Superbook (1981)

Original title

パソコントラベル探偵団

Genre

comedy drama anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga

Country

United States, Japan

Length

2 seasons, 52 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three children travel back in time to witness major events from the Bible. A talking book helps them explore stories from both the Old and New Testaments.

educationalwholesomenostalgicfaith-basedfamily-friendlyadventurouslightheartedhistorical

What happens

Superbook (スーパーブック, Sūpābukku), also known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre (アニメ 親子劇場, Anime Oyako Gekijō), is a Japanese Christian anime television series from 1981, initially produced by Tatsunoko Productions for TV Tokyo in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States. The Japanese opening song is "The TimeBook Song" (タイムブークの歌, Taimu Būku no Uta) by Ryō Miyauchi and the Japanese ending song is "My Fun Friends" (ゆかいな仲間たち, Yukai na Nakama tachi) by Fusako Fujimoto. The English opening song of the first season of the 1981 edition of Superbook is "Oh Superbook" by Stephan Peppos and the English ending song is "Su-su-super" by Stephan Peppos. The series chronicles the events of the Bible's Old and New Testaments in its 52-episode run. The first 26 episodes aired from October 9, 1981, to March 29, 1982 in Japan, followed by a second season called Superbook II: In Search for Ruffles and Return to the 20th Century (パソコントラベル探偵団, Pasokon Toraberu Tanteidan; lit. Personal Computer Travel Detective Team) with 26 episodes from April 4 to September 26, 1983. The Japanese opening song is "Personal Computer Travel Detective Team (パソコントラベル探偵団, Pasokon Toraberu Tanteidan) by Ritsuko Ōwada. The Japanese ending song is "Lyndon Bell: Song of the Wind" (リンドンベル・風の唄, Rindon Beru ･ Fū no Uta) by Yumi Okuhata, and the English opening song of "Superbook II: In Search For Ruffles And Return To The 20th Century" is "Superbook II" by Stephan Peppos. Its instrumental version serves the ending theme. Between both series in the first run was the companion series The Flying House. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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