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Dash Kappei (1981)

Dash Kappei poster
Original title
ダッシュ勝平
Genre
comedy anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 65 episodes
Rated
16
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy who excels at many sports gets into wild situations involving basketball, table tennis, and sumo. This anime follows his over-the-top adventures with a comedic, parodic tone.

fast-pacedsillyenergeticabsurdlightheartedcomedicover-the-top

What happens

Dash Kappei (ダッシュ勝平) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Noboru Rokuda and first published in 1980 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. The manga had 158 chapters. The manga was also adapted into a 65-episode anime television series by Tatsunoko Production in 1981, chiefly directed by Masayuki Hayashi and Seitaro Hara. The anime was aired across Japan on Fuji Television and its affiliates from 4 October 1981 to 26 December 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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