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STORY

This TV series is about a boy named Sharaku who is an innocent child when the third eye on his forehead is covered with a patch. But once the patch comes off, he is transformed into a member of the evil three-eyed tribe, who possesses supernatural powers and had once built an ancient civilization. While the original Manga included Tezuka Osamu's studies on highly sophisticated ancient civilizations and a great number of sexual scenes involving Wato, the partner of Sharaku, these elements were subdued for the TV version in consideration of a younger audience. This was the first animated work based on Tezuka Osamu's Manga that was planned following his death.

CREDIT

(C) Gakushu Kenkyu Sha / Nikkeisha Inc. / Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. / Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.
Broadcast on Television Tokyo Channel 12 network / 25 minutes / In color / 48 episodes
Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / October 18, 1990 - September 26, 1991, Thursdays 7:00-7:30

STAFF

Original Manga: Tezuka Osamu
Planning: Gotoda Susumu (Nikkeisha Inc.), Furuoka Hideki (Gakushu Kenkyu Sha), Matsuya Takamasa (Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.)
Producers: Konaga Mitsunobu (Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd.), Arai Toshishige (Nikkeisha Inc.), Ohnishi Kuniaki (Gakushu Kenkyu Sha)
Director: Ueda Hidehito
Character Design and Picture Director: Udagawa Kazuhiko
Picture Director: Matsumoto Tomoaki, Shishikura Satoshi, Udagawa Kazuhiko, Handa Teruo, Uemura Eiji, Kon Shinosuke
Storyboard: Ueda Hidehito, Serizawa Tsuyoshi, Aota Kenjiro, Mochizuki Keiichiro, Yokoyama Hiroyuki, Saotome Yusaku, Shinoda Yoshino, Kise Akinori, Matsumi Shinichi, Ishiyama Takaaki, Fuji Mineo
Original pictures: Kawai Yuya, Kano Kaoru, Kigawa Junichi, Nishida Masayoshi, Miura Atsuya, Kawaguchi Toshio, Kato Shigeru, Noma Toshi, Tanabe Yoshinori, Kobayashi Junji, Yoshimura Masaki, Seya Shinji, Ito Yoshiyuki, Mochizuki Keiichiro, Watanabe Koji, Takeuchi Shinji, Ogata Yasuhiko, Chatani Yoshio, Takahashi Kazunori, Yamakubo Midori and others
Motion: Zenho Koyo, Ito Yoshiyuki, Kawaguchi Tomoko, Saito Norikazu, Kazamaki Toshio, Sugihara Nobuko, Nagashima Tetsuhiko, Misawa Yukiko, Nakajima Keiko, Sato Mie, Kiguchi Jun, Toyonaga Michiru, Miyawaki Kazuhiro, Fujimoto Atsushi, Higaki Akiko, Fujiwara Michiko, Ujihara Miki, Ogawa Norikatsu, Fujishima Ryuichi, Kimura Etsuko and others
Picture Checkers: Takeda Yoshihiro, Kitamura Naoko, Ishikawa Seki, Suzuki Yuichi, Takai Hironobu
Art Director: Okada Kazuo
Mechanics Design: Yamane Kimitoshi
Backgrounds: Iwasaki Kiyohiro, Kanno Takanobu, Shimoide Kazuyoshi, Maeda Tomoko, Tsuchikata Mayumi, Wada Izumi, Ogata Yumiko, Saito Yuko, Watabe Takashi, Watanabe Tsuyoshi, Akashi Teiichi, Imamura Tatsuo, Shibata Masato, Akashi Eriko, Raijo Hiromi, Watanabe Mina, Yamamoto Takemasa, Miyamoto Seiji, Sawai Yuji and others
Color Design: Sakuma Kumiko
Color Designation: Fujikawa Chinami, Nishimura Tatsunori, Ikeda Kiyoe, Seki Mieko, Nakamura Shinobu, Tanaka Fumiko, Murai Satomi
Editing: Sakamoto Masaki
Rendition Assistant: Takada Jun
Effects: Yokoyama Masakazu
Production Desk: Noda Yukio, Okazaki Shigeru, Iguchi Noriaki, Udagawa Sumio
Production Managers: Hattori Mitsuo, Ono Tetsuji, Kuwabara Satoshi, Koide Katsuhiko, Noda Yukio, Iguchi Noriaki, Sasaki Yukinari, Saito Tsunenori, Nagauchi Kazuhisa, Fukino Toshiyuki, Murata Shigeru
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki
Theme Songs:
"Mysterious Boomerang": Lyrics by Tokugaki Tomoko, song by Kosugi Yasuo, Arrangement by Shinoda Kazuo, and vocals by Tokugaki Tomoko
"Chotto Maho de Bansoko (Sticky Patch with a Little Magic)" : Lyrics by Huyumori Kayoko, song by Tsuno Koji, arrangement by Shinoda Kazuo, and vocals by Tokugaki Tomoko
Production Producer: Kitami Koichiro (Nikkeisha Inc.), Hasegawa Tohru (Gakushu Kenkyu Sha), Yui Masatoshi (Tezuka Production Co., Ltd.)
Produced by: Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd., Nikkeisha Inc., Gakushu Kenkyu Sha, Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.

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