The Genie Family
Plot. An old bottle has found its way into the household of a modern family, which consists of a boy named Kan and his parents. A genie, Hakushon, and his daughter, Akubi, reside inside it. When Kan finds the bottle, he discovers that a sneeze summons Hakushon and he must grant the wish of whoever sneezed, while a yawn summons Akubi and she must do the same for whoever yawned. Getting wishes granted by either genie may not be a good thing, for Hakushon messes them up due to his own extreme clumsiness, while the more capable  Akubi likes to cause mischief by twisting their words and meanings so that something bad happens. Localization. The series was dubbed in English by Saban Entertainment in 1992 under the name Bob in a Bottle. A reggae-style theme song was composed for this version. Hakushon, Akubi and Kan were renamed "Bob", "Illana" and "Joey" respectively. Later, Bob in a Bottle was aired in Spanish, German, French, Swedish, Danish, and Hebrew. The English version aired in the United States on PRISM from 1994 to 1995, and also aired on Canada's YTV, Kenya's KTN, Australia's Seven Network in  1992, Zimbabwe's ZBC TV, New Zealand's TV2 in 1994, and the Netherlands' TV10. The motto for the English version is "Make everyday like paradise" and "You sneeze, I please, that's the way it goes". It was shown in Latin America under the name "Yam Yam y el Genio", in Italy under the name "Il Mago Pancione Etcì" and in Arabic speaking countries as "El Fatah Borhan". The English dub of the series was considered lost until April 2020 when a YouTube channel on the history of English anime dubs by the name of Yui-Senpai TV discovered  that all episodes of the dub have been preserved on videocassette copies in the Library of Congress. On December 28th, 2021, a YouTube channel by the name of TVFourgade discovered that the tapes being held in the Library of Congress are in the U-matic tape format. According to the librarian, the tapes are in decent condition, with some visual noise on one of the tapes. 2020 Remake. A new anime television series by Tatsunoko Production and Nippon Animation aired on ytv from April 11, 2020 to September 26, 2020. It is a sequel series that takes place 50 years  after the end of the original anime and centers on Akubi and Kantarō, the grandson of the original anime's protagonist. Atsushi Nigorikawa directed the series, with Hiroko Kanasugi handling series composition, Shin Takemoto and Masatsune Noguchi designed the characters, and Takamitsu Shimazaki, Hiroshi Sasaki, and Teppei Shimizu composed the series' music. On May 24, 2020, it was announced that episode 8 and further episodes would be delayed to June 20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Viz Media licensed the series as "Genie Family 2020" and released it on Crunchyroll on October 15, 2020. Spinoffs. The Hakushon Daimaō franchise made  a comeback in the 2000s with two animated spinoff series produced by Tatsunoko and directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa, featuring Akubi as the central character and Hakushon as a supporting character. Yobarete Tobedete! Akubi-chan. In "Yobarete, Tobidete! Akubi-chan" (26 episodes, 2001–2002), Akubi (now voiced by Asuka Tanii) befriends a shy young girl named Koron Nemuta (voiced by Sakura Nogawa), who habitually yawns whenever she is embarrassed, thus summoning Akubi forth from the bottle. Akubi Girl. In 2006's "Akubi Girl" (also 26 episodes), Akubi befriends a first-grader named Ruru-chan and attempts to grant her wish of becoming  close friends with Itoshi-kun, the boy on whom she has a secret crush. Crossover. "Pandora to Akubi", an anime film crossover between The Genie Family and Monster Strike was released on April 5, 2019.