Chibira-kun

Chibira-kun (チビラくん) is a children's show created by Tsuburaya Productions. It was broadcast from 30 March 1970 to 25 September 1971, every Monday to Saturday from 8:05 to 8:20. All 78 episodes have been broadcast in the format on Nippon TV. This show was a special effects comedy drama, named after the main character.

Production

Unlike much of Tsuburaya's shows, this show was directed at a much younger audience. It focused on a family of anthropomorphic Kaiju who would often run into obstacles in their everyday lives.

Appearances

• Chibira
• Papagon
• Mamagon
• Pochi Pochi
• Goruba
• Gakinko
• Doron

Cast

• Chibira-kun (チビラくん): Kenbo Kaminarimon (雷門 ケン坊, Kaminarimon Kenbō)
• Papagon (パパゴン): Ichiro Murakoshi (村越 伊知郎, Murakoshi Ichirō)
• Mamagon (ママゴン, Mamagōn): Kyoko Fujinami (藤波 京子, Fujinami Kyōko)
• Pochi Pochi (ポチポチ): Junpei Takiguchi (滝口 順平, Takiguchi Junpei)
• Gakushucho (学習鳥, Gakushūchō): Shingo Kanemoto (兼本 新吾, Kanemoto Shingo)
• Goruba (ゴルバ, Goruba): Kazuo Kumakura (熊倉 一雄, Kumakura Kazuo)
• Gakinko (ガキンコ, Gakinko):
  • Ado Mizumori (水森 亜土, Mizumori Ado, 1-8)
  • Kazue Takahashi (高橋 和枝, Takahashi Kazue, 9-78)
• Oku (オク):
  • Kazue Takahashi (高橋 和枝, Takahashi Kazue, 60)
  • Yukiko Nikaido (二階堂 有希子, Nikaidō Yukiko, 64)
• Doron (ドロン): Kazue Takahashi (高橋 和枝, Takahashi Kazue)
• Pukaro (プカロ): Kei Wada (和田 啓, Wada Kei)
• Yumi (ユミ): Reiko Katsura (桂 玲子, Katsura Reiko)

Suit Actors

• Chibira-kun (チビラくん, Chibira-kun):
  • Takeshi Kase (加瀬 武, Kase Takeshi)
  • Katsumi Ishida (石田 克己, Ishida Katsumi)
  • Kenji Kawaharada (川原田 健司, Kawaharada Kenji)
• Papagon (パパゴン, Papagon): Kaori Takahashi (高橋 香, Takahashi Kaori)
• Mamagon (ママゴン, Mamagōn): Yukie Irie (入江 幸江, Irie Yukie)
• Pochipochi (ポチポチ, Pochipochi):
  • Tetsuo Yamamura (山村 哲夫, Yamamura Tetsuo)
  • Nobuhiro Baba (馬場 信浩, Baba Nobuhiro)
• Goruba (ゴルバ, Goruba): Minoru Hirano (平野 稔, Hirano Minoru)
• Gakinko (ガキンコ, Gakinko)
  • Hidetaka Mizuno (水野 英久, Mizuno Hidetaka)
  • Takahisa Mizuno (水野 孝久, Mizuno Takahisa)
• Yumi (ユミ): Rika Yamagishi (山岸 里佳, Yamagishi Rika)

Staff

• Directors: Kazuo Kimata, Toshitsugu Suzuki, Tatsumi Ando, Tomoya Yoshitomi, Seiji Tani, Kazuho Mitsuta, Shohei Tojo, ​Jun Oki
• Screenwriters: Keisuke Fujikawa, Namie Shima, Maru Tamura, Yumi Ichikawa, Masako Kae, Tadashi Kondo, Takenori Koyanagi, Toyohiro Ando, Shozo Uehara, Bunzo Wakatsuki, Chizuko Kamaji, Akira Oka
• Supervisor: Eiji Tsuburaya
• Producers: Yoshikazu Morita (NTV), Akira Tsuburaya
• Cinematographers: Takeshi Nakamachi, Kazuo Sagawa
• Lighting: Ken Yamaki
• Art: Kiyokata Honda
• Editor: Yoshihiro Yanagawa
• Effects: Yozo Kataoka
• Assistant directors: Yoshiyuki Yoshimura, Takenori Koyanagi
• Production manager: Terukichi Kokubo
• Music: Takeshi Shibuya, Kenjiro Hirose, Kunio Miyauchi, Keizo Hirano
• Title animation: Taku Sugiyama
• Sound recording: Central Sound Recording
• Photographic processing: Tokyo Development Laboratory
• Cooperation: Yomiuriland
• Production: Tsuburaya Productions, Nippon Television

Gallery

External Links

• Chibira-kun at Tsuburaya Productions' official website