Tensai Bakabon
| Tensai Bakabon | |
The cover of Tensai Bakabon volume 2
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| 天才バカボン | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Fujio Akatsuka |
| Published by |
Kodansha Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine (April 9, 1967 – February 23, 1969, June 27, 1971 – January 12, 1975, October 26, 1975 – December 5, 1976) Monthly Shōnen Magazine (August 1967-January 1969, August 1974-December 1978) Weekly Shōnen Sunday (August 24, 1969 – April 5, 1970) Shōnen Sunday Deluxe (September 1969 – June 1970) Weekly Bokura Magazine (May 10, 1971 – May 31, 1971) Monthly TV Magazine (December 1971 – August 1977) Comic BonBon (October 1987 – October 1991) Hero Magazine (October 1989 – January 1991) Bom Bom Deluxe (November 1991 – December 1992) |
| Original run | April 9, 1967 – December 5, 1976 (Shōnen Magazine version) |
| Volumes | 38 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Saito |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | September 25, 1971 – June 24, 1972 |
| Episodes | 40 |
| Anime television series | |
| Ganso Tensai Bakabon | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Saito (?) |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | October 6, 1975 – September 26, 1977 |
| Episodes | 103 |
| Anime television series | |
| Heisei Tensai Bakabon | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Original network | Fuji Television |
| Original run | January 6, 1990 – December 29, 1990 |
| Episodes | 46 |
| Anime television series | |
| Rerere no Tensai Bakabon | |
| Directed by | Hayato Date |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | October 19, 1999 – March 21, 2000 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Tensai Bakabon (天才バカボン?, lit. "Genius Bakabon") is a manga and anime series created by Fujio Akatsuka which began publication on April 9, 1967, in Weekly Shōnen Magazine. It is about the misadventures of a dim-witted boy (Bakabon) and his insane father, the latter of whom eventually becomes the central character. The official English name is Meet the Boneheads.
4 bilingual Japanese-English volumes have been released of the manga as The Genius Bakabon.
Four anime series have been produced, with the first two series produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and the second two produced by Studio Pierrot. Tensai Bakabon (天才バカボン?, "Genius Bakabon") aired for 40 episodes on Yomiuri TV from September 25, 1971, to June 24, 1972. Three years later, Ganso Tensai Bakabon (元祖天才バカボン?, "Original Genius Bakabon") aired for 103 episodes on NTV from October 6, 1975, to September 26, 1977.
The two Studio Pierrot series aired nearly nine years apart, with Heisei Tensai Bakabon (平成天才バカボン?, "Heisei period Genius Bakabon") airing on Fuji TV for 46 episodes from January 6 to December 29, 1990, and Rerere no Tensai Bakabon (レレレの天才バカボン?, "Rerere's Genius Bakabon") airing on TV Tokyo from October 19, 1999, to March 21, 2000, for 24 episodes. In India this show was broadcast by Hungama TV.
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