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Norakuro-kun (TV)

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Alternative title:
Little Norakuro
のらくろクン (Japanese)
Genres: action, mystery
Plot Summary: October, 1987, Autumn. In Suganami, Tokyo, there lives the Kinoshita family whereby the father draws very little pay out of his job as an ordinary salaryman. In order to cover expenses, he decides to let out the second floor of their apartment to earn additional rental income. One day, an obstinate-looking eldery dog, accompanied by a younger boy-dog, came knocking on their doors. The eldery dog addresses himself as Norayama Kuroyoshi and introduces his grandson as Norakuro. The former wants to open a detective agency and intends to rent the unit for their office. He will be the president of the investigative bureau while Norakuro-kun will be the director. He will also recruit one of the Kinoshita's sons, Keita-kun, as his employee and their advisor will be the girl-next-door, a high school student by the name of Rika Sawaguchi. On the third day since the official opening of the office, the telephone rang, a signal of a new case.
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 50
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 1987-10-04 to 1988-10-02
Opening Theme:
#1: "You! You! You!" by BaBe
#2: "JUNK BOY" by MEGU
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hold Me!" by BaBe
#2: "BE MY BOY!" by MEGU
Official website:
Norakuro-kun @ Pierrot 
Studio Pierrot (Japanese) 
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masami Anno
Series Composition: Yoshio Urasawa
Script:
Hiroshi Hashimoto (eps 20, 28, 39)
Hiroshi Konishikawa (4 episodes
eps 18, 27, 34, 41
)
Kazuhito Hisajima (8 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 22, 29, 36, 42, 46
)
Shuichi Kondo (ep 23)
Sukehiro Tomita (eps 7, 10, 30)
Yoshio Urasawa (19 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 12, 14, 16, 21, 24-25, 31, 33, 37-38, 43, 45, 48-50
)
Yoshiyuki Suga (11 episodes
eps 3, 11, 13, 17, 19, 26, 32, 35, 40, 44, 47
)
Storyboard:
Akira Shigino (eps 4, 8)
Akira Yahiro (eps 1, 24, 50)
Kazuyuki Hirokawa (ep 26)
Noriyuki Abe (6 episodes
eps 12, 19, 31, 37, 42, 46
)
Ryo Tachiba (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 16, 39
)
Saeko Aoki (6 episodes
eps 5, 14, 21, 27, 33, 44
)
Shigenori Kageyama (eps 13, 20)
Takaaki Ishiyama (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 9, 17, 23, 28, 34, 41, 48
)
Toshiaki Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 11, 18, 25, 29, 35
)
Yūji Kawahara (10 episodes
eps 15, 22, 30, 32, 38, 40, 43-49 odd
)
Yutaka Kagawa (ep 36)
Episode Director:
Kazuyuki Hirokawa (ep 26)
Noriyuki Abe (8 episodes
eps 12, 19, 24, 28, 31, 37, 42, 46
)
Rei Hidaka (eps 1, 4, 8)
Ryo Tachiba (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 16
)
Saeko Aoki (8 episodes
eps 5, 14, 21, 27, 33, 39, 44, 50
)
Shigenori Kageyama (eps 13, 20)
Takaaki Ishiyama (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 9, 17, 23, 28, 34, 41, 48
)
Toshiaki Suzuki (7 episodes
eps 11, 18, 25, 29, 35, 40, 45
)
Yūji Kawahara (8 episodes
eps 15, 22, 30, 32, 38, 43, 47, 49
)
Yutaka Kagawa (ep 36)
Music: Yusuke Honma
Original Manga: Suihou Tagawa
Character Design: Yūji Moriyama
Art Director: Torao Arai
Animation Director:
Atsuo Tobe (5 episodes
eps 23, 28, 38, 42, 47
)
Hiroshi Kawabata (eps 2, 6, 9)
Hiroyuki Ikegami (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 12, 15
)
Masayuki Hiraoka (6 episodes
eps 18, 25, 29, 35, 40, 45
)
Masayuki Uchiyama (ep 11)
Saburo Masutani (8 episodes
eps 8, 16, 19, 22, 27, 33, 39, 46
)
Takeshi Ōsaka (21 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 10, 14-15, 17, 21, 24, 30-32, 34, 36-37, 41, 43-44, 48-50
)
Sound Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama
Director of Photography: Hidekazu Kojima
Executive producer: Yūji Nunokawa
Producer:
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Kyōtarō Kimura (Yomiuri)
Yoshitaki Suzuki (Studio Pierrot)

Editing:
Masaki Sakamoto
Seiji Morita
In-Between Animation: Akiharu Ishii (Kaname Production; eps 13, 20, 26)
Key Animation:
Akira Shimizu (eps 35, 40, 45)
Atsuko Inoue (13 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14, 21, 23, 28, 34, 37, 42, 48-50
)
Atsuko Ishida (eps 20, 26)
Atsuo Tobe (eps 9, 17, 23)
Hayato Tejima (ep 45)
Hiroki Abe (4 episodes
eps 25, 29, 35, 45
)
Hiroko Kazui (5 episodes
eps 28, 34, 41, 43, 48
)
Hiroshi Motoyama (ep 50)
Hiroyuki Saitō (eps 16, 22, 27)
Ichiro Hattori (13 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30-32, 36, 38, 41, 44, 49
)
Kanae Koyanagi (9 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 16, 22, 27, 33, 39, 46
)
Kanji Hara (ep 3)
Katsuma Kanazawa (10 episodes
eps 4, 10, 14, 19, 24, 32, 36, 42, 44, 49
)
Kazuko Kodama (8 episodes
eps 7, 23, 28, 34, 41, 43, 48, 50
)
Keiji Mochizuki (eps 25, 29)
Keiji Nakamura (12 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 15, 19, 24, 30, 32, 38, 43, 49, 4447
)
Kenji Kobayashi (10 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 17, 24, 32, 36, 43, 48, 50
)
Kuniaki Tsuchi (8 episodes
eps 4, 7, 12, 18, 25, 29, 35, 47
)
Masaaki Nishida (12 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 15, 19, 24, 30, 32, 38, 41, 47, 49
)
Masahiro Neriki (eps 2, 4)
Masako Hōjō (7 episodes
eps 4, 7, 12, 18, 25, 29, 35
)
Masaru Oshiro (eps 5, 12)
Megumi Abe (9 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 16, 22, 27, 33, 39, 46
)
Nobukazu Sakuma (4 episodes
eps 31, 38, 41, 47
)
Noriko Yazawa (11 episodes
eps 9, 14, 21, 23, 28, 34, 37, 42, 48-50
)
Ryūichi Akahori (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 16, 22, 27, 33, 39
)
Saburo Masutani (eps 2, 5)
Shigeru Katō (eps 6, 9)
Shiro Kudaka (eps 2, 6, 12)
Tadashi Hasegawa (4 episodes
eps 18, 25, 29, 35
)
Takemi Tanemoto (eps 1, 4, 43)
Takeshi Ōsaka (eps 10, 19)
Toshiaki Kobayashi (eps 12, 31)
Toshiaki Komura (eps 5, 15, 21)
Toshiharu Kumaoka (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 16, 22, 27, 33, 39
)
Toshiharu Kume (9 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 16, 22, 27, 33, 39, 46
)
Toshiya Niidome (eps 1, 4)
Toshiyasu Okada (OP; ep 1)
Yasuko Miyazaki (11 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 17, 23, 28, 37, 43-44, 49-50
)
Yoshiko Kuwano (12 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 10, 14, 19, 30, 32, 36, 43-44, 47
)
Yūichirō Sueyoshi (ep 16)
Yuka Hoya (8 episodes
eps 17, 23, 28, 34, 41, 43, 48, 50
)
Yūya Kobayashi (10 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 19, 24, 30, 32, 34, 37, 42
)
Music Selection: Osamu Nakamura
Planning:
Kazuo Shimamura (Yomiko Advertising)
Kenichiro Haraoka
Production manager: Takuji Yamauchi
Sound Adjustment: Kiyoshi Matsuzawa
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki
Theme Song Arrangement:
Jun Satō (OP2)
Masaro Omura (OP1,ED1-2)
Theme Song Composition:
Fonny De Wolf (ED1)
Ichiro Haneda (OP1)
Kaoru Ōhori (ED2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Fonny De Wolf (ED1)
MEGU (OP2)
Tomoko Asaoka (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
BaBe (OP1,ED1)
MEGU (OP2,ED2)
Tomoko Kondo (OP1,ED1)
Yukari Nikaido (OP1,ED1)
Chika Sakamoto as Norakuro

Jouji Yanami as Kurokichi Norayama
Junpei Takiguchi as Colonel Bull
Kenichi Ogata as Jimmy Butagawa
Mika Doi as Keiko Kinoshita
Naoko Matsui as Rika Sawaguchi
Tesshō Genda as Keisuke Kinoshita
Yūko Mita as Keita Kinoshita

Ikuo Nishikawa as Charahan (ep 28)
Keiichi Nanba as Match Lu
Kōichi Kitamura as Dr. Shinkoiwa
Kumiko Nishihara as Ming-Ming (ep 33)
Masahiro Anzai as Ranbou
Masako Ezawa as Schoolgirl
Minoru Inaba as Rairaiken Master
Naoko Watanabe as Yuka
Seiko Nakano as Chigusa Matsumoto
Shigeru Chiba as O-ume Sawaguchi
Sukekiyo Kameyama as Inukawa
Takumi Nishio as Man B
Tomie Kataoka as Granny
Toshihiko Seki as
Kintarō
Lighter Lu
Yasuo Muramatsu as Taikin
Yukari Takayama as Female clerk

Masato Kubota
Yūko Suzuki
Japanese companies
Animation Cooperation: Kaname Production
Animation Production: Pierrot
Background Art: Production ai
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
In-Between Animation:
AC Production
Lifework
Studio Jungle Gym
Studio Wombat
Paint:
Pierrot
Studio Angel
Studio Kuma
Studio Runrun
Production:
Fuji Television Network
Pierrot
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.
Recording Production: Zack Promotion
Recording Studio: Central Recording
Video Editing: Tokyo Video Laboratory

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