Inakappe Taisho

Inakappe Taishō
Cover art from the DVD release of the series
いなかっぺ大将
Genre	Comedy, sports (judo)
Manga
Written by	Noboru Kawasaki
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Shogakukan no Gakushū Zasshi
Original run	1968 – ???
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Sasagawa
Music by	Masahiko Nakamura
Studio	Tatsunoko Pro
Original network	Fuji TV Spacetoon Plus (Indonesia) (2013-2015) NHK World (Japan) (2010) Cartoon Network (South of Korea) (2006-2012)
Original run	4 October 1970 – 24 September 1972
Episodes	104 (2 segments/episode)

Inakappe Taishō (いなかっぺ大将^?, lit. "The Funny Judo Champion") is manga series by Noboru Kawasaki and serialized by Shogakukan in Shogakukan no Gakushū Zasshi. The manga series won the 14th Shogakukan Manga Award. An anime adaptation was created by Tatsunoko Production.
Daizaemon makes a cameo in episode 68 of The Song of Tentomushi, which is also by Kawasaki.

A lively boy named Daizaemon in traditional Japanese clothing comes with various kinds of animals to the capital of Tokyo. He has a funny habit of dancing whenever he hears music. He visits a friend of his late father's to learn judo and makes friends with the young daughter of the judo master Kikuko and the cat Nyanko-sensei. For a little girl, Kikuko has wonderful judo tricks inherited from her father while Nyanko-sensei is able to perform a difficult trick of triple turn in the air. Both of them are worthy instructors for Daizaemon. Although he shows clownish behavior once in a while, he is always popular among people around and grows stout and shrewd to be a future champion.

The series was broadcast from October 4th, 1970 to September 24th, 1972 for 208 15 minute episodes (technically 104). It was rebroadcast in Japan in 2014 and 2015.