 35)
Takuzō Kamiyama as
Karender (eps 14, 44, 85)
Kemoonpass
Tesshō Genda as Gonta (ep 21)
Tetsuo Mizutori as
Beshi
Invader (ep 85)
Karaemon (ep 25)
Watson (ep 23)
Tōru Ōhira as Nanmaidar (eps 14, 44, 85)
Yōko Asagami as Kaori Shiratori (ep 54)
Yōko Yano as Mrs. Dekapan (ep 58)
Yoshiko Ohta as Jinbeider (eps 14, 85)
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Rose Fairy (ep 31)

Katsumi Suzuki
Japanese companies
English staff
English companies
Localization Coordinator: Mineru Suzuki
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (via Discotek Media)
RetroCrush
YouTube (1)
Licensed by: Discotek Media
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Azucena Díaz (Spain dub)
Translation: Bárbara Pesquer (Spain dub)
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas
Aleix Estadella as Conejo (Iyami) (Spain dub)
Ana María Camps as Chibita (Spain dub)
Azucena Díaz as Mother (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Tetoko (Totoko) (Spain dub)
Elisa Beuter as Osomatsu (Spain dub)
Jordi Estadella as Gallumbos (Dekapan) (Spain dub)
Julia Chalmeta as Karamatsu (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Todomatsu (Spain dub)
Pilar Morales as Choromatsu (Spain dub)
Rafael Turia as Dayôn (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Father (Spain dub)

Alfonso Vallés (Spain dub)
Antonio Pujós (Spain dub)
Joaquín Díaz (Spain dub)
Jordi Pons (Spain dub)
Julia Chalmeta (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Canal 2 Andalucia (Spain)
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Dubbing Films (Barcelona ; Spain dub)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)

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