Judo Boy
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| Judo Boy | |
 Judo Boy flyer | |
| 紅三四郎 (Kurenai Sanshirō) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Martial arts |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ippei Kuri |
| Illustrated by | Yutaka Arai |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Shōnen Book |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | January, 1961 – March, 1962 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tatsuo Yoshida |
| Illustrated by | Mamoru Uchiyama |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | July 28, 1968 – November 17, 1968 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Ippei Kuri (chief) Hisayuki Toriumi |
| Produced by | Tatsuo Yoshida |
| Written by | Jinzō Toriumi |
| Music by | Nobuyoshi Koshibe |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks (English) |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 2, 1969 – September 24, 1969 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Judo Boy (紅三四郎, Kurenai Sanshirō, "Scarlet Sanshiro") is a Japanese anime television series created by Tatsuo Yoshida and directed by his brother, Ippei Kuri (birthnamed Toyoharu Yoshida). The series aired on Fuji TV from April 2, 1969, to September 24, 1969, totaling 26 episodes.[1][2] While originally based on a manga by Kuri and Yutaka Arai, published by Shueisha in 1961, the series was also followed by two manga adaptations, the first published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 28 to November 17, 1968,[3] and a 4-chapters series in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 22 to July 10, 1969.[4]
The series stars a teenage martial artist named Sanshiro (voiced by Ikuo Nishikawa), trained in the Kurenai School of Jiujitsu and centers around his search for his father's killer. Accompanying Sanshiro is an orphaned boy named Kenbo (voiced by Kenbo Kaminarimon) and his pet dog Boke (voiced by Hiroshi Otake). Sanshiro's only clue to his father's murderer is a glass eye left on the scene of the crime, suggesting that his father's murderer was one-eyed. Thus many of the villains Sanshiro fought during the course of the series were one-eyed or had one eye concealed with an eye-patch.
The second opening theme was performed by Mitsuko Horie (her first) when she was just 12 years old.
Cast
[edit]Ikuo Nishikawa as Sanshiro
Hiroshi Ōtake as Boke
Kenbo Kaminarimon as Kenbo
Kenji Utsumi as the Narrator
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Haruko Kitahama
Junpei Takiguchi
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Masako Ikeda
Masashi Amenomori
Rokuro Naya
Seizo Katou
Takeshi Aono
References
[edit]- ^ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia. Stone Bridge Press, 2006. ISBN 1933330104.
- ^ Daniel Valentin Simion (2009). Il Dizionario dei Cartoni Animati. Anton, 2009. ISBN 9788890390227.
- ^ "週刊少年サンデー 紅三四郎(九里一平 ／ タツノコ・プロ)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 14, 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "少年ジャンプ 紅三四郎(吉田竜夫 ／ タツノコプロ ／ [構成]天馬正人 ／ [作画]内山まもる ／ [作画]安来よしのり ／ [作画]佐藤英司 ／ [作画]松岡芳樹)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 14, 2019.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- Judo Boy (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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