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Hook Book Row

Hook Book Row
Genre Kids
Opening theme "Hook Book Row"
Ending theme "Omoide Shoten"
"Monogatari wa Tszuiteru"
"Mashiro Page ni Nani Egakō"
"Akogare Azukuruma"
"Sora Iro I Love You"
"Hyōshi no Mukou wa Wonderland"
Composer(s) Keisuke Yamakawa
Takayuki Hattori
Country of origin Japan
Production
Running time 10 minutes
Production company(s) NHK Enterprises
Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network NHK E-TV
NHK World Premium
TV Japan (North America)
Syndication (United States)
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Original release March 28, 2011 (2011-03-28) – April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)
External links
Website www.nhk.or.jp/kids/program/hookbookrow.html

Hook Book Row (フックブックロー?, Fukku Bukku Rō) was a television program broadcast in Japan by NHK Educational TV.

The show is variety show mixing puppets and people. The show includes interwoven stories surrounding a bookstore on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Kessaku Hirazumi (Kenichiro Tanimoto) works in the Hall named 'Hibi hanseido'. He is kind-hearted, loves music, although he is indecisive. He is a good friend of Shiori. He can play the guitar.

Shiori Novel (Fumiko Orikasa) is the heroine. She manages the network of the 'Hibi hanseido'. She is the granddaughter of Mokuji. She can be self-centered. She wants to take over the store someday. She can play the flute.

Mokuji Novel (Ryusei Nakao) is the master of 'Hibi hanseido' whose nickname is Mokujy. He owns the old book section. He loves the store. He is an old-fashioned, energetic 70-year-old man with plenty of curiosity. He can play accordion.

The two Gossic Brothers named Goji and Datsuji (HIroyuki Amano) are identical twins. They operate the fan club for Shiori. They live in the big mansion. Goji can play sax, Datsuji can play percassion.

Lylic (Rinko Urashima) is a gray cat who can speak to Kessaku and sings. She always goes to the cats' meeting.

The show features original songs, written by Takayuki Hattori and Keisuke Yamakawa. Here are some of them.


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