Time Travel Tondekeman

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Time Travel Tondekaman


caption = Time Travel Tondekaman DVD Cover
ja_name = たいむとらぶる トンデケマン！
ja_name_trans = Taimu Toraberu Tondekeman!
genre = Science Fiction, Adventure, Anime, AnimationInfobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Kunihiko Yuyama
Akira Sugino
writer = Junki Takegami
studio = Ashi Productions
Tatsunoko Production
licensor =
network = Fuji Television
network_en =
network_other = flagicon|Taiwan TTV (1990–1991)
flagicon|Hong Kong ATV(1991)
flagicon|South Korea MBC(1991)
flagicon|Philippines IBC-13 (1994)
flagicon|Philippines ABC-5 (1999)
first = 19 October 1989
last = 26 August 1990
episodes = 39
episode_list =

nihongo|"Time Travel Tondekeman"|たいむとらぶる トンデケマン！|Taimu Toraberu Tondekeman is an anime series directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Akira Sugino. It was written by Junki Takegami and produced by Animax network president Masao Takiyama.

It was originally broadcasted by Fuji Televisioncite web | url = http://www.animated-divots.com/tondekeman.html | title = Time Travel Tondekeman! | work = Richard's Animated Divots | author = Richard Llewellyn | accessdate = 2008-04-25 ] in Japan between 19 October 1989 and 26 August 1990. Time Quest, as it was called outside Japan, was first aired in the Philippines in 1994 by IBC-13. It was rerun in ABC-5 in 1999.

Story

The series starts when Hayato, a soccer enthusiast, and his girlfriend Yumi, an aspiring musician, went to a visit to Dr. Leonard's lab. They accidentally activated the Tondekeman, a funny talking kettle who transported them many centuries in the pastcite web | url = http://www.manga-sanctuary.com/bdd/serietv/5131-time-quest/ | title = Time Quest | work = Fiche détaillée | publisher = Manga Sanctuary | accessdate = 2008-04-25] .

In Baghdad, Hayato and Yumi gets reunited but they got separated from Tondekeman. They meet Aladdin, Prince Dandarn and Princess Shalala. They also meet the cunning Abdullah who is always ready to kidnap the princess so that he could marry the princess to his master.

Our heroes get to go to different places and times and meet several historical and literary figures as they follow Abdullah as he escapes through time to abduct the princess.

Hayato and Yumi are stuck in the past until they get Tondekeman from the possession of Abdullah.

Cast

* Yuji Mitsuya as Hayato Shindou
* Kumiko Nishihara as Yumi Arama
* Shigeru Chiba as Tondekeman
* Akira Kamiya as Prince Dandarn
* Rei Sakuma as Princess Shalala
* Yuko Mita as Aladdin
* Junpei Takiguchi as Abdullah
* Shigeru Chiba as Dr. Leonardo
* Shigezou Sasaoka as Genie of the Lamp

References

External links

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* [http://shining-sunflower.com/3annaba/3annaba.html Sunflower's Time Quest Page]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1753 Time Travel Tondekeman in Anime News Network]
* [http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation.php?id=3815 Time Quest in World Art Russia]
* [http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=2820 Time Travel Tondekeman! in My Anime List]