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Pokonyan!
ポコニャン!
Manga
Written by Fujiko F. Fujio
Published by Ushio Publishing Co., Ltd.
Imprint Kibō Comics
Magazine Kibō no Tomo
Demographic Kodomo
Original runApril 1975May 1978
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa (Chief Director)
Seitarō Hara
Written by Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Music byMasae Sagara
Keita Miyahara
StudioAnimation 21
Licensed by Enoki Films USA
Original network NHK General TV (eps 1-150)
NHK Educational TV (eps 151-170)
Original run April 5, 1993 March 30, 1996
Episodes170

Pokonyan! (ポコニャン) is a 1993–1996 anime series produced by NHK. There are 170 episodes, each 10 minutes long. It is licensed by Enoki Films as Rocky Rackat!. [1]

Pokonyan! was very popular in the 1990s, when there was a tanuki trend. [2]

Characters

  • Pokonyan (ポコニャン) / Rocky Rackat: A mix between a cat and a raccoon.
  • Miki Konoha (木の葉 ミキ Konoha Miki) / Amy: A young girl who is Pokonyan's friend.
  • Midori Konoha (木の葉 ミドリ Konoha Midori): Miki's mother
  • Shigeru Konoha (木の葉 シゲル Konoha Shigeru): Miki's father

References

  1. ^ " ROCKY RACKAT!" Enoki Films. Retrieved on March 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Clements, Jonathan and Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917. Stone Bridge Press, November 6, 2012. ISBN  1611725151, 9781611725155. page unstated ( Google Books PT 682) "Tanuki were certainly 'in' at this point in the 1990s—the unrelated Pokonyan was a big hit at the same time."

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