Kiteretsu Daihyakka
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is a science fiction
manga
series by Fujiko Fujio
which ran in the children's magazine Kodomo no Hikari
from April 1974 through July 1977. The manga was later made into a 331-episode TV anime
series which ran on Fuji TV from March 27, 1988 through June 9, 1996.
There are many similarities in the makeup and appearance of the main cast to the cast of Doraemon
, which was also created by Fujio, although the content of the story is completely different.
The main character is a scientific genius grade school
boy named Kiteretsu, who has built a companion robot named Korosuke. He frequently travels in time
with his friends and Korosuke in the time machine he built. Miyoko is a girl in his neighborhood who is basically his girlfriend. Tongari is his rival, who happen to share some similar traits of Honekawa Suneo. Buta Gorilla (Kumada Kaoru) is a typical neighborhood bully, who also share similar traits of Gian (Takeshi Goda) except that he often antagonizes Korosuke.
, a department store
, and a shopping district. The fictional neighboring town of Urano-chō is where Miyoko's aunt lives. In the anime, Miyoko speaks in the dialect
attributed to that town.
The fictional Hyakujōshima is the location of the Tongari family's vacation home. A family of kabocha
farmers lives there and takes care of the place. The island is sparsely populated due to people moving away, and it is accessible from Tokyo via airplane and ferry.
Two fictional schools are mentioned in the series: Hyōno Elementary and Takao University. Hyōno Elementary is the public school Kiteretsu and his friends attend. During summer vacation, one of the lunch ladies
uses the school to teach piano lessons. There is also a rumor the school is haunted.
Benzō-san was able to enter the university after attempting it six times during the series. Ten years from the time period of the series beginning, Kiteretsu, Miyoko, and Tongari enter this university to study.
Other locations in the series are actual locations, although some things may have been fictionalized to meet the story's needs.
Anime exclusive characters
Anime exclusive characters
Anime exclusive characters
Anime exclusive characters
Anime exclusive characters
aired a two-hour live action drama
featuring a CGI
Korosuke voiced by Mami Koyama
, who also voiced the anime version of Korosuke.
. A board game
titled Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Chōjikū Sugoroku
was released on January 27, 1995 by Video System
for the Super Famicom
. Another game was made for the Sega Pico
.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series by Fujiko Fujio
Fujiko Fujio
was a nom de plume of a manga writing duo formed by two Japanese manga artists. Their real names are and . They formed their partnership in 1951, and used the Fujiko Fujio name from 1954 until dissolution of the partnership in 1987....
which ran in the children's magazine Kodomo no Hikari
Chagurin
is a children's magazine published by the "Family Light Association" in Japan. The magazine was formerly published under the title Children's Light . The goal of the magazine is to educate the next generation of Japan Agricultural Cooperative members...
from April 1974 through July 1977. The manga was later made into a 331-episode TV anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series which ran on Fuji TV from March 27, 1988 through June 9, 1996.
There are many similarities in the makeup and appearance of the main cast to the cast of Doraemon
Doraemon
is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise...
, which was also created by Fujio, although the content of the story is completely different.
The main character is a scientific genius grade school
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
boy named Kiteretsu, who has built a companion robot named Korosuke. He frequently travels in time
Time travel
Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...
with his friends and Korosuke in the time machine he built. Miyoko is a girl in his neighborhood who is basically his girlfriend. Tongari is his rival, who happen to share some similar traits of Honekawa Suneo. Buta Gorilla (Kumada Kaoru) is a typical neighborhood bully, who also share similar traits of Gian (Takeshi Goda) except that he often antagonizes Korosuke.
Setting
The show is set in the fictional Hyōno-chō, which is set in an ambiguous location featuring a rural-style train stationTrain station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
, a department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
, and a shopping district. The fictional neighboring town of Urano-chō is where Miyoko's aunt lives. In the anime, Miyoko speaks in the dialect
Dialect
The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...
attributed to that town.
The fictional Hyakujōshima is the location of the Tongari family's vacation home. A family of kabocha
Kabocha
Kabocha is a Japanese variety of winter squash. The word kabocha has come to mean a general type of winter squash to many English-speaking growers and buyers. In some cultures it is revered as an aphrodisiac....
farmers lives there and takes care of the place. The island is sparsely populated due to people moving away, and it is accessible from Tokyo via airplane and ferry.
Two fictional schools are mentioned in the series: Hyōno Elementary and Takao University. Hyōno Elementary is the public school Kiteretsu and his friends attend. During summer vacation, one of the lunch ladies
Lunch Lady
Lunch lady is an American slang term for a woman who cooks and serves food in a school cafeteria; the equivalent British English term is "dinner lady". In Britain, a dinner lady also patrols the school playgrounds during the lunch breaks to maintain order amongst the children...
uses the school to teach piano lessons. There is also a rumor the school is haunted.
Benzō-san was able to enter the university after attempting it six times during the series. Ten years from the time period of the series beginning, Kiteretsu, Miyoko, and Tongari enter this university to study.
Other locations in the series are actual locations, although some things may have been fictionalized to meet the story's needs.
Kite family
- Eiichi Kite (木手 英一) aka. Kiteretsu (キテレツ): The protagonist.
- Korosuke (コロ助): Kiteretsu's invention and his assistant. He usually ends his sentences with ~nari.
- Einoshin Kite (木手 英之進) aka. Kiteretsu-Sai (キテレツ斎): Kiteretsu's ancestor, lived in Edo periodEdo periodThe , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
. - Michiko Kite (木手 みちこ): Kiteretsu's mother.
- Eitarou Kite (木手 英太郎): Kiteretsu's father.
- Kin-chan (キンちゃん): The goldfish kept in Kite household.
Anime exclusive characters
- Doukoro (豆コロ)
- Ochappii (おちゃっぴい)
- Kaoru (かおる)
Nonohana family
- Miyoko Nonohana (野々花 みよ子) aka. Miyo-chan (みよちゃん)
- Miyoko's mother
- Miyoko's father
- Akihiko Nonohana (野々花 明彦): Miyoko's older brother
Kumada family
- Kaoru Kumada (熊田 薫) aka. Butagorira (ブタゴリラ)
- Sayuri Kumada (熊田 小百合): Kaoru's mother
Anime exclusive characters
- Kumahachi Kumada (熊田 熊八): Kaoru's father
- Torashichi Kumada (熊田 虎七): Kaoru's uncle
- Kumaichirou Kumada (熊田 熊一郎): Kaoru's uncle
- Minori Kumada (熊田みのり): Kaoru's son in the future.
Kaoru's subordinates
- Konchi (コンチ): One of Kaoru's subordinates
- Kondou (近藤): One of Kaoru's subordinates.
Tongari family
- Kouji Tongari (尖 浩二) aka. Tongari (トンガリ)
- Kouichi Tongari (尖 浩一): Kouji's father
- Takako Tongari (尖 貴子): Kouji's mother
Karino family and friends
- Benzou Karino (苅野 勉三)
- Kimiko Uehara (上原 君子)
Anime exclusive characters
- Yone Karino (苅野 ヨネ)
- Osugi (お杉)
- Heikichi (平吉)
- Ben (ベン)
- Youhei Arakida (荒木田 洋平)
Sasaki family
- Sasaki (佐々木): Kiteretsu's Teacher
Anime exclusive characters
- Sasaki's wife
- Kazuma Sasaki (佐々木 和馬): Sasaki's son.
Characters at Kiteretsu's school
- Otonashi (乙梨): A quiet boy in Kiteretsu's class.
Anime exclusive characters
- Takako Segawa (瀬川 たか子): Kiteretsu's classmate, a popular girl.
- Vice Principal
Manga
- Kiteretsu Daihyakka vol.1-3 (Tentōmushi Comics, ShogakukanShogakukanis a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
, 1977) - Kiteretsu Daihyakka vol.1-4 (Fujiko Fujio Land, Chūō Kōron Shinsha, 1984)
- Kiteretsu Daihyakka vol.1-2 (Shogakukan Koro Koro Bunko, Shogakukan, 1984)
- My First BIG Kiteretsu vol.1-2 (Shogakukan, 2003)
TV drama
In January 2002, NHKNHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
aired a two-hour live action drama
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
featuring a CGI
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
Korosuke voiced by Mami Koyama
Mami Koyama
Mami Koyama is a veteran seiyū and J-pop vocalist who was born in Nishio, Aichi. She was once married to fellow seiyū Tōru Furuya, her co-star in Mobile Suit Gundam, Urusei Yatsura, Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, and Casshern Sins...
, who also voiced the anime version of Korosuke.
Games
On February 23, 1990, Epoch released an action game for the FamicomNintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
. A board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
titled Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Chōjikū Sugoroku
Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Chojiku Sugoroku
is a Super Famicom traditional board game-style video game for one to four players that is based on the anime series.-General information:The object is to travel through time and explore different eras throughout the history of the world. Items collected on the game board can help a player...
was released on January 27, 1995 by Video System
Video System
was a software company that was founded and ran by software designer Koji Furukawa in Kyoto, Japan in December 1984. It was best known for making video game titles for the arcades and other different platforms, including the Super Nintendo, Neo-Geo and Nintendo 64.They released various types of...
for the Super Famicom
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
. Another game was made for the Sega Pico
Sega Pico
The Sega Pico, also known as , was an electronic toy by Sega. The aim of creating the Pico was to get more young children to use video game systems....
.