Kaiju Booska

Information

Format/Genre

Tokusatsu
Sitcom

Created by

Tsuburaya Productions

Starring

Tomohiro Miyamoto
Kazue Takahashi

Opening Theme

Kaiju Booska

Original Air Date

November 9, 1966 - September 27, 1967

Number of Episodes

47

Running Time

24 minutes

Original Channel

Nihon TV

Continuity
Next
Booska! Booska!!

Kaiju Booska (快獣ブースカ, Kaijū Būsuka, lit. "Monster Booska") is a famous children's tokusatsu sitcom, starring the titular Booska. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the show aired on Nippon TV from November 9, 1966 to September 27, 1967, with a total of 47 episodes. The series later gained a sequel in 1999 titled Booska! Booska!!.

Synopsis

An inventive boy named Daisaku Tonda feeds a growth-promoting agent he created called "Kuropara" to a baby iguana, dreaming of creating a giant Kaiju. However, his experiment mutates the iguana into the friendly beast, Booska.^[1]

Characters

Kaiju

Cast

Daisaku Tonda (屯田大作, Tonda Daisaku): Tomohiro Miyamoto (宮本智弘, Miyamoto Tomohiro)
Mechataro (メチャ太郎, Mechatarō): Kenjiro Yoshino (吉野謙二郎, Yoshino Kenjirō)
Jirokichi (ジロ吉): Setsuji Watanabe (渡辺説十四, Watanabe Setsuji)
Miko (ミー子, Mīko): Junko Nakahara (中原純子, Nakahara Junko)
Chorokichi (チョロ吉): Sanpei Godai (藤江喜幸, Godai Sanpei)
Hiroshi (ヒロシ): Hiroshi Nakajima (中島洋, Nakajima Hiroshi)
Zorome (ゾロ目): Tetsuya Sekita (関田哲也, Sekita Tetsuya)
Gonta (ゴン太): Hideki Sodeyama (袖山秀樹, Sodeyama Hideki)
Ichiro (一郎, Ichirō): Hiroshi Sano (佐野裕, Sano Hiroshi)
Chico (チコ): Michiko Kondo (近藤美智子, Kondō Michiko)
Einosuke Tonda (屯田栄之助, Tonda Einosuke): Nekohachi Edoya (江戸家猫八, Edoya Nekohachi)
Hanako Tonda (屯田ハナ子, Tonda Hanako): Kazuko Hata (旗和子, Hata Kazuko)
Yumeo Yumeno (夢野夢夫, Yumeno Yumeo): Shozo Inagaki (稲垣昭三, Inagaki shouzō)
Tonkachi-san (トンカチさん): Seigo Fukuoka (福岡正剛, Fukuoka Seigō)
Teacher Oniyama (鬼山先生, Oniyama Sensei): Shuofu Otsuka (大塚周夫, Ōtsuka Chikao), Yoichi Miyagawa (宮川洋一, Miyagawa Yōichi) (substitute for episode 30 only)

Voice Actors

Booska (ブースカ): Kazue Takahashi (高橋和枝, Takahashi Kazue)
Chamegon (チャメゴン): Junko Hori (堀絢子, Hori Junko)

Suit Actors

Booska (ブースカ):
- Haruyoshi Nakamura (中村晴吉, Nakamura Harayoshi)
- Yukihiro Kiyono (清野幸弘, Kiyono Yukihiro)
- Kunio Suzuki (鈴木邦夫, Suzuki Kunio)
Chamegon (チャメゴン):
- Tetsuo Yamamura (山村哲夫, Yamamura Tetsuo)
- Teruo Aragaki (荒垣輝雄, Aragaki Teruo)

Staff

Directors: Jukichi Takemae, Kazuho Mitsuta, Toshitsugu Suzuki, Kazuo Kimata, Tetsuhiro Kawasaki, Samaji Nonagase
Screenwriters: Masahiro Yamada, Keisuke Fujikawa, Shinichi Sekizawa, Shinichi Ichikawa, Tetsuo Kinjo, Arihiko Morita, Koichi Yamano, Tetsuhiro Kawasaki, Yoichi Mitsui, Shozo Uehara, Katsuya Ono
Special effects directors: Toru Matoba, Jun Oki, Sadamasa Arikawa
Supervisor: Eiji Tsuburaya
Producers: Koji Morita, Yozo Nagai, Shinkichi Okada
Planning: Toshiaki Ichikawa
Cinematographers: Fumio Tajima, Kazuo Sagawa, Yoshihiro Mori
Lighting: Tetsuya Kobayashi, Kojiro Sato
Art: Hikosaburo Takayama, Chikyu Iwasaki, Tatsuro Fukada, Tohl Narita
Optical photography: Minoru Nakano
Assistant directors: Takashi Ohira, Shohei Tojo, Hideji Matsuoi
Music: Kunio Miyauchi
Production: Nippon Television, Tsuburaya Productions, Toho, Hishimasa Kobayashi

Music

Opening Theme

Kaiju Booska (快獣ブースカ, Kaijū Būsuka)
- Artists: Kazue Takahashi, Misuzu Children's Choir

Gallery

Images

Videos

External Links

Kaiju Booska at Tsuburaya Productions' official website

References

↑ https://m-78.jp/videoworks/kaiju-booska/

Productions
Showa Series	Ultra Q \| Ultraman \| Ultraseven \| Return of Ultraman \| Ultraman Ace \| Ultraman Taro \| Ultraman Leo \| Ultraman 80
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Reiwa Series	Ultraman Taiga \| Ultraman Z \| Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga \| Ultraman Decker \| Ultraman Blazar \| Ultraman Arc
Outside of Japan	Ultraman: The Adventure Begins \| Ultraman: Towards the Future \| Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero \| Ultraman: Rising
Original Video and TV Special	Ultra Fight \| Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider \| Ultra Super Fight \| Ultraman Nice \| Heisei Ultraseven \| Ultraman Neos \| Ultraman: Super Fighter Legend \| Ultra Idemitsujin \| Ultra Zone
Showa Movies	Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature \| Return of Ultraman \| The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army \| Ultraman (1979) \| Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle \| Ultraman ZOFFY: Ultra Warriors vs. the Giant Monster Army \| Ultraman Story
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Reiwa Movies	Ultraman Taiga The Movie \| Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z \| Shin Ultraman \| Ultraman Decker Finale \| Ultraman Blazar The Movie \| Ultraman Arc The Movie
Short Films	Ultraman, Ultraseven: Great Violent Monster Fight \| Mirrorman Pilot Film \| Ultra Q No.29: Darkness is Coming! \| Return of Ultraman: MAT Arrow 1 Takeoff Order \| Ultraman Neos Pilot \| Ultraman Tiga 〜To the Children of Light〜 \| Fierce Battle! Ultraman Takamiy \| ULTRAMAN_n/a \| Ultraseven IF Story
Spin-Offs	Andro Melos \| Ultraman Zearth: Parody Chapter \| Revival of the Ancient Giant \| The Return of Hanejiro \| Gaia Again \| The Ultra Q Club \| Ultraman Kaiju Legend \| Hikari Saga \| Armored Darkness \| Ghost Rebirth \| Ultraman Zero VS Darklops Zero \| Q -Door to Another Dimension- \| Killer the Beatstar \| Ultra Zero Fight \| Ultra Fight Victory \| Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA \| Ultra Fight Orb \| New Generation Heroes \| The Absolute Conspiracy \| Sevenger Fight \| Struggle of Special Section 3 \| The Destined Crossroad \| Continued Ultra Fight \| Shin Ultra Fight \| Return of Special Section 3 \| Ultraman Regulos \| Ultraman Regulos: First Mission \| SKaRD Break Room
Dramas and Docudramas	Fly in the Sea Breeze!! Ultraman \| The Men Who Made Ultraman \| Superhuman Detective Shuwatch \| My Beloved Ultraseven \| The Man Who Wanted to Be Ultraman \| The Kaiju Club \| The Two Ultramen
Rebroadcast Shows	Ultraman Retsuden \| New Ultraman Retsuden \| Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle \| Ultraman Orb: The Chronicle \| Ultraman New Generation Chronicle \| Ultraman Chronicle: ZERO & GEED \| Ultraman Chronicle Z: Heroes' Odyssey \| Ultraman Chronicle D \| Ultraman New Generation Stars
Other Series and Movies	Kaiju Booska \| Captain Ultra \| Mighty Jack \| Fight! Mighty Jack \| Operation: Mystery \| Scat of Single \| Chibira-kun \| Mirrorman \| Redman \| Triple Fighter \| Emergency Directive 10-4·10-10 \| Iron King \| Horror Theater Unbalance \| Fireman \| Jumborg Ace \| Mirror Fight \| Jumborg Ace & Giant \| Mars Men \| Army of the Apes \| Pro-Wrestling Star Aztecaser \| The Last Dinosaur \| Dinosaur Expedition Born Free \| Dinosaur Great War Izenborg \| Star Wolf \| Dinosaur Squadron Koseidon \| Our Baseball Detective Team \| Anime-chan \| Gridman the Hyper Agent \| Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad \| Moon Spiral \| Cyber Beauties Telomere \| Booska! Booska!! \| Otasuke Girl \| Mysterious Incident Special Investigation Team SRI \| Mirrorman REFLEX \| Bio Planet WoO \| Operation: Mystery - Second File \| Mirror Fight 2012 \| Operation: Mystery - Mystery File \| Gridknight Fight
Anime	The☆Ultraman \| Ultraman Kids (Pleasant Friends of Planet M7.8, Proverb Stories, 30 Million Light-Years) \| Ultraman Graffiti: Wild! Ultra Country \| Ultraman: Super Fighter Legend \| Ultra Nyan \| Ultra Nyan 2 \| Ultraman M78 Theater Love & Peace \| Gridman the Hyper Agent: boys invent great hero \| The・Ultraman: Jackal vs. Ultraman \| Kaiju Sakaba Kanpai! \| Kaiju Girls \| SSSS.GRIDMAN \| ULTRAMAN (2019) \| Kaiju Step Wandabada \| SSSS.DYNAZENON \| KAIJU DECODE \| GRIDMAN UNIVERSE
Documentaries and Informational Series	The Father of Ultra Q \| Ultra Information Station \| Ultra's Cradle \| Ultra Heroine Legend (From Anne to Seven, Contest of Goddesses) \| Ultra Q Kaiju Legend \| Ultraman The Prime \| Return of Izenborg \| ULTRAMAN ARCHIVES \| Takaya's Room \| Ultra Science Fantasy Hour \| Ultra Fight Club \| UlSummer Information Station \| Tomokazu Seki's ULTRA CLUB \| Ultra Construction Tour \| Ultra Information Center \| Ultraseven Legend \| Professor Teruaki's "Blazar Kaiju Academy" \| Super Power! Ultra Encyclopedia! \| Ultraman 4K Discovery \| Ul-Katsu Life \| THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
Outlaw Content	Space Warriors 2000 \| Project Ultraman \| Ultraman The Animation \| Ultraman: A Little Journey on Earth \| Fun... English with Ultraman \| Young Ultraman \| Ultraman Big Transformation \| Sinic Q \| Red Jade \| Dragon Force: So Long Ultraman \| Dragon Force: Rise of Ultraman

[1] ttps://m-78.jp/videoworks/kaiju-booska/

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