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Template:NihongoTemplate:Efn is a Japanese anime series created by Rin Inumaru, produced by NHK Enterprises, and animated by Gallop.[1] The series has aired on NHK Educational TV since October 1998, making it the second longest-running anime on NHK behind Nintama Rantaro, and the third longest-running anime series to date. The series focuses on a 5-year-old Heian-era prince named Ojarumaru Sakanoue who accidentally time-warps to modern Japan and has adventures there while dodging a trio of young oni who try to get back a scepter that he stole from Great King Enma. The series has been dubbed in many languages.[2] It was the first NHK anime series to be animated using the digital ink-and-paint process instead of cel animation.[3]

It received an "Excellence Award" for animation at the 1999 Japan Media Arts Festival.[4]

Premise

Template:See also Around 1,000 years ago in Fairy World (妖精界 Yōsei-kai) in the Heian era,Template:Efn a young prince from a noble family named Ojarumaru Sakanoue is bored of his life of privilege. He is later lured into Enma World (エンマ界 Enma-kai) by the sound of a ukulele played by Great King Enma. Upon arriving, he steals Great King Enma's powerful scepter,Template:Efn which he uses in order to judge the dead. While getting chased by Great King Enma, he accidentally falls into the Moon Hole (月の穴 Tsuki no Ana), which time-warps him to modern Japan via the Full Moon Road (満月ロード Mangetsu Rōdo). The furious Great King Enma sends his three adopted oni children, Aobei, Kisuke, and Akane, who are known as the "Little Child Trio" (子鬼トリオ Kooni Trio), to pursue Ojarumaru and get the scepter back. At the present time, Ojarumaru falls from the Moon to the roof of Sakata Apartment (坂田マンション Sakata Manshon) where he befriends a boy named Kazuma Tamura and his grandfather Tommy. Fascinated with the prince, Tommy helps Kazuma convince his parents Ai and Makoto into letting Ojarumaru stay with the family, to which they accept. Denbo, Ojarumaru's anthropomorphic firefly caretaker who witnessed the latter falling into the Moon Hole, eventually finds and takes care of him at the request of his parents. While making many new friends and rivals, as well as dodging the Oni Child Trio's efforts to retrieve the scepter, Ojarumaru has many adventures in Moonlight Town (月光町 Gekkō-chō) and encounters new things he has never seen before in his time period.

Later episodes tend to center around other characters, including Princess Okame, Ojarumaru's young fiancé who desperately tries to win over his heart; Okorinbō and Nikorinbō, two anthropomorphic komainu who try numerous get-rich-quick methods in a bid to get their shinto shrine out of poverty; Ken, a freeter who keeps changing jobs; Kazuma's classmates, big eater Kintarō Sakata, beauty-obsessed Komachi Ono, and the judgmental but well-intentioned Kentarō Iwashimizu; Icchoku Honda, Kazuma's energetic homeroom teacher; the Hoshino Family, three aliens from another planet who want to invade Earth and have a strange aversion to Ojarumaru; and Sachiyo Usui, an eccentric manga artist who is notorious for her creepy, highly detailed drawings.

Some episodes place the characters in parodies of notable fairy tales, fables, novels, and TV shows from Japan and other countries. These include Momotarō,[5][6][7] Cinderella,[8] Ikkyū-san,[9] Journey to the West,[10] Columbo,[11] Peter Pan,[12] The Boy Who Cried Wolf,[13] Attack on Titan[14] and James Bond.[15]

Broadcast

Seven television specials have aired on NHK E-Tele. The first special entitled Template:Nihongo aired on January 1, 2000. The second special entitled Template:Nihongo aired on May 3, 2007. The third special entitled Template:Nihongo aired on March 20, 2012. The fourth special entitled Template:Nihongo aired on August 14, 2015.[16] The fifth special entitled Template:Nihongo aired in 2 parts on November 1 and 2, 2017. The sixth special entitled Template:Nihongo aired on November 3, 2017.[17][18] The seventh special Template:Nihongo was scheduled to premiere on March 28, 2022,[19] and was later delayed to March 30 due to a high school baseball tournament preempting the special's initial 9:00 AM timeslot on March 28.[20]

The series has aired daily on Kids Station since November 5, 2018.[21]

Soundtrack

Opening Themes

No. Title[1] Series no.[1] Performer[1] Notes
1 Utahito (詠人) 1–10; 16-present Saburō Kitajima
2 Yumehito (夢人) 11-15 Saburō Kitajima

Ending Themes

No. Title[1] Series no.[1] Performer[1] Notes
1 Template:Nihongo 1 SUS4
2 Template:Nihongo 2 Ojarumaru (Hiroko Konishi), Kazuma (Yuriko Fuchizaki), Denbo (Rie Iwatsubo) A cover of Purin Sanka
3 Template:Nihongo 3 Kooni TrioTemplate:Efn
4 Template:Nihongo 4 Denbo
5 Template:Nihongo 5 Ojarumaru (Chinami Nishimura), Kazuma, Denbo, the Oni Child Trio
6 Template:Nihongo 6 Bin-chan (Ayaka Saitō)
7 Template:Nihongo 7 Moonlight Town Tiny Things ClubTemplate:Efn
8 Template:Nihongo 8 Ojarumaru, Kisuke
9 Template:Nihongo 9 Denbo (Narumi Satō), Ojarumaru, Kazuma
10 Template:Nihongo 10 Natsumi
11 Template:Nihongo 11 Reiko Mizumachi
12 Template:Nihongo 12 Kumiko Mori
13 Template:Nihongo 13 Manami OkuTemplate:Efn
14 Template:Nihongo 14 Ojarumaru Sisters
15 Template:Nihongo 15, 16 Chopiiin (15th series); Ojarumaru, Kazuma, Denbo (16th series)
16 Da!Da!!Da!!! 17 The Collectors
17 Template:Nihongo 18 Zainichi Funk
18 Template:Nihongo 19 OjamensTemplate:Efn
19 Template:Nihongo 20 TWEEDEES A cover of Purin Sanka
20 Template:Nihongo 21 Ken
21 Template:Nihongo 22 Great King Enma (Tetsuo Komura), Bin-chan
22 Template:Nihongo[22] 23 Crazy Ken Band
23 Template:Nihongo[23] 24 Fuwa-chan, Team Ojarumaru
24 Template:Nihongo[24][25] 25 Ringo Sheena
25 Template:Nihongo[26] 26 Ikusaburo Yamazaki
26 Template:Nihongo[27] 27 Shizuka Kudo

Other media

Manga

A manga adaptation of the anime series, written and illustrated by Tatsuma Ejiri, was serialized in Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine from January 2012 to September 2014. The first and only tankōbon volume, which compiles select stories from the Saikyo Jump serialization, was published in Japan on July 4, 2014.[28]

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Video games

Title Developer Publisher Platform Release date Source
Template:Nihongo Bandai Bandai Sega Pico 1999
Template:Nihongo MTO MTO Game Boy Color June 30, 2000 [29]
Template:Nihongo Success Success Game Boy Color July 14, 2000 [30]
Template:Nihongo Interchannel Interchannel Windows 95/98/Me/XP 2001 [31]
Template:Nihongo E Frontier E Frontier Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP, Classic Mac OS, macOS 2002
Template:Nihongo E Frontier E Frontier Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP, Classic Mac OS, macOS 2002 [32]
Template:Nihongo Dorasu Dorasu Windows 95/98/2000/Me [33]
Template:Nihongo MTO MTO Game Boy Advance September 5, 2003 [34]
Template:Nihongo D3 Publisher D3 Publisher Nintendo DS December 20, 2007 [35]
Template:Nihongo Metro Metro au [36]
Template:Nihongo Metro Metro au [37]
Template:Nihongo Metro Metro au [38]
Template:Nihongo Metro Metro au [38]
Template:Nihongo Metro Metro au [39]
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Template:Nihongo Metro Metro au [41]
Template:Nihongo Metro Metro au [42]
Template:Nihongo Akihabara TMO, INC. Akihabara TMO, INC. iOS, Android 2011 [43]

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Template:Cite web
  2. ↑ Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Tagalog, Thai, Cantonese, Korean, and Malay
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  5. ↑ Ojarumaru 1st series episode 68 "Ojaru Oni ga Yama e Iku" (おじゃる 鬼が島へ行く)
  6. ↑ Ojarumaru 3rd series episode 5 "Momoman" (モモマン)
  7. ↑ Ojarumaru 7th series episode 86 "Momoman 2" (モモマン2)
  8. ↑ Ojarumaru 2nd series episode 18 "Ojaderella" (おじゃデレラ)
  9. ↑ Ojarumaru 10th series episode 13 "Ojakkyū-san" (おじゃ休さん)
  10. ↑ Ojarumaru 10th series episode 63 "Ojagoku" (おじゃごくう)
  11. ↑ Ojarumaru 10th series episode 28 "Keiji Ojarumbo" (刑事おじゃるンボ)
  12. ↑ Ojarumaru 15th series episode 75 "Ojater Pan" (おじゃターパン)
  13. ↑ Ojarumaru 18th series episode 38 "Ookami Shonen Ojarumaru" (おおかみ少年おじゃる "Wolf Boy Ojarumaru")
  14. ↑ Ojarumaru 21st series episode 21 "Shingeki no Maro" (進撃のマロ)
  15. ↑ Ojarumaru 21st series episode 32 "Makomako 7" (マコマコ７)
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