Fair, then Partly Piggy
| Fair, then Partly Piggy | |
 Cover of the first picture book | |
| はれときどきぶた (Hare Tokidoki Buta) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Shiro Yadama |
| Published by | Iwasaki Shoten |
| Demographic | Children |
| Original run | September 5, 1980 – July 11, 2013 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Toshio Hirata |
| Produced by | Keiichi Koyama Koichi Murata Yutaka Sugiyama |
| Written by | Hiroo Takeuchi Hideo Takayashiki |
| Music by | Etsuji Yamada |
| Studio | Oh! Production Gakken |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | August 23, 1988[1] |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shinichi Watanabe |
| Produced by | Keisuke Iwata |
| Written by | Yoshio Urasawa |
| Music by | Toshio Masuda TV Tokyo Music |
| Studio | Group TAC SPE Visual Works |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo (1997–1998) Tokyo MX (2011) |
| English network |
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| Original run | July 3, 1997 – September 29, 1998 |
| Episodes | 61 |
Fair, then Partly Piggy (はれときどきぶた, Hare Tokidoki Buta) is a picture book series written by Shiro Yadama. Some books were translated into English by Keith Holman.[2] The book is about a boy named Noriyasu Hatakeyama who starts writing "tomorrow's" journal entries when he finds out the days start happening just the way he writes them.
A 30-minute animated film was created by Oh! Production and Gakken and released on August 23, 1988.
A TV series was created by Group TAC and it aired on TV Tokyo from July 3, 1997 to September 29, 1998. It was rebroadcast on Tokyo MX from May 6, 2011 to July 29, 2011. When brought to the United States, it was renamed Tokyo Pig. The English dub of Tokyo Pig was produced by Miramax Television and Buena Vista Sound Services. It was also translated into Chinese and Tagalog (under the name Sunny Pig). It was broadcast from September 2002 to March 2003 in the United States on ABC Family, and eventually on Cartoon Network Korea in June 2013. It was originally directed by Shinichi Watanabe and starred Koichi Yamadera as Yori-chan.
Main characters
- Noriyasu Hatakeyama (畠山 則安, Hatakeyama Noriyasu) / Spencer Weinberg-Takahama
- Voiced by: Omi Minami (Japanese); Joshua Seth (English)
- Harebuta (はれぶた, Harebuta) / Sunny Pig
- Voiced by: Mika Kanai
- Mama (ママ, Mama) / Mom
- Voiced by: Naoko Matsui (Japanese); Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
- Papa (パパ, Papa) / Dad
- Voiced by: Kiyoyuki Yanada (Japanese); Wally Wingert (English)
- Tama-chan (玉ちゃん, Tama-chan) / Dizzy Lizzy
- Voiced by: Kurumi Mamiya (Japanese); Colleen O'Shaughnessey (English)
- Announcer Yadama (矢玉アナ, Yadama-ana) / The Weather Lady
- Voiced by: Misa Watanabe (Japanese); Diane Michelle (English)
Other characters
- Nabeshin (ナベシン, Nabeshin) / Angus
- Voiced by: Hiro Yuki (Japanese); Jason Spisak (English)
- Onigiriyama (おにぎり山, Onigiriyama) / Eggman
- Voiced by: Wasabi Mizuta (Japanese); Mona Marshall (English)
- Kimiyo Hiraga (平賀 きみよ, Hiraga Kimiyo) / Tiffany Van Hootenberg
- Voiced by: Sumie Baba (Japanese); Brianne Siddall (English)
- Koganei Musashi (武蔵小金井, Musashi Koganei) / Wigstaff
- Voiced by: Yoku Shioya (Japanese); Jason Spisak (English)
- Masako Sodefuri (袖振 マサコ, Sodefuri Masako) / Sweater Girl
- Voiced by: Naoko Matsui (Japanese); Brianne Siddall (English)
- Ms. Kazuko (和子先生, Kazuko-sensei) / Ms. Spelt
- Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese); Wendee Lee (English)
- The Principal (校長先生, Kōchō-sensei)
- Voiced by: Naoki Tatsuta (Japanese); Neil Kaplan (English)
- Black Yadama (黒矢玉, Kuro Yadama) / Shadow Lady
- Yuroba Hirohi (広飛優老婆, Hirohi Yūrōba) / Mrs. Tingly a.k.a. Lady Fujian
- Kurobuta (クロブタ, Kurobuta) / Dark Sunny
- Voiced by: Nobutoshi Canna
- Yamada-san (山田さん, Yamada-san) / Wenworth
- Voiced by: Masako Nozawa
- Snow Queen
Crew
English crew
- Steve Kramer - Voice director
Picture books
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair then Partly Piggy Hare Tokidoki Buta (はれときどきぶた) | September 5, 1980[3] 4-26-591613-9 | 1986 |
| 2 | Tomorrow is Pig Day and Pig Time Ashita Buta no Hi Buta Jikan (あしたぶたの日ぶたじかん) | July 29, 1985[4] 4-26-591628-7 | - |
| 3 | Sometime's I'm a Pig Boku Tokidoki Buta (ぼくときどきぶた) | September 26, 1987[5] 4-26-591636-8 | - |
| 4 | My Digestable Manga Boku Hesomade Manga (ぼくへそまでまんが) | September 28, 1990[6] 4-26-591653-8 | - |
| 5 | Yumenbo from Dreams Yume Kara Yumenbo (ゆめからゆめんぼ) | September 30, 1993[7] 4-26-591656-2 | - |
| 6 | Moving and Moving Hikkosu de Hikkosu (ヒッコスでひっこす) | January 17, 1996[8] 4-26-504126-4 | - |
| 7 | Fair then Partly Squid Hare Tokidoki Tako (はれときどきたこ) | September 30, 2002[9] 4-26-502840-3 | - |
| 8 | Fair then Partly Ahaha Hare Tokidoki Ahaha (はれときどきアハハ) | August 31, 2007[10] 4-26-582009-3 | - |
| 9 | Fair then Partly Amanojaku Hare Tokidoki Amanojaku (はれときどきあまのじゃく) | September 15, 2010[11] 4-26-582030-1 | - |
| 10 | Fair Piglet Chance Hare Tamatama Kobuta (はれたまたまこぶた) | July 11, 2013[12] 4-26-582040-9 | - |
Episode list
References
- ^ "はれときどきぶた (1988)". allcinema.net. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
- ^ http://homepage3.nifty.com/harebuta/eigohrebuta1.jpg
- ^ "Release Date". Retrieved 2014-05-08.
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External links
- Shiro Yadama's website Template:Ja icon
- Hare Tokidoki Buta (TV) at Tokyo MX's official website Template:Ja icon
- Fair, then Partly Piggy (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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