Kiteretsu Daihyakka


Kiteretsu Daihyakka is a Japanese manga series by, which ran in the children's magazine Kodomo no Hikari from April 1974 to July 1977. The manga was later made into an animated anthology television special which aired in 1987 on Fuji Television and its affiliates and a 331-episode anime television series that ran on the same channel from March 27, 1988, to June 9, 1996.

Plot

The series is the story of a scientific inventor boy genius named Eiichi Kite, a descendant of an inventor named Kiteretsu Saisama, who has built a companion robot named Korosuke. His friends are Miyoko, a girl in his neighborhood who has a crush on him, Buta Gorira, a local bully, and Tongari, a rich boy. They all attend the same school and are in the same grade. Eiichi goes on frequent adventures with his friends and Korosuke in the time machine which he built.

Characters

; Eiichi Kite
; Korosuke
; Miyoko Nonohana )
; Kaoru Kumada
; Kōji Tongari
; Benzō Karino
; Kiterestu Saisama

; Michiko Kite
; Eitarō Kite
; Kumahachi Kumada
; Sayuri Kumada
; Kōichi Tongari
; Takako Tongari

Media

Manga

  • Kiteretsu Daihyakka vol. 1–3
  • Kiteretsu Daihyakka vol. 1–4
  • Kiteretsu Daihyakka vol. 1–2
  • My First BIG Kiteretsu vol. 1–2

    Anime

The manga was later adapted into an anime series, which aired on Fuji TV between March 27, 1988, and June 9, 1996.

Staff

  • Planning: Taihei Ishikawa→Kenji Shimizu, Yoshirō Kataoka
  • Producers:
  • *Kenji Shimizu→Minoru Wada→Yoshihiro Suzuki
  • *Yoshio Kataoka→Kazuhiko Ishikawa→Tateshi Yamazaki→Yutaka Sugiyama
  • *Akio Wakana
  • *Tetsuo Kanno
  • Script: Shun'ichi Yukimuro, Takashi Yamada, Toshiyuki Aoshima, Satoshi Namiki, Tadaaki Yamazaki
  • General Animation Directors: Tsukasa Tannai, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hajime Watanabe, Nobuyuki Tokinaga, Shōjurō Yamauchi
  • Art director: Shichirō Kobayashi→Satoshi Shibata
  • Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production, Studio Kanon
  • Director of photography: Shigeo Sugimura →Hiroaki Edamitsu
  • Music director: Nobuhiro Komatsu
  • Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
  • Director: Hiro Katsuoka→Keiji Hayakawa
  • Executive Producer: Mikio Wakana
  • Sound Producer: Yōsuke Kuroda

    Theme songs

Opening theme songs
Listing includes the song title followed by the episodes and the singer in parentheses.
  • Kiteretsu Daihyakka no Uta
  1. Oyome-san ni Natte Agenaizo
  2. Body dake Lady
  3. Yumemiru Jikan
  4. Hajimete no Chū
  5. Suimin Busoku
  6. ''Oryōri Kōshinkyoku''
    Ending theme songs
Listing includes the song title followed by the episodes and the singer in parentheses.
  • Korosuke Machi wo Yuku
  1. Magical Boy Magical Heart
  2. Lace no Cardigan
  3. Korosuke Rock
  4. Felt no Pencase
  5. Merry ha tada no Tomodachi
  6. Hajimete no Chū
  7. Happy Birthday
  8. ''Uwasa Kiss''

    International broadcast

In Spain, The series was licensed for Spain by LUK Internacional under the title of "Kiteretsu, el primo más listo de Nobita".

Games

A 1 hour-15 minute one-shot live action drama adaptation aired on NHK Educational TV on January 1, 2002. The adaptation featured a CGI Korosuke voiced by Mami Koyama.

Reception

The anime was ranked 31st on a list published by TV Asahi in 2005 of the top 100 anime. The series was said to be "little more than a respray of the creators' earlier and far more successful Doraemon". The Review Geek indeed noted that, "In some instances, Kiteretsu Encyclopedia feels like a Doraemon clone. This series not only shares the same creator as Doraemon; it follows a similar episodic premise involving a robot and a human. This show includes a cartoon-like art style and is an enjoyable series to watch when you feel stressed or worn out".
The same media wrote that the series "relie on its charming family dynamics and varied humor to keep the audience entertained".