Wonder Beat Scramble

Genre

science fiction, science fiction anime and manga

Country

Japan

How it feels

Anime series where microscopic heroes explore the human body to fight germs and disease. Each episode teaches about a different organ or bodily function.

educationallightheartedwhimsicalretroinformativeplayfulpacedfantastical

What happens

Wonder Beat Scramble (ワンダービートS, Wandā Bīto Sukuranburu), also known as Micro Nauts, is a Japanese science fiction anime series planned and supervised by Osamu Tezuka in his later years, which ran from April 16 to November 19, 1986, on TBS-affiliated networks. Produced by Mushi Production, Tokyo Broadcasting System and Tokyu Agency, it was directed by Satoshi Dezaki and Seiji Arihara, with Arihara, Tsuneo Tominaga and Sunao Katabuchi serving as chief unit directors, Setsuko Shibuichi designing the characters, Yūichi Higuchi designing the mechanical elements and Ryō Yonemitsu and Hajime Mizoguchi composing the music. This is the first TV anime work of the newly established Mushi Production after its bankruptcy, and is an original project by Satoshi Itō based on the "Bacteria Rangers" of the 1963 Astro Boy TV series. The story was overseen by scholars in the fields of medicine and physiology, and at the end of each episode, Tezuka, himself being a Doctor of Medicine, appeared in live-action segments to explain the organs of the human body and physiological functions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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