This is a list of episodes to the Soreike! Anpanman anime series that aired from 1988 to 1997. Produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and directed by Akinori Nagaoka and Shunji Ôga, the series has aired on NTV since October 3, 1988. The series follows the adventures of an anpan superhero named Anpanman who was born from a Star of Life that fell into an oven at Uncle Jam's bakery. Along with his other anthropomorphic bread friends, Anpanman continuously keeps the world at peace and foils the evil ambitions of a germ named Baikinman.