Rikit

Rikit (Rikitto) is a Japanese anime series based on the manga series by Waku Yaniko, which was published by Shogakukan from 1956-1967.
==Plot==
Rikit is a Topanto sent by Jacaro's deceased cousin, Mokono Kamiya, from heaven to take care of his cousin Jacaro, an unlucky miserable 10-year-old boy who always get bad grades and is always made fun of.
==Characters==
Rikit Fujimoto is an 18-year old topanto with the ability to grant wishes to anyone who wishes for it. He is good-hearted and well-intended but is rather short tempered whenever anything someone wishes for gets misused or when someone wishes for physical harm on someone else. He was created by Hiroshi Fujimoto to take care of Mokono Kamiya, who was killed in a road accident, until Mokono sent Rikit to his cousin Jacaro so Rikit could take care of him. He is the older brother of Mikit and Nikit
Jacaro Fujio is a 11-year old boy who is a student of Tezuka Makoto Community School. He is the owner of Rikit which he got from Mokono from heaven (although he chose to keep his a secret from his family). He is really lazy and clumsy but he actually likes to study (despite constantly getting bad grades) and he wants to become a entrepreneur. Jacaro is revealed to be a huge fan of Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko and and that his favourite mangas are Doraemon and Ninja Hattori-Kun.
Yutaka Fujio is a 45-year old man who is the father of Jacaro and Hakaru, the husband Fumiko Mizuno and a retired manga artist of his manga series Waku Life. He can be really sterm to his son whenever he gets any bad grades but he is also supportive to him and hopes he would be a entrepreneur when Jacaro grows up. Yutaka is revealed to have known Hayao Miyazaki for years since he first met him in high school and has remained friends with him for years,
Fumiko Mizuno is a 43-year old woman who is the mother of Jacaro and Hakaru the wife of Yutaka Fujio. She is also sterm when it comes to her son's bad grades but she tends to be more calmer than Yutaka. Fumiko met Yutaka when she was on a school tour to the Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum.
Hakaru Fujio is a 10-year old girl who is the younger sister of Jacaro. She is rather bratty and fun-loving but still cares for Jacaro whenever he gets himself in trouble. She is the only family member of the household who knows about Rikit's presence but chooses to keep it to herself.
Susie Tezuka is a 9-year old girl who is a student of Tezuka Makoto Community School. She is constantly bullied by most of her classmates for being the daughter of a retired Yakuza, but she is a kind and friendly girl with no interests of becoming a Yakuza but instead wants to be a Composer (she considered becoming a pop idol but reconsidered after learning about what happened to Mayu Tomita). Susie always sees Jacaro as nothing more as a friend although Jacaro seems to have a crush on her. Her best friend is Rikit's sister, Mikit.
Snaco Mizuta is an 11-year old boy who is also a student of Tezuka Makoto Community School. He is a very rich boy who always brags about his riches and toys he would get from his parents. He is the best friend of Gio, whom he known since they were babies, and has a huge love for his mother.
Gio Date is a 12-year old boy who is the enemy (and friend) of Jacaro. He is really harsh and often thinks that violence is the best solution of a certain problem. His real name is Honoka Date (after an Ehine Girls member) due to being misgendered as a girl when he was actually a boy so because of this, his mother nicknamed him Gio so he wouldn't be embarrased.
Fujiko Date is a 7-year old girl who is Gio's younger sister. She is spoiled by her mother most of the time and bosses her brother but still loves him the way he is. She has a crush on Jacaro.
Hakaru Fujitaka is a 55-year old man who worked as a teacher for 19 years. He seems to be calmer than the principal but he often punishes his pupils (mainly Jacaro) whenever they get even one question wrong. His mother was a former solider of Japan while his father was also a Teacher.
Hiroshi Ikeda is a topanto who serves as a teacher of the school Rikit graduated from. He is, as most people and topantos calls, a very peverted topanto with a habit of often sneaking into females bathroom but is netherless a wise topanto who wants to teach his students. He was created by Kikunae Ikeda to be a teacher.
Mikit Fujimoto is a topanto who is the sister of Rikit and Nikit. She is more responsible and more calmer than Rikit but is not afraid to get mad whenever she thinks that someone goes too far. Mikit was created by Hiroshi Fujimoto, who also created Rikit, and stay with him in his home.
Nikit Fujimoto is a Topanto who is the younger brother of Rikit and Mikit. He is childish and is always getting wishes wrong but he is also a comedian. He was created five minutes after Mikit.
Kana Ishinomori is a Mokano who is working as a doctor in Heaven. She loves almost everything but she is not a pushover and would get upset whenever someone treats her and her friends harshly, especially Rikit, whom she known for months. She was created by Shotaro Ishinomori.
Naoki is a topanto with a PHD in wish granting. He is egoistic but he cares deeply about his friends, especially his creator, Osamu Tezuka. Naoki secretly has a crush on Mikit but as a running gag, he would always deny it whenever it gets brought up.
Hico, Paku, Koto, Pina, Miku, Mayu and Ruki are a group of topantos who are agents of heaven. They are often getting into arguments (especially with their occacial 8th member Rikit) but they are still best of friends and are always working together. Hico, Paku and Koto are created by Fujio Akatsuka while Ruki, Pina, Miku and Mayu are created by Yusuko Chūsonji. They only appear in the manga spin-off series created by Machiko Yaniko and published by Shogakukan for CoroCoro Comic, The Topantos.
Ceecee is a city fox who lives in a local park. She is the girlfriend of Rikit and often visits secretly when he's not taking care of Jacaro. She mostly thinks she is a cat due to her being raised by cats after her birth parents were killed by hunters during a hunting game.
Mokono Kamiya is a boy who is the deceased cousin of Jacaro. He was killed in a road accident when he was 10. Mokono is just as naughty as Jacaro but he cares about his friends. He is currently living with Hiroshi Fujimoto, Mikit and Nikit in Heaven.
==Cast==
===Japanese Cast===
=== 1972 Series ===
Kōsei Tomita: Rikit
Junko Hori: Jacaro Fujio, Mokono Kamiya, Hakaru Fujio
Noriko Ohara: Fumiko Mizuno, Fujiko Date
Ichirō Murakoshi: Yutaka Fujio
Kaneta Kimotsuki: Gio Date
Osamu Kato: Snaco Mizuta
Masako Nozawa: Mikit, Ceecee
Sanji Hase: Naoki
Kazue Takahashi: Nikit
Michiko Nomura: Susie Tezuka
 
Masashi Amennomori: Hakaru
Keiko Yokozawa: Kana
=== 1980 Series ===
Masako Nozawa: Rikit, Miss Tezuka, Miss Mizuta
Keiko Yokoyama: Jacaro, Mokono, Hakaru
Kaneta Kimotsuki: Naoki, Gio Date
Sumiko Shirakawa: Susie Tezuka, Fumiko, Fujiko
Kōsei Tomita: Snaco Mizuta, Yutaka
Junko Hori: Mikit, Nikit, Ceecee
Osamu Kate: Hakaru
Kazue Takahashi: Kana
=== 2007 Series ===
Shunsuke Kazama: Rikit
Yumiko Kobayashi: Mikit
Tarako: Nikit, Ceecee
Makiko Ohmoto: Jakaro Fujio
Mai Aizawa: Hakaru Fujio
Kaito Ishikawa: Yutaka Fujio
Chiaki Fujimoto: Fujiko
Tomokazo Seki: Hakaru 
Wataru Takagi: Naoki
Shigeru Chiba: Hiroshi
Gen Hoshino: Gio Date
Masako Nozawa: Susie Tezuka
Motoko Kumai: Mokono Kamiya
Yumi Kakazu: Kana
Chisa Yokoyama: Fumiko Mizuno
Osamu Hosoi: Snaco Mizuta
===English Cast (2007 Series Only)===
Brian Beacock: Rikit 
Melissa Fahn: Mikit 
Tom Fahn: Nikit
Tress MacNeille: Kana
Tarako: Ceecee
Grey DeLisle: Hakaru Fujio
Johnny Yong Bosch: Jacaro, Gio, Naoki, Mokono
Christopher Sabat: Hakaru, Hiroshi, Yutaka
Monica Rial: Fumiko, Fujiko
Susan Egan: Susie
Jason Davis Frank: Snaco
== Controversy ==
The 1980 Anime was temperally banned in India due to complaints about the characters behaviours that they thought could have a negative effect on children. In response, Waku Yaniko, the creator of Rikit, criticized this as hypocrisy, as most Indian shows have a lot of contents he describe as "a negative effect on children".
The episode "Benesse doesn't really like kids", an episode that ridicules Japanese company Benesse, was banned after airing twice due to the negative portrayal of Benesse and other preschool show creators as pedophiles and child groomers.
==Trivia==
*Originally it was supposed to be a series of OVAs but Waku Yaniko did not like it so it was made an Anime instead.
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