Judo Boy

Judo Boy (紅三四郎, Kurenai Sanshirō, "Scarlet Sanshiro") is a Japanese anime television series created by Tatsuo Yoshida and directed by Ippei Kuri. The series aired on Fuji TV from April 2, 1969 to September 24, 1969, totaling 26 episodes.[1][2] Two manga adaptations were created, the first published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 28 to November 17, 1968,[3] and a 4-chapters series in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 22 to July 10, 1969.[4]

Judo Boy
Judo Boy flyer
紅三四郎
(Kurenai Sanshirō)
Manga
Written by
  • Ippei Kuri
  • Yutaka Arai
Illustrated byTatsuo Yoshida
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Book
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary, 1961 – March, 1962
Anime television series
Directed byIppei Kuri
Written byJinzō Toriumi
StudioTatsunoko Productions
Original networkFuji TV
Original run April 2, 1969 – September 24, 1969
Episodes26
Manga
Kurenai Sanshirō
Written byIppei Kuri
Illustrated byTatsuo Yoshida
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 28, 1968 – November 17, 1968

The series stars a teenage martial artist named Sanshiro (voiced by Ikuo Nishikawa), trained in the Kurenai School of Jiujitsu 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 opening theme was performed by Mitsuko Horie (her first) when she was just 12 years old.

References
  1. Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia. Stone Bridge Press, 2006. ISBN 1933330104.
  2. Daniel Valentin Simion. 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.
  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.


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