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{{Short description|Manga series by Mikio Igarashi}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Bonobono manga volume 29 cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of manga volume 29
| ja_kanji = ぼのぼの
| ja_romaji = 
| genre = <!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Mikio Igarashi]]
| publisher       = [[Takeshobo]]
| demographic     = [[Seinen Manga|''Seinen'']]
| magazine        = {{ubl|Manga Club {{noitalic|(1986–2020)}}|[[Manga Life]] {{noitalic|(1986–2022)}}|Manga Life Original {{noitalic|(2022–present)}}}}
| first           = March 1986
| last            = 
| volumes         = 49
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Bono-chan
| author          = [[Mikio Igarashi]]
| publisher       = [[Takeshobo]]
| demographic     = [[Seinen Manga|''Seinen'']]
| magazine        = [[Manga Life]]
| first           = April 2016
| last            = April 2020
| volumes         = 8
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = film
| director        = Mikio Igarashi
| producer        = Atsushi Tashiro
| writer          = Mikio Igarashi
| music           = [[Gontiti]]
| studio          = [[Group TAC]]
| released        = November 13, 1993
| runtime         = 103 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Hitoshi Nanba
| producer        = {{ubl|Keisuke Iwata|Katsutoshi Kanesaka}}
| writer          = Tetsuo Yasumi
| music           = Kazunori Miyake
| studio          = [[Group TAC]]
| network         =[[TX Network|TXN]] ([[TV Tokyo]])
| first           = April 20, 1995
| last            = March 28, 1996
| episodes        = 48
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| title           = Bonogurashi
| developer       = [[Amuse]], [[Bandai Visual]]
| publisher       = Amuse, Bandai Visual
| genre           = [[Simulation game|Simulation]]
| platforms       = [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]]
| released        = April 21, 1995<ref name="3do"/>
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| title           = Bonogurashi: Kore de Kanpeki Disu
| developer       = Amuse
| publisher       = Amuse
| genre           = [[Adventure game|Adventure]]
| platforms       = [[Sony PlayStation]]
| released        = June 7, 1996<ref name="psx"/>
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = film
| title           = Bonobono: Kumomo no Ki no Koto
| director        = Kōki Kumagai
| producer        = Akihiro Itō
| writer          = {{ubl|Mikio Igarashi|Kōki Kumagai}}
| music           = Gontiti
| studio          = Amuse Pictures
| released        = August 10, 2002
| runtime         = 61 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Hidenori Yamaguchi
| producer        = {{ubl|Daisuke Hara|Yasunari Maeda|Yōko Matsushita}}
| writer          = [[Mitsutaka Hirota]]
| music           = Takatsugu Wakabayashi
| studio          = [[Eiken (studio)|Eiken]]
| network         = [[Fuji TV]]
| first           = April 2, 2016
| last            = 
| episodes        = 439
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Bonobono'''''|ぼのぼの|}} is a Japanese [[yonkoma]] [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Mikio Igarashi]]. From March 1986 to March 1987, the series ran in the [[Takeshobo]] manga magazine ''Tensai Club'' before the magazine was replaced with ''Manga Club'', where it had been serialized from April 1987 to April 2020. It had also been serialized in ''[[Manga Life]]'' from April 1986 to July 2022. In July 2022, the series moved to ''Manga Life Original'' after Manga Life folded.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=BONOBONO_nokoto|number=1535134842379468801|title=『#ぼのぼの 人生相談』最終回が掲載された、#まんがライフオリジナル 7月号が発売中です！ぜひお楽しみください！詳細はこちら}}</ref> It has been adapted into an [[anime]] television series,<ref name="allcinema">{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=235541|script-title=ja:ぼのぼの (1995)|publisher=AllCinema Online|access-date=2007-11-24|language=ja}}</ref> as well as two anime [[film]]s and two [[video game]]s.<ref name="3do">{{cite book |editor=Kindaichi, Wazahiko |title= {{nihongo|Kōgien|広技苑|}}|edition=2000年秋 |date=2000-12-01|publisher=Mainichi Communications |pages=995–996 |chapter=3DO |isbn=4-8399-0447-2|language=ja}}</ref><ref name="psx">{{cite book |editor=Kindaichi, Wazahiko |title= {{nihongo|Kōgien|広技苑|}}|edition=2000年秋 |date=2000-12-01|publisher=Mainichi Communications |pages=1278 |chapter=プレイステーション|isbn=4-8399-0447-2|language=ja}}</ref>

While the series is considered a [[yonkoma]] manga, most of the "stories" use eight panels. The series follows the main character, a young [[sea otter]] after whom the manga is titled, and his daily adventures with his friends from the nearby forest. ''Bonobono'' combines gag comic and philosophical questions, bringing up comparisons to other manga such as ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'',<ref name="aare">{{cite web|url=http://www.aare.edu.au/04pap/bry04255.pdf|title='School' in Japanese children's lives as depicted in manga|first=Mio|last=Bryce|access-date=2007-11-23|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908063217/http://www.aare.edu.au//04pap/bry04255.pdf|archive-date=2007-09-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> and to films such as ''[[Forrest Gump]]''.<ref name="anipike">{{cite web|url=http://magazine.anipike.com/index.php?review=15|title=Bonobono|first=Jennifer|last=Califf|publisher=[[Anime Web Turnpike]]|access-date=2007-11-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060118125427/http://magazine.anipike.com/index.php?review=15|archive-date=2006-01-18}}</ref>

In 1988, ''Bonobono'' won the [[Kodansha Manga Award]] in the General category.<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml |author=Joel Hahn |title=Kodansha Manga Awards |work=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=2007-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml |archive-date=2007-08-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> An anime film was released in theaters on November 13, 1993, and an anime television series was broadcast on [[TV Tokyo]] from April 20, 1995 through March 28, 1996. One day after the TV series began, a [[simulation game]] was released on the [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]] system.<ref name="3do"/> The following June, an [[adventure game]] was released on the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]].<ref name="psx"/> Several ''[[ehon]]''—or "picture books"—have been released since the manga series was first introduced over 30 years ago.

==Characters==
* '''Bonobono''' (ぼのぼの): A mellow sea otter that lives with his father by the ocean near the forest. His mother [[Maternal death|died in childbirth]]. He is a bit naïve in the ways of the world, and is curious in general. Never seen without a shellfish in his hand, in case he gets hungry.
* '''Shimarisu-kun/[[Chipmunk]]''' (シマリスくん): A young chipmunk who is friends with Bonobono. He has a habit of asking if people are going to bully him (いじめる? ''Ijimeru?'') and is regularly tormented by Araiguma and his older sister Shō. However, he does bring some of it on himself; depending on the day, he can unintentionally or even intentionally say things to rile them up. Like Bonobono, he always carries something with him, in his case a walnut.
* '''Araiguma-kun/[[Raccoon]]''' (アライグマくん): A young raccoon who is friends with Bonobono. He has a very short fuse and often plays the ''tsukkomi'' for his other two friends. He likes to bully Shimarisu, and often gets into trouble with his father.
* '''Sunadori Neko-san/[[Fishing Cat]]''' (スナドリネコさん): An animal who is not native to the Forest, but is the currently named strongest animal there after defeating Higuma no Taishō. Bonobono and friends often ask him questions about certain subjects. In general, he's often portrayed as one of the more sensible residents of the Forest.
* '''Bonobono's Father''' (ぼのぼののおとうさん): The father of Bonobono. He is a somewhat bumbling man who tries to bond with his son in silly ways. He speaks with pauses in between phrases. Likes to go on long journeys. His wife died in childbirth.
* '''Araiguma-kun's Father''' (アライグマくんのおとうさん): The father of Araiguma-kun. A very ornery animal, he gets set off at the slightest annoyance or indiscretion. Takes out his anger constantly on Araiguma-kun.
* '''Kuzuri-kun/[[Wolverine]]''' (クズリくん): A young wolverine that walks on all fours. He has a bad habit of pooping all over the forest.
* '''Kuzuri-kun's Father''' (クズリくんのおとうさん): The father of Kuzuri-kun. The closest thing the Forest has to a medicine man, Kuzuri-kun's Father has plenty of plants and herbs in his home that are relevant to the topic at hand. Resourceful, but somewhat eccentric. He is very proud of his son.
* '''Fenegi-kun/Fennec Kitsune/Fenny''' (フェネギくん): A young [[fennec fox]] who is friends with Bonobono and company. Self conscious. 
* '''Shō Nee-chan''' (しょうねえちゃん): One of Shimarisu-kun's elder sisters. She loves to pick on him and always wins their fights, but has a soft spot for him underneath her bullying nature.
* '''Dai Nee-chan''' (だいねえちゃん): One of Shimarisu-kun's elder sisters. Acts very proper and elegant, but often embellishes information she gets. She desires for Shimarisu-kun to become independent.
* '''Anaguma/[[Badger]]''' (アナグマくん): A stoic young badger whose acquaintances are Bonobono and friends. No one can tell what is on his mind, since he does not emote.
* '''Higuma no Taishō/Boss [[Bear]]''' (ヒグマの大将): The former strongest of the Forest before being defeated by Sunadori Neko. While he is benevolent and wishes to protect the Forest, he does not wish for Sunadori Neko to be there since he is an outsider. Lives away from his wife and child. Immense in size.
* '''Shimacchau Ojisan/The Putaway Man''' (しまっちゃうおじさん): A tall animal that seems to exist only in Bonobono's imagination as a bogeyman. If Bonobono does something wrong, Shimacchau Ojisan will hypothetically come and lock him away in a cave.

==Books==
In addition to the original [[tankōbon]] releases, the first twenty tankōbon volumes have been rereleased in [[bunkoban]] format as 15 volumes. Several stand-alone picture books have been released as well.

For the first film, an ''ekonte''—or [[storyboard]]—volume and a set of four film comics have been released.

===Manga===

====Tankōbon====
Takeshobo released all the volumes of manga listed below.
*Volume 1, {{ISBN|4-88475-317-8}}, March 1987
*Volume 2, {{ISBN|4-88475-318-6}}, December 1987
*Volume 3, {{ISBN|4-88475-319-4}}, September 1988
*Volume 4, {{ISBN|4-88475-320-8}}, August 1989
*Volume 5, {{ISBN|4-88475-468-9}}, September 1990
*Volume 6, {{ISBN|4-88475-516-2}}, June 1991
*Volume 7, {{ISBN|4-88475-555-3}}, November 1991
*Volume 8, {{ISBN|4-88475-645-2}}, May 1993
*Volume 9, {{ISBN|4-88475-670-3}}, October 1993
*Volume 10, {{ISBN|4-88475-761-0}}, November 1994
*Volume 11, {{ISBN|4-88475-827-7}}, August 1995
*Volume 12, {{ISBN|4-8124-5001-2}}, January 1996
*Volume 13, {{ISBN|4-8124-5085-3}}, September 1996
*Volume 14, {{ISBN|4-8124-5123-X}}, March 1997
*Volume 15, {{ISBN|4-8124-5166-3}}, December 1997
*Volume 16, {{ISBN|4-8124-5230-9}}, September 1998
*Volume 17, {{ISBN|4-8124-5250-3}}, August 1999
*Volume 18, {{ISBN|4-8124-5330-5}}, December 1999
*Volume 19, {{ISBN|4-8124-5415-8}}, August 2000
*Volume 20, {{ISBN|4-8124-5465-4}}, January 2001
*Volume 21, {{ISBN|4-8124-5666-5}}, May 2002
*Volume 22, {{ISBN|4-8124-5777-7}}, February 2003
*Volume 23, {{ISBN|4-8124-5838-2}}, July 2003
*Volume 24, {{ISBN|4-8124-5904-4}}, January 2004
*Volume 25, {{ISBN|4-8124-6009-3}}, July 2005
*Volume 26, {{ISBN|4-8124-6095-6}}, January 2005
*Volume 27, {{ISBN|4-8124-6273-8}}, October 2005
*Volume 28, {{ISBN|4-8124-6483-8}}, July 2006
*Volume 29, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-6574-5}}, April 2007
*Volume 30, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-6800-5}}, March 2008
*Volume 31, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-7130-2}}, July 2009
*Volume 32, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-7146-3}}, August 2009
*Volume 33, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-7214-9}}, December 2009
*Volume 34, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-7436-5}}, August 2010
*Volume 35, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-7631-4}}, July 2011
*Volume 36, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-7781-6}}, May 2012
*Volume 37, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-8362-6}}, July 2013
*Volume 38, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-8517-0}}, February 2014
*Volume 39, {{ISBN|978-4-8124-8732-7}}, July 2014
*Volume 40, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-5292-8}}, June 2015
*Volume 41, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-5482-3}}, March 2016
*Volume 42, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-5790-9}}, March 2017
*Volume 43, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-621-56}}. March 2018
*Volume 44, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-655-60}}. March 2019
*Volume 45, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-690-18}}. March 2020
*Volume 46, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-724-45}}. March 2021
*Volume 47, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-758-28}}. March 2022
*Volume 48, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-809-83}}. July 2023
*Volume 49, {{ISBN|978-4-8019-841-58}}. September 2024

====Bunkoban====
Takeshobo released all the volumes of manga listed below.
*Volume 1, {{ISBN|4-8124-0938-1}}, July 2002
*Volume 2, {{ISBN|4-8124-0939-X}}, July 2002
*Volume 3, {{ISBN|4-8124-0940-3}}, July 2002
*Volume 4, {{ISBN|4-8124-0941-1}}, July 2002
*Volume 5, {{ISBN|4-8124-0942-X}}, July 2002
*Volume 6, {{ISBN|4-8124-1053-3}}, January 2003
*Volume 7, {{ISBN|4-8124-1054-1}}, January 2003
*Volume 8, {{ISBN|4-8124-1055-X}}, January 2003
*Volume 9, {{ISBN|4-8124-1056-8}}, January 2003
*Volume 10, {{ISBN|4-8124-1057-6}}, January 2003
*Volume 11, {{ISBN|4-8019-0172-7}}, January 2015
*Volume 12, {{ISBN|4-8019-0238-3}}, March 2015
*Volume 13, {{ISBN|4-8019-0306-1}}, May 2015
*Volume 14, {{ISBN|4-8019-0390-8}}, July 2015
*Volume 15, {{ISBN|4-8019-0666-4}}, March 2016

====Film comics====
These books contain scenes from the first ''Bonobono'' film laid out in comic book format. All were released by Takeshobo.
*Volume 1, {{ISBN|4-88475-683-5}}, December 1993
*Volume 2, {{ISBN|4-88475-684-3}}, December 1993
*Volume 3, {{ISBN|4-88475-685-1}}, January 1994
*Volume 4, {{ISBN|4-88475-686-X}}, January 1994

===Storyboards===
This book contains the [[storyboard]]s for the first ''Bonobono'' film.
*{{nihongo|''Bonobono no Ekonteshū''|ぼのぼの絵コンテ集|}}, {{ISBN|4-88475-254-6}}, November 1993, Takeshobo

===Picture books===
Various ''Bonobono'' picture books have been released, including the following. Titles are listed chronologically.
*{{nihongo|''Kawaisō no Koto''|かわいそうのこと|}}, {{ISBN|4-88475-027-6}}, December 1987, Takeshobo
*{{nihongo|''Shimarisu-kun Daikatsuyaku!! Gō''|シマリスくん大活躍!!号|}}, {{ISBN|4-88475-027-6}}, December 1987, Takeshobo
*{{nihongo|''Ōkii no Koto Chiisai no Koto''|大きいのこと 小さいのこと|}}, {{ISBN|4-88475-033-0}}, June 1988, Takeshobo
*{{nihongo|''Megane Yamane-kun no Koto''|メガネヤマネくんのこと|}}, {{ISBN|4-88475-041-1}}, May 1989, Takeshobo
*{{nihongo|''Kurisumasu no Koto''|クリスマスのこと|}}, {{ISBN|4-8124-0421-5}}, November 1998, Takeshobo
*{{nihongo|''Minna Omoide na no Darō: Bonobono no Kagashū''|みんな思い出なのだろう―ぼのぼの詩画集|}}, {{ISBN|4-88475-253-8}}, November 1993, Takeshobo
*{{nihongo|''Bonobono''|ぼのぼの|}}, {{ISBN|4-88475-255-4}}, December 1993, Takeshobo
*{{nihongo|''Tsuwaio no Koto''|ツワイオのこと|}}, {{ISBN|4-8124-2761-4}}, July 2006, Takeshobo

==Anime==

===1993 film===
The first theatrical release, titled ''Bonobono'', opened in theaters on 1993-11-13. The film has since been broadcast on domestic television in Japan, including on [[broadcast satellite]] channels such as [[NHK BS-2]]. The film has been released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] in Japan, including in a "no cut" edition.<ref name="allcinema-nocut">{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89800|title=ぼのぼのプラス (1994)|publisher=AllCinema Online|access-date=2007-11-24|archive-date=2007-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310023437/http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89800|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Staff====
*Director: [[Mikio Igarashi]]
*Screenplay: Mikio Igarashi
*Animation directors: [[Yūji Mutō]]<!--ムトウユージ-->, [[Tameo Kohanawa]]<!--小華和ためお-->
*Producer: Atsushi Tashiro
*Planning: [[Ippei Takahashi]], [[Masayuki Miyashita]], [[Shin Unosawa]], Atsushi Tashiro, [[Naomasa Tsuruta]]
*Art director: [[Atsushi Ioki]]<!--井置敦-->
*Music: [[Gontiti]]
*Distribution: [[Gaga Communications]]
*Theme song: ''Hatsukoi''
**Lyrics: [[Kanata Asamizu]]
**Composition, Vocals: [[Yoshiyuki Ōsawa]]

====Cast====
*Bonobono: [[Toshiko Fujita]]
*[[Chipmunk|Shimarisu-kun]]: [[Sumie Baba]]
*[[Raccoon|Araiguma-kun]]: [[Yūsaku Yara]]
*Araiguma-kun's father: [[Chikao Ōtsuka]]
*Kuzuri-kun's father: [[Kazuo Kumakura]]
*[[Wolverine|Kuzuri-kun]]: [[Sakiko Uran]]
*[[Brown bear|Higuma-san]]: Yūko Sasaki
*Kohiguma-kun: [[Mayumi Kumagai]]
*Bonobono's father: Mikio Igarashi
*Shō Nee-chan: [[Mayumi Tanaka]]
*Dai Nee-chan: [[Manami Sasaki]]
*Higuma no Taishō: [[Tesshō Genda]]
*[[Fishing cat|Sunadorineko-san]]: [[Hōchū Ōtsuka]]
*Shimarisu-kun's father: [[Kazuyuki Sekiguchi]]
*Shimarisu-kun's mother: [[Yukiko Shibata]]<!-- 柴田由紀子-->
*[[Fennec fox|Fennec Kitsune-kun]]: [[Kanako Tanaka]]<!--not the manga artist-->
*Fennec Kitsune-kun's father: [[Takahiro Fujita]]<!--藤田興宣-->

<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="allcinema2">{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=152090|title=ぼのぼの (1993)|publisher=AllCinema Online|access-date=2007-11-24|archive-date=2007-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320011637/http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=152090|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nhk">{{cite web|url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/07summer/program/bonobono.html|title=BS夏休みアニメ特選｜ぼのぼの劇場版|publisher=[[NHK]]|access-date=2007-11-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102071452/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/07summer/program/bonobono.html|archive-date=2008-01-02}}</ref></small>

===1995 TV series===
The ''Bonobono'' anime television series ran from April 20, 1995 through March 28, 1996 as part of the {{nihongo|"Anime Can"|アニメ缶|Anime Kan}} series on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm on [[TV Tokyo]]. Each episode was 15 minutes long, and was paired with an episode of ''[[Bit the Cupid]]'' to fill out the 30-minute timeslot. The series has been rebroadcast on several different channels and networks, including [[Animax]] and the on-demand [[internet streaming]] service [[GyaO]].

The entire TV series was released as two [[DVD]] box sets on April 20, 2007.

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====Staff====
*Planning: Takashi Sakurai<!--桜井尚-->, Atsushi Tashiro
*Director: [[Hitoshi Nanba]]
*Series Director: [[Tetsuo Yasumi]]
*Character Design: [[Yūka Hotani]]
*Chief Animation Director: Yūka Hotani
*Writers: Tetsuo Yasumi, [[Yasuhiro Komatsuzaki]], [[Satoru Nishizono]], [[Shōji Yonemura]], [[Kazuhiko Gōdo]], [[Chinatsu Hōjō]]
*Episode Directors: [[Kiyotaka Ōhata]], [[Takashi Ikebata]], [[Shinichi Watanabe]], [[Takashi Yamazaki]], [[Daiji Suzuki]]<!--鈴木大司-->, [[Kiyoshi Fukumoto]], [[Kiyoko Sayama]], [[Tetsuya Watanabe]], [[Takashi Asami]], [[Kazunari Kume]], others
*Music: [[Kazunori Miyake]]
*Audio Director: [[Susumu Aketagawa]]
*Music Producer: [[Sumio Matsuzaki]]
*Art Director: [[Kō Watanabe]]<!--渡部孝-->
*Editor: [[Masashi Furukawa]]<!--古川雅士-->
*Director of Photography: [[Mitsunobu Yoshida]]
*Producers: [[Keisuke Iwata]]<!--岩田圭介--> (TV Tokyo),  [[Masatoshi Kanesaka]]<!--兼坂勝利-->
*Animation Producer: [[Kenjirō Kawato]]<!--川人憲治郎-->
*Animation Production: [[Group Tac]]
*Production: TV Tokyo, [[Amuse, Inc.]]

====Theme songs====
;{{nihongo|''Chikamichi Shitai''|近道したい|}}
:Lyrics, Vocals: [[jp:須賀響子|Kyōko Suga]]
:Composition, Arrangement: [[Etsuko Yamakawa]]
:Ending theme for episodes 1-23 and 48

;''Love, Two Love''
:Lyrics, Composition, Vocals: [[jp:須賀響子|Kyōko Suga]]
:Arrangement:  [[Ryō Yonemitsu]]
:Ending theme for episodes 24-47
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====Cast====
*Bonobono: [[Kumiko Watanabe]]
*Shimarisu-kun: [[Konami Yoshida]]
*Araiguma-kun: [[Keiji Fujiwara]]
*Sunadorineko-san: [[Jūrōta Kosugi]]
*Araiguma-kun's father: [[Hideyuki Umezu]]
*Araiguma-kun's mother: [[Keiko Han]]
*Bonobono's father: [[Takashi Nagasako]]
*Dai Nee-chan: [[Miki Narahashi]]
*Shō Nee-chan: [[Mayumi Tanaka]]
*Shimarisu-kun's father: [[Chafurin]]
*Shimarisu-kun's mother: [[Konami Yoshida]]
*Kuzuri-kun: [[Sakiko Uran]]
*Tamago no Kimi-kun: Sakiko Uran
*Kuzuri-kun's father: [[Sakiko Uran]]
*Fennec Kitsune-kun: [[Michiyo Yanagisawa]]
*Fennec Kitsune-kun's father: [[Keaton Yamada]]
*Bōzu-kun: [[Midori Nakazawa]]
*Beaver-san: [[Masahiro Anzai]]
*Bōzu-kun's mother: [[Ako Mayama|Rin Mizuhara]]
*Kohiguma-kun: [[Aya Ishizu]]
*Kokujira-kun: Aya Ishizu
*Higuma no Taishō: [[Kiyoyuki Yanada]]
*Higuma-san: Junko Hagimori
*Hae: [[Kōji Tobe]]
*Shimatchū Oji-san, others: [[Nobuo Tobita]]
*Yama-Ō, others: [[Yūji Ueda]]
*Ki no Obake: [[Chie Satō]]
*Min Min: [[Akiko Yajima]]
*Nan Nan: [[Kōji Yusa]]
*Ōsanshōuo-san: [[Toshiya Ueda]]
*Kaeru-kun: Toshiya Ueda
*Kokujira-kun's mother: [[Mari Mashiba]]
*Nagareboshi-kun: [[Hiromi Ishikawa]]
*Rabi Nii-chan: [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]]
*Chirabi-chan: [[Kae Araki]]
*Chibisuke to Okera-kun: [[Fujiko Takimoto]]
*Kashira to Gonzo: [[Kōji Ishii]]

<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="allcinema"/></small>
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===TV specials===
Following the anime television series, nine specials were aired on [[TV Tokyo]]. At the beginning of each special, the next special was also introduced and showed some animation from it. The specials used a lot of animation from the series, and while the content fit the season in which the special was broadcast, the music, scripts, and jokes were changed for each of the specials. The [[Seiyū|voice actors]] from the TV series were used for the specials.

* ''Oshōgatsu Da yo: Bonobono no World'' (January 2, 1997)
* ''Kodomo no Hi Da yo: Bonobono no World'' (May 5, 1997)
* ''Natsu Yasumi Da yo: Bonobono no World'' (July 21, 1997)
* ''Taiiku no Hi Da yo: Bonobono no World!'' (October 10, 1997)
* ''Oshōgatsu Da yo: Bonobono no World!'' (January 1, 1998)
* ''Kodomo wa Kaze no Ko: Bonobono no World!'' (February 1, 1998)
* ''Kodomo no Hi Da yo: Bonobono no World'' (May 5, 1998)
* ''Shokuyoku no Aki Da yo: Bonobono no World!'' (September 23, 1998)
* ''Oyako Anime Gekijō Bonobono: Jōji Namahage'' (December 23, 1998)

===2002 film===
{{nihongo|'''''Bonobono: Kumomo no Ki no Koto'''''|ぼのぼの クモモの木のこと|}} was the second theatrical ''Bonobono'' movie, released by [[Amuse Pictures]] in theaters in Japan on August 10, 2002. It was done completely in [[3D computer graphics|3D]].

====Staff====
*Original Story: [[Mikio Igarashi]]
*Director: [[Kōki Kumagai]]
*Producer : [[Akihiro Itō]]
*Screenplay Supervisor: Mikio Igarashi
*Screenplay: Mikio Igarashi, Kōki Kumagai
*Planning: [[Kiyoshi Tsuji]], Akihiro Itō
*Music: [[Gontiti]]
*Storyboards: Mikio Igarashi, Kōki Kumagai
*Executive Producers: [[Ippei Takahashi]], [[Yasumasa Makimura]]

====Cast====
*Bonobono: [[Yūto Uemura]]
*Shimarisu-kun: [[Konami Yoshida]]
*Araiguma-kun: [[Kappei Yamaguchi]]
*Bobo-kun: [[Etsuko Kozakura]]
*Bobo-kun's father: [[Masashi Sugawara]]
*Bobo-kun's mother: [[Sumi Shimamoto]]
*Kuzuri-kun: [[Yōko Michihira]]
*Kuzuri-kun's father: [[Yūichi Nagashima]]
*Sunadorineko-san: [[Reo Morimoto]]
*Araiguma-kun's father: [[Danshi Tatekawa]]

<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="allcinema-kumomo">{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=239454|title=ぼのぼの クモモの木のこと (2002)|publisher=AllCinema Online|access-date=2007-11-23|archive-date=2004-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040921160019/http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=239454|url-status=live}}</ref></small>

===2016 TV series===
A recent anime television adaption started airing on April 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-16/bono-bono-gag-comedy-gets-new-tv-anime-after-2-decades/.96583|title=Bono bono gag comedy gets tv anime after 2 decades|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 16, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2015|archive-date=December 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217151747/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-16/bono-bono-gag-comedy-gets-new-tv-anime-after-2-decades/.96583|url-status=live}}</ref> Unlike the previous television series, the episode runtime has been cut from 15 minutes to 5 minutes per episode. A [[Planetarium]] special ''Bono Bono - Uchū kara Kita Tomodachi'' (Bono Bono - The Friend That Came From Space) was shown at the [[Gotanda Cultural Center]] from September 16 to October 9, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-17/bono-bono-planetarium-anime-video-reveals-september-debut/.120219|title=Bono Bono Planetarium Anime's Video Reveals September Debut|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 17, 2017|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527055341/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-17/bono-bono-planetarium-anime-video-reveals-september-debut/.120219|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Crunchyroll]] only simulcasted the first three seasons of the series and is no longer available. On December 21, 2019, the series had a crossover with [[Gachapin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/bonoanime/archives/30900611.html|title=『ぼのぼの×ガチャピン・ムック』キャラクターコラボ決定！！|date=2 December 2019|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402071044/http://blog.livedoor.jp/bonoanime/archives/30900611.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The anime was on hiatus due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] from May to June 2020. It resumed on June 20, 2020. As of December 13, 2024, it has aired 439 episodes.

====Staff====
*Director: [[Hidenori Yamaguchi]]

====Theme song====
;{{nihongo|''Bonobono Suru''|bonobonoする|}}
:Lyrics, Vocals: [[Monobright]]

====Cast====
*Bonobono: [[Fukuko Yukimiyama]]
*Shimarisu-kun: [[Aya Ogata]]
*Araiguma-kun: [[Shinpei Takano]]
*Sunadorineko-san: [[Yūki Kurofuji]]

==Games==
Two games based on the ''Bonobono'' series have been released. The first was {{nihongo|'''''Bonogurashi'''''|ぼのぐらし|}}, a [[simulation game]] released on 1995-04-21 for the [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer]] system by Amuse and [[Bandai Visual]].

The second game was titled {{nihongo|'''''Bonogurashi: Kore de Kanpeki Disu'''''|ぼのぐらし〜これで完璧でぃす〜|}}, an [[adventure game]] released by Amuse for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] system on 1996-06-07.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.bonobono.jp/ Official site]
*{{in lang|ja}} [https://www.bonoanime.jp/ Official 2016 anime site]

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