# Kiteretsu Daihyakka (1988 TV series)

Kiteretsu Daihyakka (キテレツ大百科, "Kiteretsu Large Encyclopedia"; commonly shortened to Kiteretsu) is a Japanese 1988 anime TV series by Fujiko Fujio (Fujimoto alone) television series that ran on Fuji TV from 27 March 1988 to 9 June 1996.

## Premise

The series is the story of a scientific inventor boy genius named Eiichi Kite, a.k.a. Kiteretsu, a descendant of a great inventor named D. Kiteretsu Saisama, who has built a companion robot named Korosuke. He has friends such as Miyoko Nonohana, a girl in his neighborhood and love interest, Buta Gorira (Kumada Kaoru), a typical neighborhood bully, and his friend Tongari, a rich boy, who both often antagonize Korosuke and Kiteretsu (though they are in grade school). It also depicts Kiteretsu's frequent adventures in time with his friends and Korosuke in the time machine which he built.

## Characters
### Eiichi Kite (木手英一, Kite Eiichi) (a.k.a., Kiteretsu (キテレツ))

    An 11-year-old 5th grader who lives in Tokyo. He is the city’s one of the smartest kids who’s also an excellent genius student and is quite the smarty pants, has a strong mechanical and inventive aptitude, but the only thing he is weak at is sports. He can repair normal machines and invent variations of the Daihyakka gadgets. Voiced by: Toshiko Fujita.

### Korosuke (コロ助)

    Kiteretsu's lazy robot assistant who usually ends his sentences with nari (ナリ). He usually wears an artificial samurai sword. He is an invention in the encyclopedia. He was made by Kiteretsu himself. Voiced by: Mami Koyama and later by Kazuko Sugiyama.

### Miyoko Nonohana (野々花みよ子, Nonoha Miyoko) (a.k.a., Miyo-chan (みよちゃん)))

    A very intelligent girl who is one of Kiteretsu's best friends, and Kiteretsu's love interest. She is shown to be Kiteretsu's future wife in several time-travel episodes. She resembles Michiko Sawada from Perman. Voiced by: Yuriko Yamamoto, followed by Mayumi Shō and Chieko Honda.

### Kaoru Kumada (熊田薫, Kumada Kaoru) (a.k.a., Butagorira (ブタゴリラ))

    One of Kiteretsu's friends who is the son of a green grocer who loves vegetables. He is a typical bully, but is mostly comic relief. Voiced by: Hiroshi Ōtake and later by Naoki Tatsuta.

### Kōji Tongari (尖浩二, Tongari Kōji) (a.k.a., Tongari (トンガリ))

    A rich boy and one of Kiteretsu's friends. He is easily frightened, and a best friend of Butagorira, though is quite often bullied by him. Voiced by: Ryū Manatsu and later by Yūji Mitsuya.

### Benzō Karino

    A friend and mentor of Kiteretsu and his friends, as well as a university student. He owns a car. Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki.

### Michiko Kite (木手美智子 Kite Michiko)

    Kiteretsu's mother. Voiced by: Yuri Nashiwa and later by Sumi Shimamoto.

### Eitarō Kite

    Kiteretsu's father. Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka and later by Yusaku Yara.

### Kumahachi Kumada

    Butagorira's father.He owns a vegetable shop Voiced by: Takeshi Aono.

### Sayuri Kumada

    Butagorira's mother. Voiced by: Noriko Uemura.

### Kōichi Tongari

    Tongari's father. Voiced by: Sanshirō Niita, followed by Hirohiko Kakegawa and Masato Hirano.

### Takako Tongari

    Tongari's mother. Voiced by: Yuka Ōno.

### Episodes
#### Staff

* Planning: Taihei Ishikawa→Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV), Yoshirō Kataoka (Asatsu)
* Producers:
** Kenji Shimizu→Minoru Wada→Yoshihiro Suzuki (Fuji TV)
** Yoshio Kataoka→Kazuhiko Ishikawa→Tateshi Yamazaki→Yutaka Sugiyama (Asatsu)
** Akio Wakana (Gallop)
** Tetsuo Kanno (Staff 21)
* Script: Shun'ichi Yukimuro, Takashi Yamada, Toshiyuki Aoshima, Satoshi Namiki, Tadaaki Yamazaki
* General Animation Directors: Tsukasa Tannai, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hajime Watanabe, Nobuyuki Tokinaga, Shōjurō Yamauchi
* Art director: Shichirō Kobayashi→Satoshi Shibata
* Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production, Studio Kanon
* Director of photography: Shigeo Sugimura (credited as Yasuhiro Shimizu for part of it)→Hiroaki Edamitsu
* Music director: Nobuhiro Komatsu
* Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
* Director: Hiro Katsuoka→Keiji Hayakawa
* Executive Producer: Mikio Wakana
* Sound Producer: Yōsuke Kuroda

#### Theme songs
##### Opening theme songs

Listing includes the song title followed by the episodes and the singer in parentheses.
* Kiteretsu Daihyakka no Uta (キテレツ大百科のうた "The Song of Kiterestu Encyclopedia") (90-minute special on November 2, 1987, Mitsuko Horie)
* Oyome-san ni Natte Agenaizo (お嫁さんになってあげないゾ) (ep. 1–24, Kaori Moritani)
* Body dake Lady (ボディーだけレディー) (ep. 25–60, Junko Uchida)
* Yumemiru Jikan (夢みる時間) (ep. 61–86, Megumi Mori)
* Hajimete no Chū (はじめてのチュウ) (ep. 87–108, Anshin Papa)
* Suimin Busoku (スイミン不足) (ep. 109–170, Chicks)
* Oryōri Kōshinkyoku (お料理行進曲) (ep. 171–331, Yuka)

##### Ending theme songs

Listing includes the song title followed by the episodes and the singer in parentheses.
* Korosuke Machi wo Yuku (コロ助まちをゆく) (90-minute special, Kyōko Yamada)
* Magical Boy Magical Heart (マジカルBoyマジカルHeart) (ep. 1–16, Kaori Moritani)
* Lace no Cardigan (レースのカーディガン) (ep. 17–24, Kaori Sakagami)
* Korosuke Rock (コロ助ROCK) (ep. 25–60, Junko Uchida)
* Felt no Pencase (フェルトのペンケース) (ep. 61–86, Megumi Mori)
* Merry ha tada no Tomodachi (メリーはただのトモダチ) (ep. 87–108, Toshiko Fujita)
* Hajimete no Chū (はじめてのチュウ) (ep. 109–170, 213–290, 311–331, Anshin Papa)
* Happy Birthday (ep. 171–212, Yuka)
* Uwasa Kiss (うわさのキッス) (ep. 291–310, TOKIO)

### Television drama

In January 2002, NHK aired a two-hour one-shot live action drama featuring a CGI Korosuke voiced by Mami Koyama. It was originally aired on NHK Educational TV on January 1, 2002.

## Reception

The series was said to be "little more than a respray of the creators' earlier and far more successful Doraemon." The Review Geek indeed noted that, "In some instances, Kiteretsu Encyclopedia feels like a Doraemon clone. This series not only shares the same creator as Doraemon; it follows a similar episodic premise involving a robot and a human. This show includes a cartoon-like art style and is an enjoyable series to watch when you feel stressed or worn out."
The same media wrote that the series "relie[d] on its charming family dynamics and varied humor to keep the audience entertained."

## International broadcast
### South Korea

The series aired in South Korea on Cartoon Network. Like in the Korean version of Doraemon, all characters' names except Korosuke were changed to Korean names.

### India

Hungama TV in 2007. Later on Disney XD, Disney Channel, Pogo & Cartoon Network. An English dub of the anime aired in India on Cartoon Network. A remastered version of the series is aired on Hungama TV from April 2021 in India.

### Arab World

Kiteretsu Daihyakka is broadcast in the Arab world through the Spacetoon channel based in the United Arab Emirates. Like the Korean version of Kiteretsu Daihyakka, the characters' names have been changed, but unlike the Korean version, all the characters' names, including Korosuke's, have been replaced with Arabic names.

### Turkey

Kiteretsu Daihyakka has been broadcast on the Spacetoon Turkey channel since January 20, 2025. As in the Arabic version of Kiteretsu Daihyakka, the names of all characters, including Korosuke, have been changed to Turkish names.