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Edokko Boy: Gatten Tasuke (TV)

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Alternative title:
Tasuke, The Samurai Cop
江戸っ子ボーイ がってん太助 (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, comedy
Themes: police
Plot Summary: Bontenmaru Tasuke, or otherwise known as "Gatten Tasuke", dreams of becoming a policeman in 23rd century Edo. For that reason, he studies at the Edo Police Academy to obtain the Edo Police Badges. He will need to collect 10 of these badges in order to be qualified as a policeman. Tasuke studies earnestly and seriously for the sake of these badges. However, he faces failures along the way and the road to becoming a full-fledged policeman seems long and tedious.
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 22
Episode titles: We have 22
Vintage: 1990-10-19 to 1991-03-22
Opening Theme:
"Gatten Roll" (がってんロール) by Chiruru
Ending Theme:
"Taiyō no Uta" (太陽の唄) by Chiruru
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takeshi Mori
Series Composition: Sukehiro Tomita
Script:
Isao Shizuya (6 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 16, 18, 22
)
Shigemitsu Taguchi (eps 2, 8)
Sukehiro Tomita (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 12, 14, 17, 21
)
Yukiyoshi Ōhashi (7 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 19-20
)
Storyboard:
Haruhiko Tamaru (eps 13, 20, 22)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 15, 19
)
Sachiko Inoue (eps 4, 16)
Takeshi Mori (ep 1)
Tomokazu Kōgo (ep 9)
Tomomi Mochizuki (ep 5)
Tomoyuki Matsumoto (eps 17, 21)
Yoshio Mukainakano (eps 7, 11)
Yūji Kawahara (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18
)
Episode Director:
Haruhiko Tamaru (eps 13, 20)
Harumi Katayama (ep 16)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (6 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22
)
Takeshi Mori (ep 1)
Tomokazu Kōgo (eps 5, 9)
Tomoyuki Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)
Yūji Kawahara (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 10, 14, 18
)
Music: Ryūichi Katsumata
Original Manga: Manavu Kashimoto
Art Director: Katsuhiro Haji
Animation Director:
Haruo Miyagawa (ep 20)
Katsumi Aoshima (ep 12)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (eps 3, 10)
Shinnosuke Kon (ep 6)
Tetsuhito Saitō (4 episodes
eps 13, 16, 19, 22
)
Tetsuya Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 15, 18
)
Yūji Kondō (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 11, 17, 21
)
Director of Photography: Toshikazu Komatsu
Producer:
Minoru Ohno (Yomiuri)
Mutsuo Shimizu (TV Tokyo)
Reiko Fukakusa (Studio Pierrot)

Color setting: Michiko Nishimura
Editing:
Kazuhiko Seki
Satoru Ishida
Finishing:
Kanako Ichikawa
Norikata Suzuki
In-Between Animation:
Hideki Fukuhara (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)
Miyoko Yamada (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)
In-Between Check: Yaeko Kodama (eps 1-4, 6-8)
Key Animation:
Hikaru Takanashi
Izumi Shimura
Kazuo Hayashi
Kōji Watanabe
Mitsuru Fujii
Rie Nishino
Ryō Suzuki
Sachiko Iwamura
Shuichi Shimamura
Photography:
Hiroshi Suzuki
Kenichi Satō
Yukiko Sawada
Planning: Kazuo Shimamura
Production: Yūji Nunokawa
Production Advancement:
Kei Inoue (4 episodes
eps 12, 15, 18, 21
)
Kenji Inoue (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22
)
Yasuo Maruo (7 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20
)
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki (Anime Sound)
Sound Engineer: Fujio Yamada
Special Effects: Kenji Ikeda
Theme Song Arrangement: Ryūichi Katsumata (OP,ED)
Theme Song Composition: Hiroshi Kamayatsu (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Chiruru (OP,ED)
Yūko Mita as Bontenmaru Tasuke

Ai Orikasa as Hibotan O-Ryū (16 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 10, 12-17, 19-22
)
Chieko Honda as Aoi O-Mon
Hajime Koseki as Mayor
Kenichi Ogata as Daibutsu-sensei
Minoru Inaba as Zenigata Heyji (18 episodes
eps 1-6, 9-10, 12-17, 19-22
)
Mitsuo Iwata as Gaynghis Khan (eps 1-2, 4, 6-22)
Murasaki Kanda as Narration
Seiko Nakano as Tasuke's Mother (6 episodes
eps 2, 7-8, 14-15, 20
)
Shigeru Chiba as
Oraga Gennai
Ratman (11 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 12-18 even, 19-22
)
Sukekiyo Kameyama as Kirara Kōzuke
Tesshō Genda as Darth Benkei
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Ninomiya Kintarō

Ai Orikasa as Woman Reporter (ep 9)
Akira Ishida as Customer D (ep 9)
Hiroshi Masuoka as Ikezu-ya (ep 14)
Ikue Ōtani as
Kirara's Wife (ep 11)
Mama (ep 2)
Papa (ep 15)
Patrol Officer B (ep 7)
Policeman B (eps 10, 16)
Ikuya Sawaki as Jūbei (ep 9)
Issei Futamata as Nobunaga (ep 7)
Junichi Sugawara as
Ninja (ep 4)
Sasuke (eps 13, 22)
Katsumi Suzuki as Ieyasu (ep 7)
Kazuki Yao as Date Harigoromo (eps 21-22)
Kenichi Ogata as Village Chief (ep 13)
Kiyonobu Suzuki as Utaemon (ep 5)
Mayumi Nomura as Child (ep 18)
Minoru Inaba as
Man A (ep 8)
Pedestrain (ep 3)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as
Announcer (ep 5)
Tourist (ep 4)
Mitsuo Iwata as
Criminal (ep 11)
Interviewer (ep 3)
Sasuke (ep 3)
Norio Wakamoto as Shinkūji (ep 22)
Ryūji Nakagi as Dr. Haitaemon (ep 15)
Seiko Nakano as
Child's Mother (ep 6)
Okami (ep 10)
Ratman's Mother (ep 16)
Yōko (ep 12)
Shigeru Chiba as
Man (ep 3)
Papa (ep 2)
Professor Fujiyama (ep 11)
Telephone Voice (ep 13)
Shinya Ōtaki as Announcer (ep 9)
Sukekiyo Kameyama as
Man (ep 8)
Technician (ep 18)
Tesshō Genda as Dosukoi-gō (ep 11)
Toshiharu Sakurai as
Hideyoshi (ep 7)
Kikunosuke (ep 17)
Kurozukin #1 (ep 16)
Mito Kōmon (eps 4, 20)
Sumo (ep 11)
Yojimbo (ep 14)
Toshiya Mori as Customer C (ep 9)
Yasuo Muramatsu as Gozen
Yūko Mizutani as Mimiko (ep 17)
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Woman C (ep 8)
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