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Judo Boy
Judo Boy flyer
紅三四郎（くれないさんしろう）
GenreMartial arts
Created byTatsuo Yoshida
Directed byIppei Kuri (chief)
Music byNobuyoshi Koshibe
Opening theme
  • "Kurenai Sanshirō"
  • by Katsuhiko Miki (#1–13)
  • and Mitsuko Horie (#14–26)
Ending theme
  • "Otoko no Kōya"
  • by Katsuhiko Miki (#1–13)
  • "Yūhi no Otoko"
  • by Yuri Shimazaki (#14–26)
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerKenji Yoshida
Production companyTatsunoko Production
Original release
NetworkFuji TV
ReleaseApril 2 (1969-04-02) –
September 24, 1969 (1969-09-24)
Related
Further information
Manga
Written by
  • Ippei Kuri
  • Yutaka Arai
Illustrated byTatsuo Yoshida
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Book
Original runJanuary 1961 – March 1962
Volumes1
Manga
Kurenai Sanshirō
Written byMasato Tenma[a]
Illustrated byIppei Kuri
Published by
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
Original runJuly 28, 1968 – November 17, 1968
Volumes1[b]
Manga
Kurenai Sanshirō
Written byTatsuo Yoshida
Illustrated byMamoru Uchiyama[c]
Published byShueisha
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
Original runMay 22, 1969 – July 10, 1969

Kurenai Sanshirō (Japanese: 紅三四郎; lit. "Scarlet Sanshiro"), known outside Japan as Judo Boy, is a Japanese anime television series created by Tatsuo Yoshida and his brother Ippei Kuri loosely based on the manga Judo Boy (Japanese: ジュードー・ボーイ, Hepburn: Jūdō Bōi) written by Yutaka Arai and Kuri and illustrated by Yoshida. The series aired on Fuji TV from April 2, 1969, to September 24, 1969, totaling 26 episodes.[1][2] The series was also followed by two manga adaptations, the first written by Masato Tenma[a] and illustrated by Kuri published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 28 to November 17, 1968,[3] and a four-chapters series written by Yoshida and illustrated by Mamoru Uchiyama[c] in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 22 to July 10, 1969.[4]

The series stars a teenage martial artist named Sanshiro (voiced by Ikuo Nishikawa), trained in the Kurenai School of jiu-jitsu and centers around his search for his father's killer. Accompanying Sanshiro is an orphaned boy named Kenbo (voiced by Kenbo Kaminarimon) and his pet dog Boke (voiced by Hiroshi Otake). Sanshiro's only clue to his father's murderer is a glass eye left on the scene of the crime, suggesting that his father's murderer was one-eyed. Thus many of the villains Sanshiro fought during the course of the series were one-eyed or had one eye concealed with an eye-patch.

The second opening theme was performed by Mitsuko Horie (her first) when she was just 12 years old.

Cast

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Uncredited. Ippei Kuri receives both script and illustration credits for this work.
  2. ^ This volume was reprinted in 2007 by Shueisha in a special edition along with the four chapters written by Tatsuo Yoshida that were published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1969 and had never been compiled into a tankōbon volume before.
  3. ^ a b Uncredited. Tatsuo Yoshida receives both script and illustration credits for this work.

References

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  1. ^ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia. Stone Bridge Press, 2006. ISBN 1933330104.
  2. ^ Daniel Valentin Simion (2009). Il Dizionario dei Cartoni Animati. Anton, 2009. ISBN 9788890390227.
  3. ^ "週刊少年サンデー 紅三四郎(九里一平 ／ タツノコ・プロ)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 14, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "少年ジャンプ 紅三四郎(吉田竜夫 ／ タツノコプロ ／ [構成]天馬正人 ／ [作画]内山まもる ／ [作画]安来よしのり ／ [作画]佐藤英司 ／ [作画]松岡芳樹)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 14, 2019.[permanent dead link]
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