Deko Boko Friends
| Deko Boko Friends | |
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でこぼこフレンズ (Deko Boko Furenzu) |
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| Genre | Educational |
| Anime television series | |
| Studio | Shogakukan |
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| Original network | NHK |
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| Original run | April 1, 2002 – March 18, 2011 |
Deko Boko Friends (でこぼこフレンズ Deko Boko Furenzu?, lit. "Uneven Friends") is a collection of 30-second Japanese shorts created by a pair of advertising creators, Momoko Maruyama and Ryotaro Kuwamoto to promote acceptance of people of different personalities and appearances. The shorts are focused on 12 different creatures, meant to show certain personalities, likes, dislikes, and quirks.
Deko Boko Friends originated on NHK's oldest running children's programming show, Okaasan to Issho in 2003, superseding previous short cartoon series, Yancharu Moncha.
Deko Boko Friends was distributed in English by Viz Media and shown in English on Nickelodeon's children's programming block, Nick Jr. and Noggin in the United States. Deko Boko Friends was shown on Treehouse TV in Canada.
The Acorn Tots are five small acorn-children who hold one large walnut in both hands. They are best friend and rivals. Each tries to be better than all the rest. When the Acorn Tots say their name, the first one says "We", the second one says "are", the third "the", the fourth "a", the fifth "corn" and finally the first one says "tots". When they aren't holding anything after a few steps the first acorn tots falls down, stays there for a couple of seconds, picks himself up, and continues on with his role. When they say goodbye "Thank you very much for spending time with us. Bye" is what they say. When they're about to slide from the orange boot they say "We're gonna slide from this boot."
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