Hook Book Row


Hook Book Row is a Japanese children's television program broadcast by NHK Educational TV. It is the 3rd NHK musical puppet variety show overall, the first one being Hotch Potch Station, and the second being Quintet.
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Introduction

The show is centered around the Hibi Hanseido. An old bookstore that resides around the outskirts of Tokyo. However, no one comes to the worn bookstore anymore, and visits are quite rare.
The show includes both puppets and humans and has a range of different genres of music, including original and covers of popular songs.

Program

  • 1st Part: Opening Theme Song
  • 2nd Part: A story presenting Kessaku and the other puppets. A song would then be shown and performed.
  • 3rd Part: After the puppet show, a series of clips would be shown. These clips would tell a story, along with a song.
  • 4th Part: The credits would be shown as the ending theme plays.

Hook Book Row: Mini

A shorter 5 minute version of the original 10 minute show.
  • 1st Part: Instead of the theme song playing, We see the main cast saying Hook Book Row, while Shiori then shouts Mini.
  • 2nd Part: Shiori would be in the DJ Booth, chatting with the others. A song would then play.
  • 3rd Part: There would be an eye catch at the end.

Characters

;Kessaku Hirazumi
;Shiori Novel
;Noberu Novel
;Goji and Datsuji
;Lyric

Original Songs

The show features many original songs, written by Takayuki Hattori and composed by Keisuke Yamakawa.
  • Aozora Shinkokyu
  • "Let's go to Ihatov"
  • "I Feel Good From This Morning"
  • "The Lost Children in the Picture Book Forest"
  • "OK with A Wink"
  • "The Clown's Tears are Konpeitou"
  • "Goodbye, Teddy Bear"
  • "Cats Know Everything"
  • "I Want to Be a Rainbow"
  • "Pa~t Party!"
  • "Making Taiyaki"
  • "Be Fine Tomorrow"
  • "Moon Music Box"
  • "Angel Chan and Devil Chan"
  • "Christmas Samba"
  • "Ghost GoGo!"
  • "Poco-a-Poco"
  • "Galactic Library"
  • "Paper Airplane"
  • "The Sea is Nice"
  • "Yurarun Swing"

Cover Songs

Along with the original songs, there were also covers of popular Japanese songs.
  • "I Wanted To Meet You"
  • "UFO"
  • "Let's Walk Home"
  • "Carrying You"
  • "LOVE LOVE LOVE: Dreams Come True"
  • "You're a Natural Color"
  • "I'm Too Sad to do it"

CDs and DVDs

CDs

  • Hook Book Row: Take A Deep Breath
  • Hook Book Row: Let's Relax
  • Hook Book Row: Be Healthy Tomorrow
  • Hook Book Row: Give The Gift Of Love
  • Hook Book Row: Pa~t Party!
  • Hook Book Row: The Best of Hook Book Row
  • Hook Book Row: Do You Want A Song?

DVDs

  • Hibi Hanseido Has Opened
  • Hibi Hanseido's New Arrivals
  • Hibi Hanseido Is Now Open
  • Hibi Hanseido's Business

Production

  • Producer/Director: Keisuke Yamakawa
  • Music: Takayuki Hattori, Face Music
  • Puppet controllers: Yoshiko Kashima, Kimio Okano, Gakosaku, Hikaru Shimizu, Yasuko Kuwaori, Mayumi Shimamura, Shimon Takagu, Kaori Nakajima, Chikako Numadate, Nami Takahashi
  • Puppetmaster: Kigutsunoki
  • Art Direction/Set Design: Ryuji Fujieda, Seijiro Mune, Akiko Kuramochi, Ei Shinomoto, Risui Yoshie
  • Animation: Tadahiko Horiguchi
  • Studio: NHK