TV series
Ganso Tensai Bakabon
If the first Bakabon series wasn't the "original", then what could Ganso Tensai Bakabon hope to achieve? How about wilder and more dangerous stories, stranger and crazier new characters, and a Papa who's more idiotic than ever? With a "koredeiinoda!" to end his bizarre escapades, this take on Fujio Akatsuka's classic series set the standard for all adaptations to come, and put the anarchic energy of the original manga into animation!
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Ganso Tensai Bakabon premiered October 6, 1975. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
If the first Bakabon series wasn't the "original", then what could Ganso Tensai Bakabon hope to achieve? How about wilder and more dangerous stories, stranger and crazier new characters, and a Papa who's more idiotic than ever? With a "koredeiinoda!" to end his bizarre escapades, this take on Fujio Akatsuka's classic series set the standard for all adaptations to come, and put the anarchic energy of the original manga into animation!
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Cast
Keiko Yamamotoバカボン
Eiko Masuyamaバカボンのママ
Takako Sasugaハジメちゃん
Ryuji Saikachiレレレのおじさん
Kaneta Kimotsuki本官さん
Michihiro Ikemizuウナギイヌ
Masashi AmenomoriバカボンのパパProduction details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 103
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 元祖天才バカボン
Networks & production
Nippon TVJapan- A-ProductionJapan
- Tokyo MovieJapan
Telecom Animation FilmJapan
TFCJapan
Tokyo LaboratoryJapan