Hitachi Television City: Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom

In 1982, the learning book **Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom** (ニャロメのおもしろ数学教室改訂版) was adapted as a three-part special airing on the TBS program Hitachi Television City. These 45-minute segments ran from August 11 to August 25.

At the time, the production was considered innovative for it having combined animation with live-action and computer-generated graphics. Akatsuka himself starred in the live-action portions of the special, and many of his characters were used as they were in the book (as well as many other characters being exclusive to this special).

The adaptation is notable for being one of the final portrayals of Bakabon's Papa by Masashi Amenomori before his death in 1984.

## Character Appearances

### **Representing "Extraordinary Ataro"**

* Nyarome
* Ataro
* Dekoppachi
* Batsugoro \*
* Boss Kokoro
* Beshi
* Kemunpas

### **Representing "The Genius Bakabon"**

* Bakabon
* Bakabon's Papa
* Bakabon's Mama
* Hajime
* The Police Officer with the Connected Eyes
* Unagi-Inu
* Rerere
* Ryunoshin

### **Representing "Osomatsu-kun"**

* Osomatsu Matsuno (and brothers) \*
* Iyami
* Chibita \*
* Hatabō \*
* Dekapan \*
* Dayōn

### **Representing "Let's La Gon"**

* Gon \*
* Gon's Father \*
* Beramatcha

### **Other Characters**

* The Thriller Family\* *(The Thriller Family)*
* Mr. Gesupeta\* *(Bukkare\*Dan)*
* Otasuke and Tamao Shiketa \**(Otasuke-kun)*

*\*These characters did not appear in the book the special was based from, but were newly-added*

Animated versions of Fujio Akatsuka and Tamori can also be seen in the special, among cartoon historical figures.

## Staff

* Animation Direction- Shinichi Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Kishi (episode 2)

### Live-Action Actors

* Program Moderators- Koji Ishizaka, Sugar

### Voice Cast

* Narration- Iemasa Kayumi, Fujio Tokita
* Nyarome- Ikkei Kojima
* Bakabon, Ataro- Keiko Yamamoto
* Bakabon's Papa- Masashi Amenomori
* Bakabon's Mama- Eiko Masuyama
* Hajime, The Alphabet- Kazuko Sugiyama
* Batsugoro, Iyami, Pi, Gon's Father- Ichiro Nagai
* The Police Officer with the Connected Eyes- Isamu Tanonaka
* Beramatcha- Yasuo Tanaka
* Hatabō, Dekoppachi- Seiko Nakano
* Ryunoshin- Kaneto Shiozawa
* Boss Kokoro, Euclid- Joji Yanami
* Thief, Leonhard Euler- Hiroshi Otake
* Detective, Henchman - Koji Yada
* René Descartes- Kohei Miyauchi
* Carl Friedrich Gauss- Keiichi Noda

Other exact voice details are currently unknown at this time, although it is said that some actors covered many roles in the production.

## Home Video

There is currently no home video re-release for the special, but it can be viewed in the archives of the Broadcast Library in Yokohama.

## Trivia

* When it comes to the matter of replacement voice actors, Kazuko Sugiyama had previously voiced Hajime for a brief line in the special We are Manga-ka: The Tokiwa-so Story. She had also voiced Hatabō there, though the decision was made to use another actress for the purposes of casting in these segments.
* Beramatcha had previously made a voiced cameo in the anime adaptation of Mitsutoshi Furuya's No-Good Father, and had been seen in voiceless form (along with Gon) in Studio Lotus' ***AIUEIO Song*** for NTV's Curriculum Machine as well as the Tokiwa-so special.

## External Links

* Program Information, Broadcast Library (Japanese)
* Some of the voice cast listed from "Kaneto Shiozawa's Co-Stars" (Japanese)