佐橋俊彦
The series was adapted as an anime television series produced by TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems and animated by Gallop. The series was direct by Shoki Tsuji with music by Osamu Tezuka and Toshihiko Sahashi and character designs by Hajime Watanabe. The opening theme was , performed by SMAP during the original broadcast and Shoko Sawada on the DVD release. There were three ending themes: by Shoko Sawada for episodes 1–31, by Masami Suzuki, Tomo Sakurai, and Mayumi Akado for episodes 32–56, and by Masami Suzuki and Magical Study for episodes 57–74.