Genji Tsūshin Agedama


Genji Tsūshin Agedama is a Japanese anime series created by Sukehiro Tomita and Akira Sakuma, produced by NAS and TV Tokyo, and animated by Studio Gallop. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo every Friday evening from October 4, 1991, to September 25, 1992. It centers around a kid hero who comes down to Earth in a city in Japan and often battles the city's resident rich girl and supervillainess. The anime contains many of references and parodies from other anime series as well as live-action shows and movies that were popular at the time, e.g., Kiki's Delivery Service, Kamen Rider X, A Taxing Woman, and Sailor Moon.
Aside from the anime, two manga series and a PC Engine side-scrolling video game by NEC Home Electronics were made as tie-ins, all of which were also released in 1991. The first manga was written by Kazuhiko Shimamoto and was serialized in Deluxe BomBom, released a few months before the anime. This version followed an early draft that featured different scenarios and character designs to the ones shown in the anime and served as the basis for the video game. The second manga was written by Eiichi Saitō, which was published in Comic BomBom and followed the anime closely.

Plot

Agedama Genji is a 4th-grade student from Planet Hero who landed in Morisoba City with his robotic computer friend Wapro for some training during his summer vacation, at his father's request. After their arrival, he joins East-Morisoba Elementary School, where he meets his shy but studious love interest, Ibuki Heike, and his archenemy, Rei Kuki, an enormously wealthy heiress who arbitrarily rules the city, shares her grandfather Raizo's ambition to conquer the world, and, as a first step, attacks the city with a variety of monsters that she and her grandfather create with the Monster-Cooker, which the rich old man invented. When they plot to attack the city, Rei transforms into "Onyomiko", the town's local supervillain. Agedama then retaliates by using Wapro to transform into "Agedaman", the young and mysterious superhero. Thus begins the endless battle between Agedaman and Onyomiko.

Characters

Protagonists

Agedama Genji

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Wapro

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Ibuki Heike

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Villains

Rei Kuki

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Raizo Kuki

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The Butler Trio

Satō
  • * The one at medium height, lives in a small apartment with his wife and their baby, from Tokushima prefecture and is enthusiastic about Awa dance—a local dance of his hometown. Holds the honor as the first person in the series to become a synthetic beast.Tanaka
  • * The tallest of the three. He owns a house and lives with his wife and daughter. He's so honest and clean that he doesn't hesitate to sacrifice himself thinking about his family, sometimes volunteering to become a synthetic beast out of desperation. He's good at housework can even sew handmade dolls. He's also under a lot of mental pressure from his mother-in-law, who often asks when he'll become the president of Kuki Conglomerate, to such an extent that he even has nightmares about it.Suzuki
  • * The shortest of the three, whose full name is Yasutaro Suzuki and is the only bachelor of the trio. He lives in a small, noisy apartment near a railroad track. In his childhood, he had a crush on a girl in his hometown named Shiratori, and ever since then he's had an obsession with knee-high socks and, when seeing a young girl wearing a pair, can't help but roll it down to the ankle, which makes him come across as a lolicon fan. He also has a 3rd dan in calligraphy, a 2nd dan in abacus, and a 4th dan in judo.

PC-ro

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Modam

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E-Hub

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Supporting Cast

Ebiten

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Okame

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Uroncha

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Kensaku Morikawa

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Katsuo Harada

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Hitomi Kirara

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Kodama Heike

Hikari Yumenokōji

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Other characters

;Yuri Shiratori:
;The Principal:
;Vice Principal:
;Hotaru Heike:
;Kanio Heike:
;Yamabuki Heike:
;Kiku Kuki:
;Yoshio Harada:
;The Owner of Ganko-Tei:
;Masumasu Yamanoki:
;Mika:
;Katchi:

Music

Theme songs

Featured song

Staff

  • Pre-production Writers: Sukehiro Tomita, Akira Sakuma
  • Draft Scenario Writer: Oji Hiroi
  • Draft Character Designer: Kennosuke Mizutani
  • Executive Producer: Yoshibumi Sugisawa
  • Director: Masato Namiki
  • Character Designer, Animation Director: Hatsuki Tsuji
  • Animation Supervisor: Tadashi Kudo
  • Cinematographers: Hiroaki Edamitsu→Katsuya Kozutsumi
  • Music Composer: Toshihiko Sahashi
  • Director of Audiography: Kazuo Harada
  • Producers: Shinsuke Kuramochi, Yutaka Sugiyama, Akio Wakana
  • Frame Drawing Studios: Thumbtack Kikaku, Nakamura Production, Bunsei Animation, Animal-Ya, Wombat, Film Magic, Studio Musashi
  • Background Illustrator: Kobayashi Production
  • Color Coordinators: Yukitaka Shishikai, Naoko Kodama
  • Cel Painting Studios: Studio Marin, Sendai Animation, Onion Production, Bunsei Animation, Dong Woo Animation, Oscar Kikaku
  • Camera Operators/Best Boys: Yasunori Hayama, Katsuya Kozutsumi, Hisao Kazayama, Tōru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakatomi, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Hiroshi Tamura, Kenji Akazawa, Satoshi Arakawa, Yoshiaki Tsutsui, Yutaka Hasegawa, Ayako Īri, Hideo Kikukawa, Akira Kato
  • Recording Engineers: Takeshi Seyama, Hiroshi Adachi
  • Logo Designing Company: Maki Production
  • Film Developer: Tokyo Laboratory ltd.
  • Sound Effects Creator: Top Sound
  • Foley Artist: Mitsuru Kageyama
  • Music Supervisor: Hisashi Kawai
  • Mix Engineer: Fujio Yamada
  • Assistant Director: Naoko Yagi
  • Recording Studio: New Japan Studio
  • Managers: Masaru Wakita Yoshio Ōtsuka
  • Writers' Assistant: Hiroshi Tsuruta
  • Line Producer: Hiroshi Oyama
  • Production Assistants: Hiroshi Ōsawa, Noriyuki Mitsuhashi, Yasuhiro Geshi, Hiroshi Oyama, Yoshito Kuwa, Ryōki Kamitsubo
  • Gofer: Sachiko Nakazumi
  • PR Manager: Mari Itō
  • Technical Adviser: Ryōsuke Takahashi
  • Mandy Actors: Arts Vision
  • Animation Creator: Studio Gallop
  • Broadcaster: TV Tokyo