Bob in a Bottle

The Genie Family
Screenshot of the series' opening title
ハクション大魔王 (Hakushon Daimaō)
Genre	Comedy
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Sasagawa
Produced by	Tatsuo Yoshida
Written by	Jinzō Toriumi
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Licensed by	Saban Entertainment (now Saban Brands, LLC)
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 5, 1969-September 1970 September 1992? (Eng dub) – 1996? (Eng dub)
Episodes	52

The Genie Family (ハクション大魔王, Hakushon Daimaō^?) is an anime series by Tatsunoko Production.

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.

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 the United States's The Disney Channel, Canada's YTV, Australia's Seven Network, United Kingdom's ITV Network, Ireland's RTE and New Zealand's TV2. The motto for the English version is "Make everyday like paradise" and "You sneeze, I please, that's the way it goes".

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.

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.