Bōken Korobokkuru

Bōken Korobokkuru (冒険コロボックル, also known as Adventures Of Korobokkle, Korobockle Adventures and The Mountain Gnomes) is a kodomo anime series.

Created by

• Satoru Sato [ja]
• Tsutomu Murakami [ja]

Directed byYonehiko Watanabe (chief)

Music byBob Sakuma [ja]

Country of originJapan

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Bōken Korobokkuru
冒険コロボックル
Created by	Satoru Sato [ja] Tsutomu Murakami [ja]
Directed by	Yonehiko Watanabe (chief)
Music by	Bob Sakuma [ja]
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producers	Toshitaka Ikegashira (Yomiuri TV) Yonehiko Watanabe
Production companies	Yomiuri TV Eiken
Original release
Network	NNS (YTV, NTV)
Release	October 6, 1973 (1973-10-06) – March 30, 1974 (1974-03-30)

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It was an adaptation of the children's book Stories of Korobokkle by Satoru Sato, which was itself based on some northern Japan's folktales from Ainu people. It consisted of 26 episodes and was originally broadcast on Yomiuri TV.^[1][2]

According to Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy's The Anime Encyclopedia, it was "a foreshadowing of later Studio Ghibli efforts like Pompoko and My Neighbor Totoro."^[1]