Talk:Superbook (1981 TV series)

Lyrics removed.
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Controversy
Couldn't the same complaint be made about Flying House?

WAVY 10 22:36, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Status of Dog
In Superbook II, did they ever find the dog? 71.111.214.157 (talk) 18:01, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes they did --(mich (talk) 19:07, 24 December 2008 (UTC))

Genre
Is this really science fiction? Given that it is about a religion (which it treats as literal truth), and that the time-travel is achieved through magic (and that the "robot" is a toy brought magically to life), I would say not. Wardog (talk) 08:06, 9 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Agreed. You can probably say it has some science fiction elements, but it's not the main genre of the show. Have you a suggested alternative genre? Quadparty (talk) 13:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Reliability of CEGAnMo.com
This would appear to be a WP:SPS, so inappropriate for citation in this article. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 05:42, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

'The significance of Superbook' section
I've tagged this section as not only being wholly unreferenced, but also for being based primarily on CBN's self-assessment and WP:FANCRUFT, rather than opinions of reliable third party sources. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 07:03, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Moving it her to talk, until is can be sourced and balanced.

The significance of Superbook
According to CBN's official Superbook website, Superbook was born of a desire by evangelist and CBN head Pat Robertson to reach Japan, where Christians constitute a minority of the population. Research conducted by CBN in Japan during the late 1970s and early 1980s indicated that children were likely to be the most receptive audience to Bible stories and that the best way to reach them was through Christian anime and manga. Thus, CBN contracted with Yomiuri Advertising (also known as "Yomiko") and Tatsunoko Production to create and market an anime series that would help drive Bible sales in the Japanese market.

CBN originally did not plan to release the series outside of Japan, since Japanese animation was not considered marketable in the West at the time and since anime fandom in America was still in its infancy. Reportedly, the network was encouraged by a positive response to the series at a convention in France and went on to prepare the English-dubbed version that would be aired on U.S. television in 1982. Still, CBN, at least in the United States, did not promote the series as being Japanese in origin, and in fact removed all Japanese names from the English credits aside from a token credit for Tatsunoko for the animation production.

In the United States, Superbook was the first Christian-themed animated series to be syndicated to TV stations since Davey and Goliath in the 1960s.

To this day, the series has a loyal and devoted fan following around the world, among adults who grew up watching it as well as youngsters. In addition to the United States and Japan, the series has been aired in various other territories around Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Superbook was very popular on national television in Kenya, and also in the predominantly Muslim nation of Senegal, where it was reportedly the first Christian-themed program ever broadcast on TV. One of Superbook's greatest successes has been in the former Soviet Union. In Ukraine, the anime inspired a live-action Barney and Friends-style children's program titled Superbook Club (with the robot Gizmo, or "Robik" in Ukrainian, as the mascot), and there are also several Superbook Club music albums aimed at children.

Superbook also provided early directorial jobs for some directors who would go on to be legendary in the Japanese animation industry, such as Kazuo Yamazaki (Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Five Star Stories, The Slayers) and Osamu Sekita (My My Mai, Beyblade, Saber Marionette J and a number of Mobile Suit Gundam TV series).

The Superbook series as a whole is ranked #2 on The Top 8 Christian Cartoon Series List just ahead of sister series, The Flying House, which ranked #3.

[End of unsourced, unbalanced material. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 06:18, 1 January 2011 (UTC) ]

American Censorship
Do we have a ref for what parts of a Bible-based kids show had to be censored for American television? And wasn't the American venue cable channels, which have far fewer restrictions than broadcast channels? Hcobb (talk) 14:57, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

According to Paul Keeps The Faith superbook shows us a dangerous scene that a lion leaping through christians that's why they're careful at it

and Birth of Moses they're showing an Egyptian with a whip and a sound of whip

and Jeremiah and Jesus was shown covered in blood as well DaddyFranchesko (talk) 14:55, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

The third season of the anime is not
The third season of the anime is not, as it is the continuation of the U.S., the Japanese did not participate in it. And anime - a Japanese animation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mxmfunny (talk • contribs) 15:00, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

This article has been edited with things that don't relate to Superbook.
Some just put stuff about World War III into the "Superbook" article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supersmash0001 (talk • contribs) 04:43, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Totally irrelevant US military info
FOr some weird reason, some one has added a lot of totally irrelevant US military info on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RussellGoodall (talk • contribs) 01:11, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Voice Actor Cast List Removed
OK, so the voice actor cast list used to be here and then it got removed because the editor said it's not needed here. So was the editor trying to say that none of the actors worked on this show? This is very confusing. - FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 09:06, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Well, since no one want to argue about this, I shall take the liberty to re-add the voice cast list with minor changes. Now I have not seen the new CGI series, but I did notice that the cast list for the new series had three actors that weren't exactly involved with the production of the new series which were José Ferrer, Jack Palance, and Carole Shelley. The rest of the cast were clean. - FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 19:24, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * For an article that is okay and reliable, a lot of work had to be done... The Banner talk 19:32, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Articles do not normally contain a voice casting list, it is better to put who voiced what character with the characters section as that is more in line with prose. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:16, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I guess you're right, Knowlagekid. - FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 03:37, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

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Splitting on the "new" TV series into a separate article?
I'm not going to add a Split tag to this article, but it seems pretty clear to me that the 2011–present "new" version of the series should be split out into its own separate article. Just sayin... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:34, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I agree with IJBall, because the new Superbook series has a lot of information and trying to fit all of that info with the original series will make the article longer. Just saying too... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4451:8644:C700:95A:4A45:D4A2:2560 (talk) 09:20, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

We should split it to another new article since there's too much information given. I will work on with a new one. Mr. Pekka Stranker (talk) 01:29, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Support, as the two shows are nearly unrelated save for the name of the main protagonists and the Biblical theme. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SquidwardTentacools (talk • contribs) 03:42, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Super book
There's a new updated Version on Superbook Super Zing (talk) 09:21, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

About reference list
I can't edit the reference list what do i do please help me cause superbook reboot has officially changed the link of episode

Example: us-en.superbook.cbn.com/content/widows-mite to us-en.superbook.cbn.com/gizmonote/g516

The first one is season number the second and third number is episode number

The g stands for Gizmo

Example: 516 means Season 5 Episode 16 DaddyFranchesko (talk) 01:53, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

This is old Superbook. This article needs a remake. Radman2015 (talk) 04:46, 28 April 2023 (UTC)