Button Nose


Button Nose is a 26-episode Japanese animated TV series that aired from 19 October 1985 to 26 April 1986. The series takes place in a fairy tale and science fiction setting and follows the protagonist Button Nose as she finds out she is descended from royalty. It was the first TV series produced by Sanrio.

Background

The Button Nose character was originally designed by Masayo Hirose for Sanrio, and introduced in 1978. Sanrio's character profiles portray Button Nose as a sweet and lively girl, who makes strawberry jam and likes cookies. She is called Button Nose because her nose is small and round.
In 1983, Sanrio built a strawberry shaped store based on the fictional home of Button Nose. Located in Tokyo, the store was originally planned to be in place for a limited time, but due to positive customer response it remained in operation until 2011.

Production

Button Nose was animated by Topcraft and was the first TV series produced by Sanrio.
Music for the series was composed by Kohei Tanaka and was his first anime music score of many. Shirō Sasaki participated as Tanaka's assistant.
The animation production of the series was completed in 1983, but the actual broadcast date was two years later.
An English dub was produced by Saban Entertainment in 1994.

Characters

; Button Nose
; Franklin
; Ticktackbon
; Duke Fastener
; Prince Flower
; Chamberlain
; Clip
; Mrs. Bracelet
; Pierce
; Vongole Bianco
; Vongole Rosso

Voice Cast

Staff

Planning and Concept: Atsushi Tomioka
Producers: Shinji Nabeshima, Tsunemasa Hatano
Chief Director: Masami Hata
Original Character Design: Masayo Hirose
Character Design and Animation Supervision: Shigeru Yamamoto
Key Animators: Miwako Hattori, Etsuko Hamada, Kaoru Nakajima, Haruko Onishi, Nobuaki Wakabayashi, Masato Kimura, Masahiro Yoshida, Takashi Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Gaku Miyao, Yukiya Senda, Tomihiko Okubo, Mitsuru Hosoya
Inbetween Animation: Sachiko Yoneyama, Ikuichi Ito, Yukie Takahashi, Kiyoko Saito, Takayo Mizutani, Junko Amano, Masako Sakano, Hiroko Masutani
Artboards: Yukio Abe
Art Director: Kazutoshi Shimizu
Camera: Teruo Abe, Kenji Noda, Koichi Okuda, Hiroyasu Omoto
Editor: Tomoko Kida
Music: Kohei Tanaka
Sound Director: Etsuji Yamada
Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kashiwabara
Recording Engineer: Tsugio Nakatogawa
Sound Producer: Yasuo Urakami
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
Film Development: IMAGICA
Production Manager: Seiichiro Narukawa
Production Assistants: Shoji Muronaga, Naofumi Yamauchi, Yoshitaka Fujimoto, Naoyuki Oshikiri
Production Cooperation: Topcraft
Production: Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Sanrio
Copyright: Sanrio Co., Ltd.