Toei Fushigi Comedy Series
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Toei Company
- Robot 8-chan (1981)
- Batten Robomaru (1982)
- Pettonton (1983)
- Dokincho! Nemurin (1984)
- As You Please! Kamitaman (1985)
- Morimori Bokkun (1986)
- Omoikkiri Detective Team Hardgumi (1987)
- German Detective Team Maringumi (1988)
- Magical Chinese Girl Paipai! (1989)
- Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema! (1989)
- La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine (1990)
- Mysterious Nile Girl Thutmose (1991)
- Sing! Great Dragon Palace (1992)
- Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian (1993)
| Toei Fushigi Comedy Series | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Ishimori Productions Toei Company |
| Years | 1981–1993 |
| Films and television | |
| Television series |
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| Miscellaneous | |
| Type | Tokusatsu TV Franchise |
The Toei Fushigi Comedy Series (東映不思議コメディーシリーズ, Tōei Fushigi Komedī Shirīzu) is a series of Japanese tokusatsu programs which was produced by Toei Company and was aired by Fuji TV from 9:00 am to 9:30 am on Sunday.[1]
This series is known as various superheroes similar to the Kamen Rider Series, Super Sentai Series, & Metal Hero Series. However, these shows mainly focus on cute robots similar to Robocon, cute & unusual creatures, masked individuals who get tracked down by school children, and magical girls.
Each one is supposed to invoke mysterious humor; hence the name fushigi, which means "mystery" in Japanese. This series of programs was shown throughout the 1980s and ended in the early 1990s. All these programs were created by Shotaro Ishinomori,[2] creator of the Kamen Rider, Super Sentai & Robocon series of manga and tokusatsu, as well as many other Toei Superheroes.
This series is divided into three subcategories:
- Robot and extra terrestrials: from Robot 8-chan to Morimori Bokkun.
- Children's detective team: Hardgumi and Maringumi.
- Magical girl: from Magical Chinese Girl Paipai! to Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian
Especially, the subcategory magical girl is known as "a gateway to female entertainers", female entertainers who starred in this magical girl series were selected for variety shows and anime theme songs after this series. Among them, Wakako Shimazaki who starred in "Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema!" has survived in the entertainment world until today in 2021.
- Wakako Shimazaki : "Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema!" (July 1989) → "All-Star Thanksgiving" & "Moero! Top Striker" (October 1991)
- Sanae Horikawa : "Mysterious Nile Girl Thutmose" (January 1991) → "Rokudenashi Blues" (July 1993)
