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Kickboxer Hoshi

**Kickboxer Hoshi** (*Kanji: キックボクサー星*) is a 2010 TV anime produced by Studio XYZ and aired on Nippon Television.

## Synopsis

Mineo Hoshi trains to become a superstar kickboxer.

## Cast

* Yūichi Nakamura as Mineo Hoshi.
* Yasunori Matsumoto as Mineo's coach.
* Yui Makino as Tsubaki Amada, Mineo's quirky girlfriend.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "Kick&Punch!" by WHITE HORSE
*Lyrics and Composition by* Hakuba Yanagita
*Arrangement by* WHITE HORSE

### Ending

1. "the never ending rainbows" by Yui Makino
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Kenichi "pal@pop" Takano

## Trivia

* Having provided the ending animation, Kickboxer Hoshi was Hayao Haraguchi's first work for Studio XYZ.
Penguin Darling Swan Song

**Penguin Darling Swan Song** (*Kana: ペンギンダーリン　swan song*) is an anime aired on TV Tokyo starting September 13, 2021.

Replacing the XYZ Academy's Neko Nichijō, the series consists of the remaining 11 previously unaired episodes of Penguin Darling, all remastered. The "swan song" part of the title refers to how they were meant to be the final episodes of the series before it was cancelled.

## Synopsis

After being expelled from her school, Takako Matsuura makes the decision to pursue her dream of becoming a famous idol all across the world. She meets Shira-P, a troubled musician who agrees to produce for her and embarks on her career as an idol to the fullest.

In this series, Takako and Shira-P are taken in by Tamakura, a famed record producer.

## Cast

*This is a remaster of the series to its full extent, therefore all of the original audio, including the voices, are remastered.*

* Yūko Mizutani as Takako Matsuura, a young penguin girl with a beautiful singing voice.
	+ Maho Sōma provides Takako's singing voice.
* Bin Shimada as Shirayuki "Shira-P" Kumagai, Takako's polar bear producer.
* Kōichi Yamadera as Tamakura, a handsome Doberman and famous record producer that becomes Takako and Shira-P's new manager.

## Theme Songs

*Lyrics by* Mikoto Teshima
*Arrangement by* Doremi-Paradox

### Opening

1. "Penguin Love (ペンギンラブ)" by Doremi-Paradox feat. Maho Sōma
*Composition by* Kisaburō Inaba

### Ending

1. "Yume no Ballade (夢のバラード, Ballad of Dreams)" by Doremi-Paradox feat. Maho Sōma
*Composition by* Mikoto Teshima
Usagi Yojimbo/Season 1

Cover of Book 8: Shades of Death, the first book adapted in the series.

The first season of the Usagi Yojimbo anime series aired in Japan between May 4 and October 26, 2012.

This season adapts books 8-10 and part of Book 11 (up to *The Lord of Owls*) of the Usagi Yojimbo collections published by Dark Horse Comics.

## Synopsis

Wandering the world of medieval Japan, Usagi Yojimbo is a masterless samurai known as 'ronin'. Usagi fights for the oppressed and downtrodden while he maintains the honor and tradition that make him a true warriror in the code of Bushido.

## Cast

* Osamu Hosoi as Miyamoto Usagi, a ronin that walks the path of a musha shugyo, the warrior's journey.
* Saki Fujita as Tomoe Ame, Lord Noriyuki's personal bodyguard and closest advisor.
* Takashi Nagasako as Murakami Gennosuke, a bounty hunter.
* Kōsuke Toriumi as Stray Dog, a bounty hunter who has teamed up with Usagi and Gen multiple times.
* Takkō Ishimori as Katsuichi, Usagi's childhood sensei.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

This season had no opening theme. Instead, the opening animation adapts Usagi's origin tale, told from Usagi's own perspective.

### Ending

1. "MUTANT TURTLES‼" by Yatsumi Sakei and Mutant Turtles (Junji Majima, Hiro Shimono, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Tatsuhisa Suzuki) (ep. 1)
*Lyrics and Composition by* Shigenori Ōta
*Arrangement by* Shigenori Ōta and the JOKER's
2. "DREAMSCAPE" by MEG (eps. 2-26)
*Lyrics and Composition by* Dave Liang
*Arrangement by* The Shanghai Restoration Project
Sadako Yamada

**Sadako Yamada** (*Kanji: 山田 貞子*) was a Japanese nihon buyoh dancer, butoh dancer, and Shinada-sha's primary voice actress for the 1960's and most of the 1970's.

She retired in 1978 and later passed away on March 14, 1995 from breast cancer at the age of 74.

## Voice Acting Roles

### Shorts

* Blanc & Yamada's English-Japanese Seminar (1960) - Herself

### TV

* Tokyo 1964
* Animal Ninja (1970) - Kitsunemaru/Tanukimaru/Sarumaru
* Morimori Nakama Mr. B (1971) - Pom & Poco
* Tantei Shōjo Kaori (1971-1972) - Kaori
* TonPonCon (1972-1975) - Pon
* Denki Hero Roboman (1977-1978) - Akumas **(Last role)**

## Anime Staff Positions

### TV

* Animal Ninja (1970) - Theme Song Performance (OP, Original)
* Denki Hero Roboman (1977-1978) - Theme Song Performance (ED1)

## Successors

After her retirement and subsequent death, the following voice actors took over her ongoing roles:

* Akiko Yajima - Kokontōzai Animal Ninja (Tanukimaru)
* Hana Takeda - Kaettekita Mr. B (Pom & Poco)
* Hiromi Tsuru - Meitantei Shōjo Kaori (Kaori)
* Kaneta Kimotsuki - Kokontōzai Animal Ninja (Sarumaru)
* Keiko Toda - Kokontōzai Animal Ninja (Kitsunemaru)
* Kōichi Yamadera - TonPonCon 90 (Pon)
* Masako Nozawa - Robotman and the Five Elements (Akumas)
* Shigeru Chiba - Animal Ninja: Ganbare! Kemonogumi (Sarumaru)
Gekijō-ban Chō-Base

**Gekijō-ban Chō-Base** (*Kanji: 劇場版超ベース*) is a 1995 sports anime movie produced by Studio XYZ.

## Synopsis

The Murakami School baseball team has been named a competitor in a Big League Junior Baseball tournament, and they must give it their all to defeat their rivalling teams.

## Cast

### Murakami Baseball Team

* Keiko Toda as Kyūji Maruno, a young boy who plays in the Murakami School baseball team.
* Kōzō Shioya as Kadoma Baba, the overweight catcher of the team.
* Yūji Ueda as Kazunobu Ōmura, a pitcher in the team.
* Tōru Furuya as Atsuo Tsuruta, a handsome player in the team.
* Daisuke Namikawa as Akihiko Nozawa, Kyūji's best friend.
* Keiji Fujiwara as Tadahiko Hoshino, the team coach.

### Murakami Cheerleaders

* Emi Shinohara as Yayoi Okuyama, the brute and overweight cheerleading captain.
* Kotono Mitsuishi as Yū Suzuki, Kyūji's love interest.
* Rica Fukami as Asayo Tsuji, the most popular girl in school and, for most of the movie, Kadoma's girlfriend.
* Michie Tomizawa as Kunie Yamamoto, a girl known for her skills in martial arts.
* Aya Hisakawa as Anri Koyanagi, a very smart girl notable for her huge glasses.

### Other Characters

* Keiko Han as Ms. Nakatani, Kyūji's teacher.
* Ryō Horikawa as Chūya Onodera, a guy from another school and Kyūji's main rival.
* Masami Kikuchi as Ataru Kishimoto, the main antagonist who plays in the Kitsune baseball team.
* Senichi Hoshino as himself.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "GRAND LEAGUE" by Hironobu Kageyama
*Lyrics and Composition by* Hironobu Kageyama
*Arrangement by* Kōhei Tanaka

### Ending

1. "Chance (チャンス)" by Taeko Ōnuki
*Lyrics and Composition by* Taeko Ōnuki
*Arrangement by* Kenji Ōmura
Kyodai Shishin Robot: Si Xiang Machine

**Kyodai Shishin Robot: Si Xiang Machine** (*Kanji: 巨大四神ロボット　シジャンマシーン*) is a 1998 mecha anime produced by Studio XYZ and aired on NHK.

Kyodai Shishin Robot: Si Xiang Machine was the studio's first anime to make use of 3D computer graphics, provided by their then-recently opened *XYZ Computer Works* division.

## Synopsis

The series revolves around giant robots modeled after the Four Symbols of chinese mythology, piloted simultaneously by a male and a female pilots.

## Cast

### Male Pilots

* Yūji Ueda as Ryūji, the male pilot of the Seiryū.
* Kazuhiko Inoue as Kaibō, the male pilot of the Suzaku.
* Shigeru Nakahara as Tokio, the male pilot of the Byakkō.
* Keiji Fujiwara as Junya, the male pilot of the Genbu.

### Female Pilots

* Omi Minami as Miyo, Ryūji's sister and the female pilot of the Seiryū.
* Mayumi Tanaka as Shirley, a ganguro girl and the female pilot of the Suzaku.
	+ A running gag involves Shirley unsuccessfully attempting to romance Kaibō.
* Miki Itō as Motoka, Tokio's girlfriend and the female pilot of the Byakkō.
* Miki Narahashi as Junko, Junya's little sister and the female pilot of the Genbu.

### Other Characters

* Unshō Ishizuka as General Kōryū, the mentor to the pilots.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "Meguru Kisetsu wo Koete" (めぐる季節を越えて, Beyond the Season) by FIELD OF VIEW
*Lyrics and Composition by* Yūya Asaoka
*Arrangement by* FIELD OF VIEW and Daisuke Ikeda

### Ending

1. "Collision and Improvisation" by Pizzicato Five
*Composition and Arrangement by* Yasuharu Konishi
Animal-Machi

**Animal-Machi** (*Kanji: アニマル町*), known in English as **Critterville**, is a 1984 TV anime created by Yumi Kamuta, produced by Studio XYZ and aired on TV Asahi.

## Synopsis

The series revolves around the Piwanichido gang, a bunch of kids having fun in Animal-Machi.

## Cast

### Piwanichido/Critter Bunch

* Rihoko Yoshida as Pyonko/Honey the Bunny, leader of the bunch.
* Mayumi Tanaka as Wanta/Rufus the Dog, very mischievous.
* Takako Sasuga as Nyanta/Matty the Cat, who has a secret crush on Pyonko.
* Nobuyo Ōyama as Chūta/Pipsqueak the Mouse, who loves movies and theatre more than anything.
* Naoki Tatsuta as Donrō/Boomer the Bear, the big fat kid who came up with the group's name, combining the first kana off of each member's name.

## Theme Songs

*Lyrics by* Yumi Kamuta
*Composition and Arrangement by* Ryūichi Sakamoto

### Opening

1. "Animal-machi no Uta (アニマル町の唄, The Critterville Song)" by Piwanichido (Rihoko Yoshida, Mayumi Tanaka, Takako Sasuga, Nobuyo Ōyama and Naoki Tatsuta)

### Ending

1. "Pyonko no Love Song (ぴょん子のラブソング, Honey's Love Song)" by Pyonko (Rihoko Yoshida)

## Trivia

* Animal-Machi was Toshiya Ueno's last work for Studio XYZ, he left the studio for undisclosed reasons.

## See Also

* Otona ni Nacchatta! Animal-Machi
* Tadaima Animal-machi
Tatsuzō Nemoto

**Tatsuzō Nemoto** (*Kanji: 根本 達三*) was a Japanese director who worked for Studio XYZ.

He passed away on October 24, 2008 from Nephritis.

## Anime Staff Positions

### Movies

* Gekijō-ban Kousagi Zayats: Ōkami Gundan no Sekai Seifuku Keikaku (1979) - Director
* Tintin in Tibet (1985) - Director
* Yūrei Yashiki Yūgi (2003) - Assistant Director
* Crazy Theater (2005) - Assistant Director
* RaiTai: Lion to Tora no Monogatari (2007) - Co-Director
* Kogitsune Kon to Kodanuki Pon (2008) - Director **(Last work)**

### Music Videos

* XYZ loves YMO: Nice Age (1988) - Director

### OVAs

* Penguin Darling: The Great Show (1993) - Director
* Zayats: Ōkami Gundan no Sekai Seifuku Keikaku (2004) - Director

### TV

* Riyūnaki Hangyaku Bulldog Boys (1976/1978) - Director
* Shin Kousagi Zayats (1978-1979) - Director
* Banchō Joe (1980-1981) - Director
* Ponpoko Gekijō (1981) - Director
* Animal-Machi (1984-1985) - Director
* Jewel Marquise (1985-1986) - Director
* Usakuma (1986) - Director
* Hey! Panda (1989) - Director
* Kousagi Zayats '91 (1991) - Director
* Penguin Darling (1991) - Director
* Bishōjo Olympiad (1992) - Director
* Majutsu-shi Tanuki (1992) - Director
* KataTen (1993-1994) - Director
* Denki Hero Roboman Chuu (1994) - Director
* Lovely Cooking with Mai Oishii (1999) - Director
Lovely Cooking with Mai Oishii

**Lovely Cooking with Mai Oishii** (*Kanji: 及椎まいのラブリークッキング*) is a 1999 TV anime produced by Studio XYZ and aired on NHK Educational Television.

## Synopsis

Mai Oishii is a 15 year old girl who loves cooking more than anything.

## Cast

* Yūko Mizutani as Mai Oishii, the protagonist.
* Yuriko Yamaguchi as Linlin, Mai's best friend of Chinese descendance.
* Chie Kōjiro as Tomota Oishii, Mai's little brother.
* Maho Sōma as Mai's mother.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "Kitchen Master!!! (キッチンマスター！！！)" by Mai Oishii (Yūko Mizutani), Linlin (Yuriko Yamaguchi) and Tomota (Chie Kōjiro)
*Lyrics by* Sadami Hiyoshi
*Composition and Arrangement by* Yasuharu Konishi

### Ending

1. "Koi no Recipe (恋のレシピ, Love Recipe)" by Maho Sōma
*Lyrics and Composition by* Shunya Asano
*Arrangement by* Yukihiro Fukutomi
Usagi Yojimbo Movie: Daichi no Uragirimono

Cover of Book 26: Traitors of the Earth, presumably the book the movie will adapt.

## Staff

### Source material

**Comic Book**
*Usagi Yojimbo* by Stan Sakai

### Script/Storyboard

**Script:** Moeka Mochizuki (Usagi Workshop)

### Director

Masaya Nagata (Usagi Workshop)

**Usagi Yojimbo Movie: Daichi no Uragirimono** (*Kanji: 劇場版兎用心棒　大地の裏切者*) is an upcoming anime movie set to release in February 24, 2024, tying into the Usagi Yojimbo series.

## Synopsis

The rabbit ronin faces a horde of the undead when a harmless-looking but powerful charm brings a betrayed army back to life. With hundreds of zombies and an evil wizard to contend with, Usagi finds himself far out of his depth! Fortunately, he has the aid of Sasuke the Demon Queller.

## Cast

* Osamu Hosoi as Miyamoto Usagi.
* Ryūichi Azuma as Sasuke the demon queller.
* Akemi Shinohara as Kitsune.
* Yumi Hara as Kiyoko, Kitsune's apprentice and sidekick.
Yūko Mizutani

**Yūko Mizutani** (*Kanji: 水谷 優子*) was a Japanese actress, voice actress, narrator and singer from Ama District, Aichi.

She worked for Production Baobab until September, 2011 and was affiliated with Aoni Production since December 1, 2012 up until her death. She graduated from the Osaka Prefecture Shimamoto High School. Her nickname was Kerorin (ケロリン). She made her debut in 1985 on the popular TV series Kidou Senshi Z Gundam, where she played the role of Sarah Zabiarov and gained popularity thereafter.

She died from breast cancer on May 17, 2016.

## Anime Voice Roles

### Movies

* Kogitsune Kon to Kodanuki Pon (2008) - Pon's Siblings

### OVAs

* Madou Monogatari (1991-1993) - Witch
* Penguin Darling: The Great Show (1993) - Takako Matsuura (dialogue)
* Meitantei Shōjo Kaori (2000)
* Dame Oyaji (2004) - Student
* Fuhai Karada (2004-2005) - Tanio
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai World Tour (2006) - Bollywood actress

### TV

* Joshikousei Aragoto Kabuki Girl (1989) - Tōko Ichikawa
* TonPonCon 90 (1990-1991)
* Penguin Darling (1991) - Takako Matsuura (dialogue)
* Denki Hero Roboman Chuu (1994) - Maki Nomiya (dialogue, ep. 19)
* Chō-Base (1995) - Student
* Women's Wrestling Federation: Ring Gal (1998) - Masquerade Mizutani
* Lovely Cooking with Mai Oishii (1999) - Mai Oishii
* Yōkai Miko (2005) - Miko Sakuragi (Bakeneko form)
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai (2006-2009) - Hanako-san / Additional voices
Bearman

* 1994
* OVA

**Bearman** (*Kana: ベアマン*) is the Wood Elemental in the 1985 film/1986 OVA Robotman and the Five Elements and a recurring character in Denki Hero Roboman Chuu.

He tends to act as a "third wheel" to Roboman and Mako's duo.

## Appearance

Bearman is obese and slightly shorter than Roboman. While he has some peachy skin, he has a brown forehead with a green rectangle and two "bear ears" on it.

He has a black neck (dark green in the OVA) reading "クマ" (bear) in light green, he also has a brown upper body with a massive belly of a slightly lighter shade (as to resemble a bear's body) and black bottom, connected by a black belt with a rectangle for a buckle. In the OVA, most of Bearman's body is of a dark shade of brown.

## Personality

Bearman is extremely silly and maybe not that smart of a guy, but he takes pride and joy in his round body, to the point where he more often than not slaps his belly.

## Abilities

* Bearman rarely uses any abilities, but he has an attack that he can perform by doing a "belly flop" on the ground, and thus everything around him would shake.
* In a few episodes of Chuu and the PC-98 game, Bearman has been shown to use sumo wrestling moves.

## Trivia

* According to an interview, Bearman is Kyōgo Yamashita's favorite character out of those introduced in the movie, and "[he] wouldn't mind seeing him again". Thus Bearman would reappear as a recurring character in Chuu.

## References

<references>

1. ↑ Denki Hero Roboman Chuu
List of OVA prizes

When Studio XYZ produced OVAs, the studio gave away a prize to those who had collected the entirety of an OVA series after they were finished.

## Madou Monogatari (1991-1993)

If you have all 3 Madou Monogatari OVAs, the prize is a special version of the original Sega Mega Drive port of the first Puyo Puyo game for Sega Mega-CD.

This version of Puyo Puyo features cutscenes animated by Studio XYZ themselves, and voices by the cast of the OVA series:

* Arle - Megumi Hayashibara
* Skeleton-T - Shigeru Chiba
* Nasu Grave - Kazunari Tanaka
* ‡Mummy - Nobuyo Ōyama
* Draco Centauros - Keiko Toda
* Suketoudara - Takeshi Aono
* ‡Sukiyapodes - Rihoko Yoshida
* Harpy - Satomi Kōrogi
* Panotty - Tarako
* ‡Zombie - Hiroshi Masuoka
* Witch - Yūko Mizutani
* Zoh Daimaoh - Tōru Ōhira
* Schezo Wegey - Kazuhiko Inoue
* Minotauros - Unshō Ishizuka
* Rulue - Mami Koyama
* Satan - Kōichi Yamadera

‡ denotes a character that didn't appear in any of the 3 OVAs.

## さるとびサスケくんSoundTracks by モンキービジネス

### Artist

Monkey Business
Kūya Nakatani, Hizuru Numata, Sōichi Terada, Tomoko Sasaki and Yasutaka Nakata

### Producer

Kūya Nakatani

If you have all 6 Sarutobi Sasuke-kun OVAs, the prize is a soundtrack album.

The album features longer versions of the opening and ending themes.

### Tracklist

*This is not a complete list of all the tracks in the album.*

* さるとびサスケくん (Opening Theme)
*Lyrics by* Kūya Nakatani
*Composition by* Yasutaka Nakata
*Vocals by* Sarutobi Sasuke (Toshiko Koshijima)
* 江戸ファイターズBGM (ep. 3-2)
*Composition by* Sōichi Terada
* パズルでポンBGM (ep. 3-2)
*Composition by* Tomoko Sasaki
* 桜姫の歌
*Lyrics by* Kūya Nakatani
*Composition by* Kūya Nakatani and Hizuru Numata
*Vocals by* Princess Sakura (Hyo-sei)
* moonlight monkey (Ending Theme)
*Lyrics by* Kūya Nakatani
*Composition by* Yasutaka Nakata
*Vocals by* Toshiko Koshijima

## Zayats: Ōkami Gundan no Sekai Seifuku Keikaku (2004)

   If you have all 3 Zayats: Ōkami Gundan no Sekai Seifuku Keikaku OVAs, the prize is a Pokota plush.
It's Tough being a Ghost

**It's Tough being a Ghost** (*Kana: おばけはつらいよ*) is the second half of the forty-seventh episode of the Pac-Man anime, and the ninety-forth episode overall.

## Cast

* Wataru Takagi as Akabei/Blinky
* Chika Sakamoto as Pinky
* Yasuhiro Takato as Aosuke/Inky
* Tōru Ōhira as Guzuta/Clyde
* Kazuko Yanaga as Sue
* Tōru Furuya as Funky

## Trivia

### Cultural References

* The entire episode is a reference to the Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series.
	+ Clyde takes the role of Tora-san, a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love.
	+ Pinky represents Sakura, Tora-san's kind-hearted half-sister.
	+ Sue acts as the episode's "Madonna", an attractive woman who invariably ends up breaking Clyde's heart.
Gulzar

**Gulzar** (*Kana: ガルザー*) is a 2013 anime movie produced by Studio XYZ and distributed by Shochiku.

The movie is based on a one-shot manga by Sadami Hiyoshi, which in turn is a spin-off of Katsushi Niwa's manga *Mehran*.

## Synopsis

Now 20 years old, Gulzar, the youngest of Shamroz's wives, lives her life to the fullest in Mazar-e-Sharif with her fellow widows.

## Cast

* Hiromi Igarashi as Gulzar, 20 years old.
* Miyuki Sawashiro as Benafsha, 27 years old.
* Yōko Soumi as Mitra, 39 years old.
* Ikuko Tani as Aghala, 52 years old, who misses her husband greatly despite his abuses.

## Theme Songs

*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Yasutaka Nakata

### Opening

1. "Furisodation (ふりそでーしょん)" by Kyarypamyupamyu

### Ending

1. "Otona na Kodomo (おとななこども, Adult child)" by Kyarypamyupamyu
Sarutobi Sasuke-kun

**Sarutobi Sasuke-kun** (*Kana: さるとびサスケくん*) is an OVA series produced by Studio XYZ.

## Synopsis

Sarutobi Sasuke is a little ninja monkey who pays visits to the human Kobayashi family.

### Kobayashi Family

* Mika Kanai as Kōji Kobayashi
* Miyako Itō as Aiko Kobayashi.
* Takumi Kurebayashi as the Kobayashi mother.
* Keiji Fujiwara as the Kobayashi father.

### Other

* Hyo-sei as Princess Sakura, Sasuke's crush.

## Theme Songs

*Lyrics by* Kūya Nakatani
*Composition by* Yasutaka Nakata

### Opening

1. "Sarutobi Sasuke-kun (さるとびサスケくん)" by Sarutobi Sasuke (Toshiko Koshijima)

### Ending

1. "moonlight monkey" by Sarutobi Sasuke (Toshiko Koshijima)
XYZFM

**XYZFM** is an audio division of Studio XYZ.

They produce music for some Studio XYZ anime as well as release CD Dramas featuring their characters.

## Staff

### Music

* **Etsumi Taniguchi**
* Hizuru Numata **(Inactive)**
* Shigenori Ōta
* Yūsei Ninomiya

### Sound Effects

* Kaori Tsukuda
* Misaki Kochō
* Takaharu Yoshihara
* Takako Shirakawa
* Takashi Tsujikawa

## Former Staff

### Music

* **Kūya Nakatani** (1989-2012, his death)
* Masaki Haraguchi (1989-2006)
* Yatsumi Sakei (2003-2022)

### Units

* ITSME83 (2005-2022, Sakei/Taniguchi)
* The Perfectors (1989-1994, Nakatani/Numata)
* Yamato Standard (1998-2012, Nakatani/Ninomiya/Numata)

## Anime worked on

### Movies

* Crazy Theater (2005)
* Kogitsune Kon to Kodanuki Pon (2008) - Music (Ninomiya/Numata/Sakei)
* Gulzar (2013) - Music (Numata)

### ONAs

* Oui-Oui! Chic fille Marie (2010) - Music (Nakatani)
* Kemono Travellers (2021) - Music (Sakei)
* Time Traveller XYZ-tan (2022-present)
* Fruits Power! Melona Girls (2022) - Music

### OVAs

* Penguin Darling: The Great Show (1993) - Recording Studio
* Dame Oyaji (2004) - Sound Effects (Tsukuda)
* Fuhai Karada (2004) - Music/Sound Effects (Sasaki)
* Sarutobi Sasuke-kun (2004)
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai World Tour (2006) - Recording Studio

### TV

* Penguin Darling (1991) - Sound Effects (Yoshihara)
* Denki Hero Roboman Chuu (1994) - Theme Song Lyrics/Theme Song Composition/Theme Song Arrangement (Nakatani)/Theme Song Performance (Numata) (ep. 30)
* Dokidoki Mako-chan (2003) (uncredited)
* Yōkai Miko (2005)
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai (2006-2009) - Recording Studio
* Kachi-kachi Yama (2007) - Music (Nakatani/Ninomiya)
* Majokko Ruby (2012) - Music (Sakei/Ōta)
* Pokedebi the Cocoanimation (2016)
* Neko Nichijō (2021) - Music (Taniguchi)
* Calvin and Hobbes: Tokyo Tiger (2022) - Music
Tadaima Animal-machi

**Tadaima Animal-machi** (*Kanji: ただいまアニマル町*) is a 2023 short-format TV anime co-produced between Studio XYZ, Avex Pictures and Pie in the sky.

The series is a total reboot of the 1984 TV anime Animal-Machi, featuring the same main characters with the same traits from the original series.

## Synopsis

The cute adventures of a quintet of little critters.

## Cast

* Yatsumi Sakei as Pyonko, leader of the bunch.
* Anna Suzuki as Wanta, very mischievous.
* Toshiki Kumagai as Nyanta, who has a secret crush on Pyonko.
* Sora Tokui as Chūta, who loves movies and theatre more than anything.
* Masaki Haraguchi as Donrō, the big fat kid who came up with the group's name, combining the first kana off of each member's name.

## Theme Song

1. "Tadaima Piwanichido (ただいまピワニチド, We're Back! Piwanichido)" by Piwanichido
*Lyrics and Composition by* Yatsumi Sakei
*Arrangement by* Snail's House

## See Also

* Animal-Machi
* Otona ni Nacchatta! Animal-Machi
Toshiyuki Morikawa

**Toshiyuki Morikawa** (*Kanji: 森川 智之*) is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and singer who is the head of Axlone, a voice acting company he founded in April 2011.

His name is also sometimes mistranslated as Tomoyuki Morikawa.

## Biography

In 2003, he and Fumihiko Tachiki formed the band "2Hearts", one of their works being the ending theme of the video game Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires.

He has voiced many characters in anime and video games, including Yoshikage Kira in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Kengo Akechi in Kindaichi Case Files, Sephiroth in the Final Fantasy series and Kingdom Hearts series, Dante in Devil May Cry, Isshin Kurosaki in Bleach, Minato Namikaze in Naruto: Shippuden, both Eneru and Hatchan in One Piece, Tyki Mikk in D.Gray-man, Naraku in InuYasha, Griffith in the 1997 Berserk series, and the main and titular character of Tekkaman Blade.

He attended Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy with Kotono Mitsuishi, Chisa Yokoyama, Wataru Takagi, Sachiko Sugawara and Michiko Neya. Because of his deep voice, he is often cast as imposing characters. He has dubbed-over many actors in Japanese such as: Tom Cruise, Ewan McGregor, Adam Sandler, Chris O'Donnell, Owen Wilson, Keanu Reeves and Martin Freeman's roles.

## Anime Voice Roles

### Movies

* Kanojo Boshūchū Tanuki (1998) - Oyamada

### OVAs

* Meitantei Shōjo Kaori (2000) - Ignace St-Pierre
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai World Tour (2006) - You-You

### TV

* Majutsu-shi Tanuki (1992)
* Kemono Tanteidan (2003-2004) - Darius
* Kemono Tanteidan: Mezase Shinbōken! (2013) - Darius
* Shirokuma Nichijou (2021) - Shiro
Shirokuma Nichijou

**Shirokuma Nichijou** (*Kanji: しろくま日常*) is a TV anime produced by Studio XYZ and aired on TV Asahi starting March 19, 2021.

## Synopsis

The series follows the daily life of Shiro, a laid back polar bear.

## Cast

* Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shiro, the protagonist.
* Satoshi Hino as Kō, a rich panda who is very popular with girls.
* Kanae Oki as Eri, Shiro's girlfriend, or "gyaru-friend" as he refers to her.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "Bear no Everyday (ベアのエヴリデイ, Bear's Everyday)" by MINMI&YURUWO
*Lyrics by* Yuzō Ogita and YURUWO
*Composition and Arrangement by* Masaaki Tsurugi

### Ending

1. "I'll be always with you. (僕がいるよ, I'm here)" by Bonjour Suzuki
*Lyrics and Composition by* Bonjour Suzuki
*Arrangement by* Tomggg
Yūsei Ninomiya

**Yūsei Ninomiya** (*Kanji: 二宮勇生*) is a composer, guitarist and musician for XYZFM.

Initially providing guitars for former label head Kūya Nakatani and co-worker and later wife Hizuru Numata's The Perfectors unit, his major musical debut came in 1998 with Yamato Standard, where he was instantly recognizable for his Japanese style soundtracks.

## Anime Staff Positions

### Movies

* Kanojo Boshūchū Tanuki (1998) - Music **(Major Debut)**
* Crazy Theater (2005) - Music
* Kogitsune Kon to Kodanuki Pon (2008) - Music

### Music Videos

* Life wo Sakuga-shite (2010) - Arrangement

### TV

* Yūkan Kogitsune Konta-kun (1998) - Music/Theme Song Lyrics/Theme Song Composition
* Shinsennenki TonPonCon (2000-2001) - Theme Song Lyrics (ED)
* Yōkai Miko (2005) - Music
* Kachi-kachi Yama (2007) - Music
* Usagi Yojimbo (2012-2017; 2023) - Music
* Calvin and Hobbes: Tokyo Tiger (2022) - Music
Usagi Yojimbo/Season 5

## Usagi Yojimbo

Cover of Book 23: Bridge of Tears, the last book to ever be adapted by Aozora Studio.

## Staff

### Source material

**Comic Book**
*Usagi Yojimbo* by Stan Sakai

### Art Director

Tadashi Okizaki (Aozora Studio)
Tomoko Muta

### Producer

Fūko Mizokuchi (Aozora Studio)
Masayuki Nishide (Asahi Broadcasting Corporation)

### Director

Kōdai Shimizu (Aozora Studio)

The fifth season of the Usagi Yojimbo anime series aired in Japan between May 12 and November 3, 2017.

In a similar fashion to the previous two seasons, Season 5 starts adapting the second story of the last book adapted in the previous season.

This is the last season of the series to be animated by Aozora Studio, as the studio filed for bankruptcy on April 2018.

## Synopsis

Wandering the world of medieval Japan, Usagi Yojimbo is a masterless samurai known as 'ronin'. Usagi fights for the oppressed and downtrodden while he maintains the honor and tradition that make him a true warriror in the code of Bushido.

## Cast

* Osamu Hosoi as Miyamoto Usagi, a ronin that walks the path of a musha shugyo, the warrior's journey.
* Saki Fujita as Tomoe Ame, Lord Noriyuki's personal bodyguard and closest advisor.
* Takashi Nagasako as Murakami Gennosuke, a bounty hunter.
* Kōsuke Toriumi as Stray Dog, a bounty hunter who has teamed up with Usagi and Gen multiple times.
* Kōichi Hasebe as Katsuichi, Usagi's childhood sensei.
* Ruriko Noguchi as Mayumi, a lonely girl determined to leave her gang-ridden hometown behind.

### Opening

1. "SAVE" by MEG
*Composition and Arrangement by* Masaru Yokoyama

### Ending

1. "JOURNEY" by MEG
*Composition by* Dave Liang
*Arrangement by* The Shanghai Restoration Project
Hiroshi Masuoka

**Hiroshi Masuoka** (*Kanji: 増岡 弘*) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Minami, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He voiced the roles of Masuo Fuguta in Sazae-san and Jam Ojisan in Soreike! Anpanman. He also voiced Kame-Sennin during the last episodes of Dragon Ball Z and all of Dragon Ball GT, following Kōhei Miyauchi's death. He worked for the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society until his death in 2020.

On August 5, 2019, it was announced that Masuoka had retired from his roles in Sazae-san and Soreike! Anpanman, and that they would be taken over by Hideyuki Tanaka and Kōichi Yamadera respectively.

Masuoka died on March 21, 2020 from rectal cancer.

## Anime Voice Roles

### TV

* Tokyo 1964 - Reporter
* TonPonCon (1972-1975) - Ton
* Denki Hero Roboman (1977-1978) - Narrator
* TonPonCon 90 (1990-1991) - Ton
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai (2006-2009) - Grandpa Moriyama
* Kachi-kachi Yama (2007) - Old Man

## Successors

After his death, the following voice actors took over his ongoing roles:

* Gentoku - Daitoshi-ban TonPonCon (Ton)
Denki Hero Roboman 21

**Denki Hero Roboman 21** (*Kanji: 電気ヒーローロボマン２１*) is an anime series rebooting the 1977 series created by Kyōgo Yamashita and aired on NHK starting February 27, 2021.

It is the first Roboman series to be animated entirely in CGI.

On July 17, 2021, it was announced after the airing of its 21st episode that due to the 2020 Summer Olympics, the series was in a 3 week hiatus, returning to air on August 14, 2021.

## Synopsis

Mako Kanehata is a young girl from a very wealthy family, when sees threats from the mischievous Akumas, she calls in the powerful Roboman and they work together to save the day.

## Cast

* Kōichi Yamadera as Roboman, the titular hero of the series.
* Ruriko Aoki as Mako Kanehata, Roboman's best friend and loyal companion.
* Masako Nozawa as Akumas, small creatures who live for mischief.
* Fumiko Orikasa as Mako's mother.
* Hironori Kondō as Mako's father.

Episode 27 introduces the **Four Aces** bōsōzoku gang, replacing the Akumas as the main antagonists:

* Junya Enoki as Shirō Miyano, leader of the gang.
* Tomokazu Seki as Shōji Ogura.
* Kōji Okino as Kyūta Minato.
* Reona Irie as Motoya Watanabe.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "Denki Hero Roboman (電気ヒーローロボマン)" by Doremi-Paradox
*Lyrics by* Kyōgo Yamashita
*Composition by* Isao Tomita
*Arrangement by* Doremi-Paradox
2. "Android& (アンドロイド＆)" by Perfume
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Yasutaka Nakata

### Ending

1. "Tululu" by Bonjour Suzuki
*Lyrics and Composition by* Bonjour Suzuki
*Arrangement by* Taku Inoue
2. "Mugen Loop (∞ループ, Infinite Loop)" by Perfume
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Yasutaka Nakata

## See also

* Denki Hero Roboman
* Denki Hero Roboman Chuu
* Shin Denki Hero Roboman
Keiko Toda

**Keiko Toda** (*Kanji: 戸田 恵子*) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator. Her most famous role is the voice of the children's hero Anpanman on the long running anime Soreike! Anpanman. She was also the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine in the Japanese dub of Thomas & Friends from Season 1 to Season 8. She was once married to Shuichi Ikeda and Junichi Inoue.

## Anime Voice Roles

### Movies

* Gekijō-ban Chō-Base (1995) - Kyūji Maruno
* Animal Ninja: Ganbare! Kemonogumi (2020) - Kitsunemaru

### OVA

* Madou Monogatari (1991-1993) - Draco Centauros
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai World Tour (2006) - Mao-Mao

### TV

* Jewel Marquise (1985-1986) - Corundum
* Magical Ruby's Great Adventures (1988-1989) - Amethyst
* Pac-Man (1988-1989) - Chomp-Chomp
* TonPonCon 90 (1990)
* Bishōjo Olympiad (1992) - Carmen Beldad
* Kokontōzai Animal Ninja (1995) - Kitsunemaru
* Chō-Base (1995) - Kyūji Maruno
* Mahjong Densetsu Leonidas (2017-2018) - Gōichi Masumoto
Ren'ai no Oracle

**Ren'ai no Oracle** (*Kanji: 恋愛のオラクル*) is an anime based on the manga of the same name written by Yuzō Ogita and illustrated by Takeaki Miyashita.

## Synopsis

A mysterious fortune teller named Belladonna uses her mysterious card oracle to help poor humans in disgrace, tracked and taken to their abode by her faithful raven Asphodel.

## Formats

The episodes on their own are 10 minutes long.

### ONA

Online, only one episode is shown. Apart from that, only the opening theme is played, with no ending theme or credits.

### TV

For a short time, the anime aired on TV Asahi, where two episodes were shown before the ending theme: **Kakkoh Catastrophe!**, a comical song featuring Asphodel, Belladonna's companion.

## Cast

* Mamika Okuyama as Belladonna, a fortune teller.
* Ryūsuke Horimatsu as Asphodel, Belladonna's raven who takes people in disgrace into her abode.
* The series is narrated by Mine Yasuda.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "Ren'ai no Oracle (恋愛のオラクル)" by Junna Fukumoto
*Lyrics by* Yuzō Ogita
*Composition by* Junpei Tennō
*Arrangement by* EMPIRE

### Ending

1. "Kakkoh Catastrophe! (カッコーカタストロフィ！)" by Asphodel (Ryūsuke Horimatsu) (TV only)
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Ryūsuke Horimatsu

## Trivia

* Ren'ai no Oracle is Mamika Okuyama's first anime work.
Taiyo Shinada

**Taiyo Shinada** (*Kanji: 品田 太陽*) is, alongside his brother Takuya, the current CEO of Studio XYZ since 1981.

## Biography

Taiyo was born as one of twin brothers (the other being Takuya) on May 10, 1958 in the Yotsuya Area of Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Taiyo is regarded within the studio as the more "bashful" of the two Shinada brothers. Amongst his favorite pastimes is goofing around the studio when he thinks no one's looking. However, studio employees often take notice of it, so he's almost always credited as production assistant (制作進行), with the exception of Bulldog Boys, Dame Oyaji, Fuhai Karada and WiTCH, which are personal requests from Taiyo himself, as he doesn't like the themes presented in such productions.

The same thing was done for some of Hatsuko Koshita's works, as he had always found her "creepy". The only small exception being TonPonCon 90.

## Anime Staff Positions (aside from Production Assistant)

### TV

* Jewel Marquise (1985-1986) - Producer
* Aerodelic Airlines (1997) - Producer
Denki Hero Roboman Chuu

**Denki Hero Roboman Chuu** (*Kanji: 電気ヒーローロボマンチュー*) is an anime series rebooting the 1977 series created by Kyōgo Yamashita and aired on NHK in 1994.

Produced as a tribute to Yamashita, Chuu was the most popular series in the franchise, spawning a boatload of merchandise, including a PC-98 video game.

## Synopsis

Mako Kanehata is a young girl from a very wealthy family, when sees threats from the mischievous Akumas, she calls in the powerful Roboman and they work together to save the day.

## Cast

* Kōichi Yamadera as Roboman, the titular hero of the series.
* Tomiko Suzuki as Mako Kanehata, Roboman's best friend and loyal companion.
* Masako Nozawa as Akumas, small creatures who live for mischief.
* Reiko Mutō as Mako's mother.
* Kōsei Tomita as Mako's father.
* Kōhei Miyauchi as Professor Yamashita, a caricature of Roboman's original creator Kyōgo Yamashita, a scientist who knows more about Roboman than even Mako herself.
* Ginzō Matsuo as Bearman, a close friend of Roboman.
* Haruko Kitahama as Taniko Ichihara, the Kanehata family's housekeeper.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "Denki Hero Roboman (電気ヒーローロボマン)" by Hironobu Kageyama
*Lyrics by* Kyōgo Yamashita
*Composition by* Isao Tomita
*Arrangement by* Kūya Nakatani

### Ending

1. "Yie-Ar Robot (イーアールロボ)" by Jun Togawa
*Lyrics and Composition by* Jun Togawa
*Arrangement by* Susumu Hirasawa
2. "CURTAIN CALL" by The Perfectors feat. Roboman Cast (ep. 30)
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Kūya Nakatani

## Trivia

* Denki Hero Roboman Chuu was the last Studio XYZ anime in which Reiko Mutō has done voice work, as according to Yukinori Yamashita, "[the studio] felt like Mutō had already done enough voice acting for us in her life, so [the studio] just had her move on to other projects after recording for [Roboman Chuu] was finished."

## See also

* Denki Hero Roboman
* Denki Hero Roboman 21
* Shin Denki Hero Roboman
Hatsuko Koshita

**Hatsuko Koshita** (*Kanji: 小下 初子*) was a Japanese anime director, writer, storyboard artist and producer for Studio XYZ, known for her experimental films.

She passed away on June 29, 2004.

## Anime Staff Positions

### Movies

* Katamari Damacy: The Movie (2004) - Script/Storyboard/Producer/Director  **(Last work)**

### TV

* TonPonCon (1972-1975) - Creator/Series Composition/Producer/Director
* Denki Hero Roboman (1977-1978) - Director
* Usakuma (1986) - Director
* TonPonCon 90 (1990-1991) - Original Creator/Series Composition/Producer/Director
* Denki Hero Roboman Chuu (1994) - Script/Storyboard/Director (ep. 22)
* Shinsennenki TonPonCon (2000-2001)
* Anan TV (2002) - Script/Storyboard/Character Design/Animation Director/Producer/Director
* Daitoshi-ban TonPonCon (2020) - Original Creator
* Reiwa TonPonCon (2023) - Original Creator
Yūrei Yashiki Yūgi

**Yūrei Yashiki Yūgi** (*Kanji: 幽霊屋敷遊戯*) is a 2003 anime horror movie produced by Studio XYZ.

## Synopsis

An entire class of high school students is assigned to solve riddles and escape an abandoned mansion. Fifteen people enter, one survives.

## Cast

* Kaoru Shimamura as Ai Okimoto.
* Chiemi Chiba as Mae Takahara.
* Noriko Shitaya as Sakae Urushido.
* Yumi Takada as Ryō Yamagata.
* Kae Araki as Arisa Takashima.
* Jun'ichi Kanemaru as Taheiji Arashi.
* Shin'ichirō Miki as Junji Jin.
* Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Yasutake Kawaguchi.
* Hisayo Mochizuki as Saika Kuno, a playful girl who never takes anything seriously.
* Chiyako Shibahara as Ayuko Miyashita, a female delinquent.
* Masashi Ebara as Tsuyoshi Hiraoka.
* Ryuzō Ishino as Tanyū Nagai.
* Kyōsei Tsukui as Keisuke Toda.
* Megumi Toyoguchi as Junko Miyazawa.
* Yūki Matsuda as Shūichi Yoshie.
* Tesshō Genda as Professor Sugawa, the teacher who dies crushed by a chandelier right after explaining the rules to the class.

## Theme Song

1. "Scanty Blues (スキャンティブルース)" by meg
*Lyrics by* Meg
*Composition and Arrangement by* Yasuyuki Okamura
Crazy Gakuen

**Crazy Gakuen** (*Kanji: クレイジー学園*) is a 2012 TV anime produced by Studio XYZ and aired on Kids Station during nighttime.

It was initially intended to last 12 episodes, but it was cancelled after its third as Michiki Kurata, the series's scriptwriter and storyboard artist, and the original manga creator Don♡Pants, known for drawing and writing hentai, were exposed as the same person, which resulted in Kurata being fired from Studio XYZ.

## Synopsis

After being dumped by his girlfriend after she found out he used *eroge* to help his social skills, average student Kei wakes up in an insane parody of *ecchi* where dirty jokes and busty schoolgirls are an everyday.

## Cast

* Katsuyuki Konishi as Kei, the average adolescent japanese male and main protagonist.
* Yuka Inokuchi as Milky, Kei's ridiculously busty classmate.
* Fuyumi Shiraishi as Baba-kōchō, the million-year-old headmistress of the Crazy School.
* Miyako Itō as Bakaori, a girl so clumsy she always gets hurt regardless of what she does.
* Akiko Hiramatsu as Kami-Senpai, the president of the Drama Club, who is so flat she looks like a papercut.

### Opening

1. "Inflation (インフレイション)" by Frenesi
*Composition and Arrangement by* Frenesi

### Ending

1. "Sky Bus Tokyo (スカイバストーキョー)" by Frenesi
*Composition and Arrangement by* Itaru Kawashima

## Trivia

* Crazy Gakuen is, to date, the shortest-running TV anime produced by Studio XYZ.
Shin Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai

**Shin Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai** (*Kanji: 新ポンポコ４兄弟*) is a TV anime aired from March 6th through May 22, 2020 on NHK.

The show is a sequel to the original Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai TV anime series.

## Synopsis

The series takes place 3 years after the original series, focusing on a 15 year old Maruo Moriyama, who is now in his final year of junior high school... without forgetting about his now 7 year old little brothers, of course!

## Cast

* Natsuki Hanae as Maruo Moriyama, the oldest of the brothers.
* StylipS as Maruo's 3 little brothers:
	+ Moe Toyota as Hiroshi Moriyama.
	+ Arisa Noto as Fukuya Moriyama, a self-proclaimed "tough boy" who won't ever turn down a fight.
	+ Miku Itō as Mitsuru Moriyama, the most naive of the brothers.
* Kenta Miyake as the overweight father of the brothers.
* Nako Eguchi as Nanako, a sweet female hamster and Maruo's love interest.
* Toshihiko Seki as Kontaro, a fox who is Maruo's best friend at the school he attends.
* Hisayo Mochizuki as Yuka Kanemitsu, a spoiled rich fox girl and classmate to Maruo.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "Ponpoko Dance! (ポンポコダンス！)" by StylipS (eps. 1-4)
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Masaaki Tsurugi
2. "CANDY CANDY" by Kyarypamyupamyu (ep. 5)
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Yasutaka Nakata
3. "Oto no Kuni (音ノ国)" by Kyarypamyupamyu (eps. 6-11)
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Yasutaka Nakata

### Ending

1. "Tanuki Synergy (たぬきシナジー)" by YMCK (eps. 1-4)
*Lyrics by* Keisuke Nakashio
*Composition and Arrangement by* Takeshi Yokemura
2. "Girigiri Safe (ぎりぎりセーフ)" by Kyarypamyupamyu (ep. 5)
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Yasutaka Nakata
3. "STAR" by MEG (eps. 6-11)
*Lyrics by* MEG
*Composition and Arrangement by* Yasutaka Nakata
4. "Sayōnara Ichigo-chan (さようならいちごちゃん)" by Tokyo Heidi (ep. 12)
*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Tomoko Sasaki

## Trivia

* Shin Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai is Keiji Ishii's last ever work for Studio XYZ, as he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer not long before production on the series started.
* Unlike its predecessor, this series airs on NHK instead of Nippon Television. Producer Makihiko Tsuchiya explained that this is because after the original series ended in 2009, it had reruns on NHK Educational Television.
* This series breaks the tradition of Studio XYZ's NHK anime having its key animation done by the Roboteam, instead being done by ETOGALS as their TV debut work.

## See also

* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai
* Ponpoko Sanpo
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai World Tour
I Won't be Beat by a Pretty Face!

**I Won't be Beat by a Pretty Face!** (*Kanji: 美少女は俺様を倒されないっ！*) is a 2022 TV anime animated by the XYZ Academy.

## Synopsis

It's big and tough against small and sweet! Sumire Hoshitani is a glistening beauty, always kind and polite, makes it to the top 5 on every exam (sometimes even getting the best score!) and incredibly popular at the school. Toshiki Kumaoka on the other hand is monstrously overweight, foul-mouthed, fails nearly all of his exams, and his overall life is a mess. Toshiki is sick of being overshadowed by Sumire's glistening beauty, so he plots to flush her reputation down the toilet! Sumire however has her own way of dealing with a saboteur, especially when it's someone like Toshiki, who can barely talk to two girls without running away... and we all know what happens when two people frequently pick on each other!

## Cast

* Akira Ishida as Toshiki Kumaoka, a fat and ugly guy with the strength of ten sumo wrestlers.
* Kotori Koiwai as Sumire Hoshitani, a lovely girl who knows how to deal with a bully like Toshiki.
* Riho Kuma as Toshiko Tezuka, an aspiring mangaka and Sumire's best friend.
* Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Morinobu Kumaoka, Toshiki's slightly younger brother.
* Yōko Soumi as Ms. Fujiyama, Toshiki's ridiculously strict teacher.

### Opening

1. "Hantai Hikitsuke (反対引付 ~OPPOSITES ATTRACT~)" by Yatsumi Sakei
*Composition and Arrangement by* Masaru Yokoyama

### Ending

1. "Love×Hate" by JOKER's
*Composition by* Yatsumi Sakei
*Arrangement by* JOKER's
Oyaji no Susume

**Oyaji no Susume** (*Kanji: 親父のススメ*) is a 2010 anime film produced by Studio XYZ.

## Synopsis

XYZ-tan notices that her father is having a mid-life crisis, so to make him feel young again, she takes her father on a day out in town.

## Cast

* Yukari Tamura as XYZ-tan.
* Kentarō Tone as Takejirō Shinada, XYZ-tan's father.
* Saeko Akiho as Sadako Shinada, XYZ-tan's mother.

## Theme Songs

*Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement by* Tomoko Sasaki

* "Namonai Hana (名もない花, Flower with No Name)" by Serani Poji

## Trivia

* XYZ-tan's father is named after Takejirō Ōtani, founder of film company Shochiku, which bought Studio XYZ in 1978.
* XYZ-tan's mother is named after Sadako Yamada, Shinada-sha's primary voice actress.
Tomoko Sasaki

**Tomoko Sasaki** (*Kana: ササキトモコ*) is a Japanese composer, screenwriter & voice actress.

She is the main composer of the NiGHTS series most notable for composing and writing the lyrics for its main theme, "Dreams Dreams." She also provides voice work on occasion, such as the voice heard in the Sonic Team 1996 jingle, the various Chao types throughout the Sonic series and part of the chorus in Feel the Magic XY/XX. Sometime around the release of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, she left the company and has since joined Tokioheidi Works, through which she contributed to titles such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the Xbox 360 version of DeathSmiles II X.

Though she left Sega in the late '00s, she remained affiliated with them through the Serani Poji unit she created with vocalist Yukichi and producer Yukihiro Fukutomi, which spanned a handful of albums based on the fictional character of the same name from Roommania #203.

## Anime Staff Positions

### Movies

* Oyaji no Susume (2010) - Theme Song Lyrics/Theme Song Composition
* Bulldog Boys (2016) - Inserted Song Arrangement (SOS)

### OVAs

* XYZ-tan no Yukaina Tsuitachi (2003) - Theme Song Lyrics/Theme Song Composition (ED)
* Sarutobi Sasuke-kun (2004) - Music
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai World Tour (2006) - Theme Song Lyrics/Theme Song Composition

### TV

* Jungle Tanuki (2001-2003) - Theme Song Lyrics/Theme Song Composition
* Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai (2006-2009) - Theme Song Lyrics/Theme Song Composition
* The Arcana Complex (2012-2013) - Theme Song Lyrics/Theme Song Composition (ED)
* Shin Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai (2020) - Theme Song Lyrics/Theme Song Composition/Theme Song Arrangement (ep. 12 ending)

## Trivia

* The alias Tomoko Sasaki was credited by for her first game with Sega (Maguro) was used as a cheat code in Ristar (another game Sasaki worked on) that fully unlocked the game's sound test and added a filter (aka Onchi Mode) to the game's music.
Peter Rabbit no Sekai

*The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and The Tale of Mr. Tod* by Beatrix Potter

### Script/Storyboard

Akira Miyazaki (script)
Shūichi Hashino (storyboard)

### Director

Arata Nishiyama

**Peter Rabbit no Sekai** (*Kana: ピーターラビットのせかい*) is a 1982 TV anime produced by Studio XYZ and aired on NHK.

## Synopsis

Follow the adorable stories of Peter Rabbit and his family.

## Cast

Apart from the series's narrator and theme song performer Taeko Ōnuki, no particular voice actors are credited in any airing of the series, rather solely crediting talent management agency Aoni Production as a whole.

Since the show's end, however, some voice actors have been identified to have taken part in the series:

* Jōji Yanami - Mr. McGregor
* Katsuji Mori - Tommy Brock
* Kazuko Sugiyama - Benjamin Bunny (child), Thomasina Tittlemouse
* Mayumi Tanaka - Flopsy (adult), Mrs. Josephine Rabbit
* Taiki Matsuno - Peter Rabbit
* Tomiko Suzuki - Flopsy Bunny
* Tōru Furuya - Mr. Tod

### Opening

1. "Peter Rabbit to Watashi (ピーターラビットと私, Peter Rabbit and I)" by Taeko Ōnuki
*Arrangement by* Ryūichi Sakamoto

### Ending

1. "Hikari no Carnival (光のカーニバル, Carnival of Light)" by Taeko Ōnuki
*Arrangement by* Jean Musy
Thomas & Friends: The Great Engine War

**Thomas & Friends: The Great Engine War** is a 2019 anime tying into the Ganbare! Kikansha Thomas TV series, produced as a joint venture between Studio XYZ and Miiton Aniteam (the animation studio behind the series).

## Synopsis

Diesel 10 has declared war on all Steamies in the Island of Sodor, and now it's up to Thomas, Mavis and Happy, the responsible for angering Diesel 10, to put it at a stop.

## Cast

* Kumiko Higa as Thomas, the Number One Engine on Sir Topham Hatt's railway.
* Kōichi Yamadera as Diesel 10, a menacing diesel engine with an evil claw who hates steam engines with a burning passion.
* Emiri Katō as Happy, an engine at the Charming Railway whose nonsense led to Diesel 10 declaring war.
* Sakura Yoshioka as Mavis, Annie and Clarabel.
* Chie Kōjiro as Percy, Thomas's best friend.

## Theme Songs

### Opening

1. "Thomas' Anthem (きかんしゃトーマスのテーマ)" by Charming Railway
*Composition by* Mike O'Donnell, Junior Campbell
*Arrangement by* Fuyuki Sakamoto, Masaaki Tsurugi

### Ending

1. "GO! Thomas (ＧＯ！トーマス)" by Tomiya Hasegawa