PaRappa the Rapper (TV series)

PaRappa the Rapper
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パラッパラッパー (Parappa Rappā)
Genre	Comedy, Action, Adventure
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroaki Sakurai
Produced by	Yoshio Urasawa
Music by	Masaya Matsuura Tadashi Suzuki Yasuji Kuroha
Studio	J.C.Staff Production I.G SME Visual Works (Aniplex)
Original network	Fuji TV (2001-2002)
Original run	April 14, 2001 – January 14, 2002
Episodes	30 (List of episodes)

PaRappa the Rapper (パラッパラッパー, PaRappa Rappā^?) is a 2001 Japanese television anime series based on NanaOn-Sha's PaRappa the Rapper video game series created by Masaya Matsuura and Rodney Greenblat. The series was produced by J.C. Staff and Production I.G and aired in Japan on Fuji TV between April 2001 and January 2002, running for thirty episodes.

The series focuses on PaRappa, a dog who enjoys music and dancing and often spends time with his friends PJ Berri, Katy Kat, and the girl of his dreams, Sunny Funny. Along with various characters who make returning appearances from the video games, the anime introduces several new characters who are exclusive to the TV series. These include Matt Major, PJ's friend from Club Fun, Paula Fox, Sunny's friend who is rivals with Katy, Pinto, PaRappa's little sister, and Gaster and Groober, a villainous duo who cause all sorts of mischief.

The series' soundtrack was composed by series designer Masaya Matsuura, along with Tadashi Suzuki and Yasuji Kuroha. The series uses four pieces of theme music; two opening themes and two ending themes. For the first fifteen episodes, the opening theme is "Love Together: Parappa the Rapper MIX" (LOVE TOGETHER〜パラッパラッパーMIX〜^?) by Nona Reeves while the ending theme is "School Girl" by Bennie K. For episodes sixteen onwards, the opening theme is "Attitude" by Crystal Kay while the ending theme is "Yellow Balloon" (イエローバルーン, Ierō Barūn^?) by Chara. The original soundtrack was released in two volumes by Sony Music Entertainment on August 22, 2001 and December 19, 2001 respectively.

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