Tensai Bakabon

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Tensai Bakabon


caption = The cover of Tensai Bakabon volume 2.
ja_name = 天才バカボン
ja_name_trans =
genre = ComedyInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Fujio Akatsuka
publisher = Kodansha
publisher_other = AkeBono Comics
demographic = Shōnen
magazine = Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Weekly Bokura Magazine
Comic Bonbon
first = April 9, 1967
last = 1976
volumes = 21Infobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Hiroshi Saito
studio = Tokyo Movie Shinsha
network = Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
network_other =
first = September 25, 1971
last = June 24, 1972
episodes = 40Infobox animanga/Anime
title = Ganso Tensai Bakabon
director = Hiroshi Saito (?)
studio = Tokyo Movie Shinsha
network = Nippon Television
network_other =
first = October 6, 1975
last = September 26, 1977
episodes = 103Infobox animanga/Anime
title = Heisei Genius Bakabon
director = Hiroshi Sasagawa
studio = Studio Pierrot
network = Fuji Television
network_other =
first = January 06, 1990
last = December 27, 1990
episodes = 46Infobox animanga/Anime
title = Rerere no Tensai Bakabon
director = Hayato Date
studio = Studio Pierrot
network = TV Tokyo
network_other =
first = October 1999
last = March 2000
episodes = 24

nihongo|"Tensai Bakabon"|天才バカボン|Genius Bakabon is a manga and anime series created by Fujio Akatsuka which began publication on April 9, 1967 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine. It is about the misadventures of a dim-witted boy (Bakabon) and his insane father, the latter of whom eventually becomes the central character. Tensai Bakabon's style and themes are sometimes compared to the animated American sitcom, The Simpsons.

Anime

*nihongo|Tensai Bakabon|天才バカボン|Genius Bakabon (Produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha for Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, September 25, 1971~June 24, 1972, 40 episodes)

*nihongo|Ganso Tensai Bakabon|元祖天才バカボン|Original Genius Bakabon (Produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha for Nippon Television, October 6, 1975~September 26, 1977, 103 episodes)

*nihongo|Heisei Tensai Bakabon|平成天才バカボン|Heisei Genius Bakabon (Produced by Studio Pierrot for Fuji Television, January~December 1990, 46 episodes)

*nihongo|Rerere no Tensai Bakabon|レレレの天才バカボン|Rerere's Genius Bakabon (Produced by Studio Pierrot for TV Tokyo, October 1999~March 2000, 24 episodes)

Cast

*nihongo|Bakabon's Papa|バカボンのパパ|Bakabon no Papa (Seiyū: Masashi Amenomori (1st~2nd series); Kousei Tomita (3rd series, Pachinko); Hisahiro Ogura (4th series)):Bakabon's troublemaker father who eventually steals the show and becomes the central character.
*nihongo|Bakabon|バカボン (Seiyū: Keiko Yamamoto (1st series~2nd series, Pachinko); Megumi Hayashibara (3rd series); Yoshiko Kamei (4th series)):A young boy who enjoys causing mischief, especially with his Papa. On the inside, though, he is a kind boy and works a part-time job as a shoeshine in order to buy his mother a birthday present. He is known for wearing pants underneath his kimono. At the beginning of the series he attends nihongo|Boumou Eggplant Elementary School|坊毛茄子小学校|Boumou Nasubi Shougakkou, but by the fourth anime it has been renamed nihongo|Bakada Elementary School|バカ田小学校|Bakada Shougakkou.
*nihongo|Hajime-chan|ハジメちゃん (Seiyū: Takako Sasuga (1st series~2nd series, Pachinko); Chika Sakamoto (3rd series); Yukiji (4th series)):Bakabon's younger brother. He is a child prodigy, understanding words almost immediately after his birth and being capable of explaining the Pythagorean theorem and Kepler's laws of planetary motion. His name means "beginning".
*nihongo|Bakabon's Mama|バカボンのママ|Bakabon no Mama (Seiyū: Eiko Masuyama (1st series~4th series, Pachinko)):Bakabon's mother and a graduate of nihongo|Kuroyuri Women's University|黒百合女子大学|Kuroyuri Joshi Daigaku (a parody of Shirayuri Women's University). Despite how much trouble and mischief Papa and Bakabon cause, she is a good wife and mother. She is the only family member to have the same seiyū throughout the entire series.
*nihongo|Old Man Rerere|レレレのおじさん|Rerere no Oji-san (Seiyū: Ryūji Saikachi (1st series~2nd series); Shigeru Chiba (3rd series~4th series, Pachinko)):The Bakabon family's nutty neighbor. Almost always seen with a broom.
*nihongo|Honkan-san|本官さん (Seiyū: Isamu Tanonaka (1st series); Kaneta Kimotsuki (2nd series); Shigeru Chiba (3rd series~4th series, Pachinko)):The local beat cop, usually referred to as nihongo|Omawari-san|お巡りさん|Mr. Policeman. He is just as dumb and nutty as Papa.
*nihongo|Unagi-Inu|ウナギイヌ|Eel-dog (Seiyū: Michihiro Ikemizu (2nd series); Aruno Tahara (3rd series); Kouzou Shioya (4th series)):An unusual animal from the neighborhood who is a cross between an eel and a dog.
*nihongo|Dog of the Night|夜のいぬ|Yoru no Inu:A goofy dog who shows up during scene changes.
*nihongo|Honda-sensei|凡田先生 (Seiyū: Kouichi Kitamura):Bakabon's headmaster. Only appears in the first anime.
*nihongo|Nakamura-kun|中村くん (Seiyū: Kaneta Kimotsuki):Bakabon's ill-tempered classmate. Only appears in the first anime.

External links

* [http://www.koredeiinoda.net/bakabon.html Tensai Bakabon Official Site] (Japanese)
* [http://www.geocities.com/bakabonworld/ Bakabon World]