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Tensai Bakabon

TV·1971–1972·1 season, 40 episodes·YTV·Animation, Comedy, Family·23m

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Based on Fujio Akatsuka's subversive family comedy, the series follows naive 10-year-old Bakabon and his folks: Papa, the patriarch and idiot supreme, Mama, Bakabon's darling mother and voice of reason, and Hajime, the newly-born baby boy who, due to being in the womb for an extended period, gained super-intelligence and an extensive bevy of worldly knowledge. Much of the comedy revolves around the idiotic natures of Bakabon and his Papa, and the people who have to put up with it.

Cast

Keiko YamamotoKeiko YamamotoバカボンEiko MasuyamaEiko MasuyamaバカボンのママTakako SasugaTakako SasugaハジメIsamu TanonakaIsamu TanonakaおまわりさんRyuji SaikachiRyuji SaikachiレレレのおじさんMasashi AmenomoriMasashi Amenomoriバカボンのパパ

Episodes by season

Season0140Episodes1971–72Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1September 25, 1971—
  2. S01E02Episode 2October 2, 1971—
  3. S01E03Episode 3October 9, 1971—
  4. S01E04Episode 4October 16, 1971—
  5. S01E05Episode 5October 23, 1971—
  6. S01E06Episode 6October 30, 1971—
  7. S01E07Episode 7November 6, 1971—
  8. S01E08Episode 8November 13, 1971—
  9. S01E09Episode 9November 20, 1971—
  10. S01E10Episode 10November 27, 1971—
  11. S01E11Episode 11December 4, 1971—
  12. S01E12Episode 12December 11, 1971—
  13. S01E13Episode 13December 18, 1971—
  14. S01E14Episode 14December 25, 1971—
  15. S01E15Episode 15January 1, 1972—
  16. S01E16Episode 16January 8, 1972—
  17. S01E17Episode 17January 15, 1972—
  18. S01E18Episode 18January 22, 1972—
  19. S01E19Episode 19January 29, 1972—
  20. S01E20Episode 20February 5, 1972—
  21. S01E21Episode 21February 12, 1972—
  22. S01E22Episode 22February 19, 1972—
  23. S01E23Episode 23February 26, 1972—
  24. S01E24Episode 24March 4, 1972—
  25. S01E25Episode 25March 11, 1972—
  26. S01E26Episode 26March 18, 1972—
  27. S01E27Episode 27March 25, 1972—
  28. S01E28Episode 28April 1, 1972—
  29. S01E29Episode 29April 8, 1972—
  30. S01E30Episode 30April 15, 1972—
  31. S01E31Episode 31April 22, 1972—
  32. S01E32Episode 32April 29, 1972—
  33. S01E33Episode 33May 6, 1972—
  34. S01E34Episode 34May 13, 1972—
  35. S01E35Episode 35May 20, 1972—
  36. S01E36Episode 36May 27, 1972—
  37. S01E37Episode 37June 3, 1972—
  38. S01E38Episode 38June 10, 1972—
  39. S01E39Episode 39June 17, 1972—
  40. S01E40Episode 40June 24, 1972—

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