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Tonbo! (TV)

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Alternative title:
Oi! Tonbo (Japanese)
オーイ！とんぼ (Japanese)
Themes: golf
Plot Summary: Igarashi was disqualified as a pro golfer after a certain "incident" and thus moved to Kagoshima Prefecture's Tokara Islands to step out of the limelight. On these islands known as "Japan's last unexplored wilderness," he encounters a naive girl named Tonbo.
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User Ratings: 19 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
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 Good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 75 users, rank: #6007 (of 10086)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.579 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.3105, rank: #5771 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 6.789 (Good−), rank: #4815 (of 10248) (seen all: 6.86 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.067 (Good), rank: #3219 (of 7715)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2024-04-06
Opening Theme:
"Habatake" by Sacra e sole
Ending Theme:
"Let's Swing" by TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI featuring Rika Hayashi
Review:
Tonbo! Season 1 Anime Series Review (Oct 5, 2024)
News: Show:
Oi! Tonbo Golf Anime Streams on Amazon Prime (Apr 6, 2024)
Oi! Tonbo Golf Anime Unveils More Cast (Mar 21, 2024)
Oi! Tonbo Golf Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals April 6 Premiere (Feb 19, 2024)
Oi! Tonbo Golf Anime Posts Promo Video (Jan 19, 2024)
Oi! Tonbo Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Theme Song Artists, April Debut (Jan 15, 2024)
Oi! Tonbo Anime's Teaser Unveils Production Studios, TV Debut Next Spring (Oct 2, 2023)
Oi! Tonbo Golf Manga's 2024 Anime Confirmed (Apr 30, 2023)
Oi! Tonbo Golf Manga Listed With 2024 Anime (Apr 28, 2023)
Kabukibu Anime's Promo Video Reveals April 6 Premiere (Mar 10, 2017)
Hiro Shimono Performs Opening Theme for Kabukibu! Anime (Feb 20, 2017)
CLAMP-Designed Kabukibu! Anime Reveals Cast With Video (Feb 15, 2017)
Interviews:
Producer Masakazu Kubo on Making an Anime for Hardcore Golf Fans (May 6, 2024)
Interview: Voice Actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi Talk About Their New Golf Anime, Tonbo! (Apr 24, 2024)
Other articles: Show:
The Worst Anime of 2024 (Dec 30, 2024)
The Spring 2024 Anime Preview Guide - Tonbo! (Apr 6, 2024)
This Week in Anime - Did Birdie Wing Start a Golf Anime Renaissance? (Mar 28, 2024)
The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide - KABUKIBU! (Apr 7, 2017)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Jin-Koo Oh
Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
Script: Mitsutaka Hirota
Storyboard:
Ayae Shinkai (eps 2, 7, 13)
Itsurō Kawasaki (eps 4, 11)
Jin-Koo Oh (OP, ED; eps 1, 7, 12)
Takeshi Mori (eps 3, 10)
Episode Director:
Ayae Shinkai (eps 1-2, 7, 13)
Jin-Koo Oh (ep 4)
Masashi Tsukino (ZEAL VISION; ep 12)
Ming Zhe Qiu (ep 3)
Unit Director:
Ayae Shinkai (ED)
Jin-Koo Oh (OP)
Music: Nobuko Toda
Original creator:
Ken Kawasaki
Yū Furusawa
Character Design: Akira Takeuchi
Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai
Chief Animation Director:
Akira Takeuchi
Mirei Sasaki (eps 2-13)
Animation Director:
Akira Takeuchi (OP, ED)
Dong Yuan (袁 东; eps 3-4)
Hironori Hano (Revival; ep 12)
Hyun Sik Choi (チェ ヒョンシク; ep 2)
Kazuyuki Fujita (eps 7, 13)
Masumi Hattori (服部益美; ep 8)
Ming Zhe Qiu (eps 3-4)
Nana Higashida (eps 1, 7, 13)
Qi Mao (毛 祺; eps 3-4)
Shinsuke Terasawa (寺澤伸介; eps 1, 7, 13)
Sun Ok Park (パク スノク; ep 2)
3D Director: Keita Hattori (SMDE)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Tomoyuki Ishiyama
Executive producer: Masakazu Kubo
Producer:
Katsuji Morishita (OLM)
Sayaka Muramatsu (TV Tokyo)
Sayako Muramatsu (TV Tokyo)

2nd Key Animation:
Akane Ōtani (Anime TORO TORO; eps 1, 7)
Akiko Kashō (eps 1, 7, 13)
Atsushi Miki (eps 1, 7, 13)
Ayaka Saitō (Anime TORO TORO; eps 1, 7)
Kumiko Tanihira (Anime TORO TORO; ep 1)
Masakiyo Koyama (Anime TORO TORO; eps 1, 7)
Masami Koiwa (ep 1)
Natsumi Terasaka (ep 7)
Taki Nirei (ep 7)
Weicheng Li (ep 12)
Yukari Yamaura (Anime TORO TORO; eps 1, 7)
Yukihito Yoshida (ep 7)
3D Photography: Mayumi Kaneko (OP)
Animation producer: Takato Hikita
Associate producer:
Atsushi Takahashi
Ayako Mine
Masayoshi Yamanobe
Miho Matori
Satoshi Aida
Takako Yamamori
CG Animation:
Hirohide Nishimura (OP)
Keita Hattori (OP)
Chief Producer:
Hiderō Yoshida (REMOW)
Shin'ya Matsuura (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment)
Yoshikazu Beniya (TV Tokyo)
Color design: Naoto Kondō
Color Specification:
Eiko Inoue (ep 12)
Naomichi Hata (ep 3)
Yukie Nakajima (ep 4)
Editing: Naoki Watanabe
Finish Check:
Eiko Inoue (ep 12)
Naomichi Hata (ep 3)
Yukie Nakajima (ep 4)
In-Between Check:
Hironori Hano (Revival; ep 12)
Weicheng Li (ep 12)
Key Animation:
Akisa Okugawa (OP; ep 13)
Ayaka Kawai (ep 13)
Hibiki Takazoe (高添響; ep 12)
In Teson (イン テソン; ED; ep 7)
Isamu Utsuki (宇都木勇; ep 7)
Junji Uesugi (eps 7, 13)
Kanako Ōyabu (大籔佳奈子; ep 7)
Kang Won Kim (キム ガンウォン; ED)
Kanon D-dur (OP; eps 1, 7)
Katsuji Matsumoto (eps 7, 13)
Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 7)
Kentaro Ueyama (ep 7)
Li Wen Zhang (OP)
Nana Tanaka (ep 7)
Nanami Nishiguchi (ep 7)
Sachiko Tsuji (ep 13)
Saina Nishio (ep 13)
Tomoka Nukano (ep 7)
Yōsuke Murata (ep 7)
Yuka Nagata (ep 1)
Music producer: Hiroyoshi Ōsumi
Planning:
Akira Ishii (石井紹良; REMOW)
Ayako Asaoka (BS TV Tokyo)
Daisuke Fujita (藤田大輔)
Genichi Kimura (木村玄一; Golf Digest)
Hideki Kama (OLM)
Junji Kimoto (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment)
Keiji Ota (TOHO Animation)
Keisuke Konishi (Happinet Phantom Studios)
Nobumasa Sawabe (Shogakukan)
Rei Marumo (TV Tokyo)
Tatsunobu Satō (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions)
Planning Manager:
Nobuhide Matsuo
Osamu Nishimura
Tomohiro Gōda
Yūsuke Takeuchi (武内佑介)
Production Advancement:
Kanade Fukahori (eps 1-2, 7)
Leow Lee Won (ep 4)
Takumi Shiratori (ZEAL VISION; ep 12)
Production Desk: Hiroki Komatsu (eps 1-5)
Production manager:
Akatsuki Tomita (eps 1-5)
Hiroki Komatsu (eps 6-13)
Production Supervision: Takashi Inoue
Setting Production: Naoya Hashimoto (橋本尚弥)
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (Sound Box)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Takao Konishi (OP)
Toshitaka Shibata (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Kōichi Obata (OP)
Toshitaka Shibata (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Dragonfly (ED)
Masayo Kawahito (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Rika Hayashi (ED)
Sacra e sole (OP)
TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI (ED)
Hiroki Tōchi as Kazuyoshi Igarashi
Rika Hayashi as Tonbo Ōi

Arisa Sekine as Wataru Higo
Eri Kitamura as Tsubura Adaniya
Junya Enoki as Bunpei (Osamu Fumihira)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Kuta (ep 9)
Kenji Yamauchi as Kaneto Hidaka
Kentarō Takano as Police Box Officer
Mimi Maihane as Yōko Adaniya
Mizuka Arima as Setsu Mitsushima
Satomi Kobashi as Yūma
Shin Aomori as Gonza Ōi

Daichi Endō as
Island Man (eps 1, 13)
Island man 1 (ep 3)
Fumiko Takekuma as
Island Woman 2 (ep 4)
Yaya Udō (ep 12)
Fumitake Ishiguro as Man from Evil Gravel Island (ep 9)
Hitomi Shogawa as Aunt (eps 2, 5)
Jun Miyamoto as Igarashi's Junior (ep 9)
Kentarō Takano as
Island man 2 (ep 3)
Resident (eps 9, 12-13)
Kenyū Horiuchi as Tsubura's Father (ep 8)
Kimiko Saitō as Bunpei's Mother (ep 13)
Kōsuke Takaguchi as Man from Evil Gravel Island (ep 9)
Kōsuke Tanabe as Island Man (ep 6)
Masaki Terasoma as Tonbo's Father (ep 2)
Naomi Kusumi as Kyūgorō Udō (ep 12)
Saki Endō as
Aunt (ep 2)
Island Woman 1 (ep 4)
Mother (ep 3)
Shinnojō Yamada as
Announcer (ep 8)
Island Man (ep 6)
Shūhei Takubo as Elderly Man (ep 4)
Taichi Takeda as Middle-aged Man (ep 4)
Takahiro Fujiwara as Tsubura's Coach (ep 8)
Tasuku Hatanaka as Rintarō (ep 3)
Tsuguo Mogami as Uncle (eps 2, 5)
Yuji Murai as Uncle (ep 2)
Yukako Kiuchi as Tonbo's Mother (ep 2)
Yūsuke Shirooka as Island Man (ep 6)
Yuuki Sanpei as Homeroom Teacher (eps 1, 11-12)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Anime Torotoro (eps 1, 7)
Felix Film (ep 7)
Fusion Studio (eps 3-4)
Signage Works (eps 3-4)
Studio CL (eps 3-4)
UEC (ep 7)
Animation Director:
Big Owl (ep 12)
Fusion Studio (eps 3-4)
Revival (ep 12)
Studio CL (eps 3-4)
Animation Production:
OLM (Team Hikita) 
CG Animation Production: Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment
Finish Animation:
Big Owl (ep 12)
Buyuu (ep 12)
Fusion Studio (eps 3-4)
Studio CL (eps 3-4)
Golf Setting Supervision: Golf Digest
In-Between Animation:
Big Owl (ep 12)
Buyuu (ep 12)
Fusion Studio (eps 3-4)
Studio CL (eps 3-4)
Key Animation:
Big Owl (ep 12)
Buyuu (ep 12)
Fusion Studio (eps 3-4)
Production Cooperation:
Fusion Studio (eps 3-4)
UEC (eps 2, 7)
ZEAL VISION (ep 12)
English companies
English staff
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
iQIYI
Tubi TV
YouTube
Licensed by: REMOW
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Jonu Play (Spain)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain)
Spanish cast
Stefanie Izquierdo as Tonbo Oi (Latin American Spanish dub)

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