Kiteretsu Encyclopedia/Anime

## Kiteretsu Encyclopedia

The manga was later made into a 331-episode anime TV series which ran on Fuji TV from March 27, 1988 to June 9, 1996.

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

The series aired in South Korea on Cartoon Network. The series first aired in India on Hungama TV in 2007 before it was revised to a remastered version from April 2021. Later on Disney XD, Disney Channel, Pogo & Cartoon Network. An English dub of the anime aired in India on Cartoon Network. As of September 2016, a remastered version of the series airs on Animax in Japan.

## 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

## Music

### Opening themes

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

### Ending Themes

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