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Bubu Chacha (1999)

Bubu Chacha poster
Original title
ぶぶチャチャ
Directed by
Tetsurō Amino
Genre
comedy anime and manga, slice of life anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 52 episodes
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl's toy car comes to life after being reincarnated. Together they go on everyday adventures and learn about friendship.

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What happens

Bubu Chacha (ぶぶチャチャ, Bubu Chacha) is a Japanese slice of life anime series created by Akira Okeya (writer of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team and Transformers: Armada), Iku, Takeshi Anzai and Tetsuro Amino (director of Blue Comet SPT Layzner). Produced by Daume and Japan Digital Entertainment, the series was directed and written by Akira Okeya and produced by Katsuhiko Nozawa, the animation producer of Please Twins!. Character designs were done by Shinji Ochi, who did the character designs later on in Ichigeki Sacchu!! HoiHoi-san. The series first premiered on NHK from April 29, 1999, to November 25, 1999, with a total of 26 episodes. A second season titled I Love Bubu Chacha! (だいすき! ぶぶチャチャ, Daisuki! Bubu Chacha) premiered two years later on NHK from May 10, 2001, to November 29, 2001, with a total run of 26 episodes. The first and/or the second season was also broadcast internationally on Disney Channel Asia (Asia Pacific), GMTV2 (United Kingdom), Raidue (Italy), TRT (Turkey), ABS-CBN (Philippines), Trans TV and Spacetoon (Indonesia), TVOKids (Canada) and Hero TV (Philippines). The animation studio itself later worked with Takeshi Anzai to produce the anime adaptation of Strawberry Marshmallow. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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