Haromoni@ | |
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Genre | Variety |
Directed by | 陳賛収 Kōzō Yamada Hiroko Tsuyuki Sato B |
Presented by | TV Tokyo |
Starring | Morning Musume |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language(s) | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 76 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Mitsuharu Seki |
Location(s) | Tokyo, Japan |
Cinematography | Hiroyuki Ikeda |
Editor(s) | Yūsuke Kanno |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 23 minutes |
Release | |
Picture format | NTSC (1080i) |
Original release | 2007-04-08 – 2008-09-28 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Hello! Morning (2000–2007) |
Related shows | Hello! Morning, Futarigoto, Musume Dokyu! |
External links | |
Website |
Haromoni@ (ハロモニ@?) is the title of the sequel to the long-running Japanese variety show Hello! Morning, which it replaced starting April 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo and later throughout the country on several other television networks, in High Definition. The show stars Morning Musume members, who incarnate the roles of several different animals working under the rule of the young and mildly despotic King Akachin (あかちん国王?)—whose name derives from the Japanese word for "baby" (赤ちゃん akachan?)—ruler of the fictional Kingdom of Haromoni. The final episode of the series aired on September 28, 2008.
Haromoni@ marked a departure from its predecessor and related Hello! Project productions in that it was shot exclusively outdoors without being composed of a series of seemingly unconnected segments. In the first ten episodes, the show followed the form of a relatively cohesive narrative detailing the weekly accomplishment of a specific task, which generally consisted of the delivery of a given piece of hardware used in commerce and industry, on behalf of King Akachin.
Thereafter, the show's focus came to lay primarily on several distinct corners including Lying Queen (うそつQUEEN?), Little King (チビッコKING?), Hit Jack (ヒットの現場JACK?) and Child Gourmet Joker (お子さまグルメJOKER?).