Kiteretsu Daihyakka

Kiteretsu Daihyakka (キテレツ大百科) is a Japanese manga series by Fujiko Fujio (Fujimoto alone), which ran in the children's magazine Kodomo no Hikari from April 1974 to July 1977. The manga was later made into a 331-episode anime television series that ran on Fuji TV from 27 March 1988 to 9 June 1996. The series was licensed for Spain by LUK Internacional under the title of "Kiteretsu, el primo más listo de Nobita" (English translation: Kiteretsu, Nobita's Smarter Cousin).

Plot
The series is the story of a scientific inventor boy genius named Eiichi Kite, a.k.a. Kiteretsu, a descendant of a great inventor named D. Kiteretsu Saisama, who has built a companion robot named Korosuke. He has friends such as Miyoko Nonohana, a girl in his neighborhood and love interest, Buta Gorira (Kumada Kaoru), a typical neighborhood bully, and his friend Tongari, a rich boy, who both often antagonize Korosuke and Kiteretsu (though they are in grade school). It also depicts Kiteretsu's frequent adventures in time with his friends and Korosuke in the time machine which he built.

Characters

 * Eiichi Kite (木手英一) (a.k.a., Kiteretsu (キテレツ))
 * An 11-year-old 5th grader who lives in Tokyo. He is the city’s one of the smartest kids who’s also an excellent genius student and is quite the smarty pants, has a strong mechanical and inventive aptitude, but the only thing he is weak at is sports. He can repair normal machines and invent variations of the Daihyakka gadgets..


 * Korosuke (コロ助)
 * Kiteretsu's lazy robot assistant who usually ends his sentences with nari (ナリ). He usually wears an artificial samurai sword. He is an invention in the encyclopedia. He was made by Kiteretsu himself..


 * Miyoko Nonohana (野々花みよ子) (a.k.a., Miyo-chan (みよちゃん)))
 * A very intelligent girl who is one of Kiteretsu's best friends, and Kiteretsu's love interest. She is shown to be Kiteretsu's future wife in several time-travel episodes. She resembles Michiko Sawada from Perman..


 * Kaoru Kumada (熊田薫) (a.k.a., Butagorira (ブタゴリラ))
 * One of Kiteretsu's friends who is the son of a green grocer who loves vegetables. He is a typical bully, but is mostly comic relief..


 * Kōji Tongari (尖浩二) (a.k.a., Tongari (トンガリ))
 * A rich boy and one of Kiteretsu's friends. He is easily frightened, and a best friend of Butagorira, though is quite often bullied by him..


 * Benzō Karino
 * A friend and mentor of Kiteretsu and his friends, as well as a university student. He owns a car..


 * Michiko Kite (木手美智子 Kite Michiko)
 * Kiteretsu's mother..


 * Eitarō Kite
 * Kiteretsu's father..


 * Kumahachi Kumada
 * Butagorira's father.He owns a vegetable shop.


 * Sayuri Kumada
 * Butagorira's mother..


 * Kōichi Tongari
 * Tongari's father..


 * Takako Tongari
 * Tongari's mother..

Manga

 * Kiteretsu Daihyakka vol. 1–3 (Tentōmushi Comics, Shogakukan, 1977)
 * Kiteretsu Daihyakka vol. 1–4 (Fujiko F. Fujio Land, Chūō Kōron Shinsha, 1984)
 * Kiteretsu Daihyakka vol. 1–2 (Shogakukan Koro r Bunko, Shogakukan, 1984)
 * My First BIG Kiteretsu vol. 1–2 (Shogakukan, 2003)

Anime
The manga was later made into a 331-episode anime television series which ran on Fuji TV from 27 March 1988 to 9 June 1996. The series aired in South Korea on Cartoon Network. The series first aired in India on Hungama TV in 2007. Later on Disney XD, Disney Channel, Pogo & Cartoon Network. An English dub of the anime aired in India on Cartoon Network. A remastered version of the series is aired on Hungama TV from April 2021 in India. As of September 2016, a remastered version of the series airs on Animax in Japan.

Staff

 * Planning: Taihei Ishikawa→Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV), Yoshirō Kataoka (Asatsu)
 * Producers:
 * Kenji Shimizu→Minoru Wada→Yoshihiro Suzuki (Fuji TV)
 * Yoshio Kataoka→Kazuhiko Ishikawa→Tateshi Yamazaki→Yutaka Sugiyama (Asatsu)
 * Akio Wakana (Gallop)
 * Tetsuo Kanno (Staff 21)
 * Script: Shun'ichi Yukimuro, Takashi Yamada, Toshiyuki Aoshima, Satoshi Namiki, Tadaaki Yamazaki
 * General Animation Directors: Tsukasa Tannai, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hajime Watanabe, Nobuyuki Tokinaga, Shōjurō Yamauchi
 * Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi→Satoshi Shibata
 * Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production, Studio Kanon
 * Director of Photography: Shigeo Sugimura (credited as Yasuhiro Shimizu for part of it)→Hiroaki Edamitsu
 * Music Director: Nobuhiro Komatsu
 * Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
 * Director: Hiro Katsuoka→Keiji Hayakawa
 * Executive Producer: Mikio Wakana
 * Sound Producer: Yōsuke Kuroda

Opening theme songs
Listing includes the song title followed by the episodes and the singer in parentheses.


 * Kiteretsu Daihyakka no Uta (キテレツ大百科のうた "The Song of Kiterestu Encyclopedia") (90-minute special on November 2, 1987, Mitsuko Horie)
 * 1) Oyome-san ni Natte Agenaizo (お嫁さんになってあげないゾ) (ep. 1–24, Kaori Moritani)
 * 2) Body dake Lady (ボディーだけレディー) (ep. 25–60, Junko Uchida)
 * 3) Yumemiru Jikan (夢みる時間) (ep. 61–86, Megumi Mori)
 * 4) Hajimete no Chū (はじめてのチュウ) (ep. 87–108, Anshin Papa)
 * 5) Suimin Busoku (スイミン不足) (ep. 109–170, Chicks)
 * 6) Oryōri Kōshinkyoku (お料理行進曲) (ep. 171–331, Yuka)

Ending theme songs
Listing includes the song title followed by the episodes and the singer in parentheses.


 * Korosuke Machi wo Yuku (コロ助まちをゆく) (90-minute special, Kyōko Yamada)
 * 1) Magical Boy Magical Heart (マジカルBoyマジカルHeart) (ep. 1–16, Kaori Moritani)
 * 2) Lace no Cardigan (レースのカーディガン) (ep. 17–24, Kaori Sakagami)
 * 3) Korosuke Rock (コロ助ROCK) (ep. 25–60, Junko Uchida)
 * 4) Felt no Pencase (フェルトのペンケース) (ep. 61–86, Megumi Mori)
 * 5) Merry ha tada no Tomodachi (メリーはただのトモダチ) (ep. 87–108, Toshiko Fujita)
 * 6) Hajimete no Chū (はじめてのチュウ) (ep. 109–170, 213–290, 311–331, Anshin Papa)
 * 7) Happy Birthday (ep. 171–212, Yuka)
 * 8) Uwasa Kiss (うわさのキッス) (ep. 291–310, TOKIO)

Television drama
In January 2002, NHK aired a two-hour one-shot live action drama featuring a CGI Korosuke voiced by Mami Koyama. It was originally aired on NHK Educational TV on January 1, 2002.

Games

 * On February 23, 1990, Epoch released an action game for the Famicom.
 * On July 15, 1994, another action game, Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Bouken Ouedo Juraki, was released by Video System for the Game Boy.
 * A board game titled Kiteretsu Daihyakka: Chōjikū Sugoroku was released on January 27, 1995 by Video System for the Super Famicom.
 * Another game was made for the Sega Pico.

Reception
The anime was ranked 31st on a list published by TV Asahi in 2005 of the top 100 anime.