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Edokko Boy: Gatten Tasuke (TV)

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Alternative title:
Tasuke, The Samurai Cop
江戸っ子ボーイ がってん太助 (Japanese)
Genres: comedy
Themes: police
Plot Summary: Bontenmaru Tasuke, or otherwise known as "Gatten Tasuke", dreams of becoming a policeman in 23rd century Edo. For that reason, he studies at the Edo Police Academy to obtain the Edo Police Badges. He will need to collect 10 of these badges in order to be qualified as a policeman. Tasuke studies earnestly and seriously for the sake of these badges. However, he faces failures along the way and the road to becoming a full-fledged policeman seems long and tedious.
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 22
Episode titles: We have 22
Vintage: 1990-10-19 to 1991-03-22
Opening Theme:
"Gatten Roll" (がってんロール) by Chiruru
Ending Theme:
"Taiyō no Uta" (太陽の唄) by Chiruru
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takeshi Mori
Series Composition: Sukehiro Tomita
Script:
Isao Shizuya (6 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 16, 18, 22
)

Sukehiro Tomita (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 12, 14, 17, 21
)

Yukiyoshi Ōhashi (7 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 19-20
)

Storyboard:
Kazuhiro Sasaki (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 15, 19
)

Yūji Kawahara (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18
)

Episode Director:
Kazuhiro Sasaki (6 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22
)

Tomoyuki Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)

Yūji Kawahara (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 10, 14, 18
)

Original Manga: Manavu Kashimoto
Art Director: Katsuhiro Haji
Animation Director:
Tetsuhito Saito (4 episodes
eps 13, 16, 19, 22
)

Tetsuya Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 15, 18
)

Yūji Kondō (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 11, 17, 21
)

Director of Photography: Toshikazu Komatsu
Producer:
Reiko Fukakusa (Studio Pierrot)

Color setting: Michiko Nishimura
Editing:
Satoru Ishida
Finishing:
Norikata Suzuki
In-Between Animation:
Hideki Fukuhara (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)

Miyoko Yamada (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)

In-Between Check: Yaeko Kodama (eps 1-4, 6-8)
Key Animation:
Shuichi Shimamura
Photography:
Yukiko Sawada
Planning: Kazuo Shimamura
Production: Yūji Nunokawa
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki (Anime Sound)
Sound Engineer: Fujio Yamada
Special Effects: Kenji Ikeda
Theme Song Arrangement: Ryūichi Katsumata (OP,ED)
Theme Song Composition: Hiroshi Kamayatsu (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Chiruru (OP,ED)
Yūko Mita as Bontenmaru Tasuke

Ai Orikasa as Hibotan O-Ryū (16 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 10, 12-17, 19-22
)
Chieko Honda as Aoi O-Mon
Hajime Koseki as Mayor
Kenichi Ogata as Daibutsu-sensei
Minoru Inaba as Zenigata Heyji (18 episodes
eps 1-6, 9-10, 12-17, 19-22
)
Mitsuo Iwata as Gaynghis Khan (eps 1-2, 4, 6-22)
Murasaki Kanda as Narration
Seiko Nakano as Tasuke's Mother (6 episodes
eps 2, 7-8, 14-15, 20
)
Shigeru Chiba as
Oraga Gennai
Ratman (11 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 12-18 even, 19-22
)
Sukekiyo Kameyama as Kirara Kōzuke
Tesshō Genda as Darth Benkei
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Ninomiya Kintarō

Ai Orikasa as Woman Reporter (ep 9)
Akira Ishida as Customer D (ep 9)
Hiroshi Masuoka as Ikezu-ya (ep 14)
Ikue Ōtani as
Kirara's Wife (ep 11)
Mama (ep 2)
Papa (ep 15)
Patrol Officer B (ep 7)
Policeman B (eps 10, 16)
Ikuya Sawaki as Jūbei (ep 9)
Issei Futamata as Nobunaga (ep 7)
Junichi Sugawara as
Ninja (ep 4)
Sasuke (eps 13, 22)
Katsumi Suzuki as Ieyasu (ep 7)
Kazuki Yao as Date Harigoromo (eps 21-22)
Kenichi Ogata as Village Chief (ep 13)
Kiyonobu Suzuki as Utaemon (ep 5)
Mayumi Nomura as Child (ep 18)
Minoru Inaba as
Man A (ep 8)
Pedestrain (ep 3)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as
Announcer (ep 5)
Tourist (ep 4)
Mitsuo Iwata as
Criminal (ep 11)
Interviewer (ep 3)
Sasuke (ep 3)
Norio Wakamoto as Shinkūji (ep 22)
Ryūji Nakagi as Dr. Haitaemon (ep 15)
Seiko Nakano as
Child's Mother (ep 6)
Okami (ep 10)
Ratman's Mother (ep 16)
Yōko (ep 12)
Shigeru Chiba as
Man (ep 3)
Papa (ep 2)
Professor Fujiyama (ep 11)
Telephone Voice (ep 13)
Shinya Ōtaki as Announcer (ep 9)
Sukekiyo Kameyama as
Man (ep 8)
Technician (ep 18)
Tesshō Genda as Dosukoi-gō (ep 11)
Toshiharu Sakurai as
Hideyoshi (ep 7)
Kikunosuke (ep 17)
Kurozukin #1 (ep 16)
Mito Kōmon (eps 4, 20)
Sumo (ep 11)
Yojimbo (ep 14)
Toshiya Mori as Customer C (ep 9)
Yasuo Muramatsu as Gozen
Yūko Mizutani as Mimiko (ep 17)
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Woman C (ep 8)
Japanese companies
Animation: Pierrot
Background Art:
Studio Loft
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Editing: Jay Film
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Studio Angel
In-Between Animation:
J.C. Staff (8 episodes
eps 10, 12-14, 16-22 even
)

Studio Takuranke
Key Animation:
Studio Cockpit
Photography: Tokyo Animation Film
Recording Studio: New Japan Studio
Sound Production: Zack Promotion
Titles:
Azu Staff 
Video Editing: Tokyo Video Laboratory

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