Taro the Space Alien

Taro the Space Alien (Japanese: うちゅう人田中太郎, Hepburn: Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō) is a manga series created by Yasunari Nagatoshi. In 2000, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.[1]

Taro the Space Alien
うちゅう人田中太郎
(Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō)
Manga
Written byYasunari Nagatoshi
Published byShogakukan
MagazineCoroCoro Comic
DemographicChildren, Shōnen
Original runAugust 1998 – September 2004
Volumes14
Anime television series
Directed byYorifusa Yamaguchi
Produced byRyoji Shimizu
Written byMichihiro Tsuchiya
Koji Ueda
Music byCher Watanabe
StudioStudio Hibari
Licensed by (canceled)
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 17, 2000 – March 30, 2001
Episodes24

Viz Media is the licensor of the series in the United States. The series has not had a release in English.

The series' protagonist is Takashi Horimachi (堀町 タカシ, Horimachi Takashi), a fifth grader at "Anytown" Elementary School. A transfer student named Taro Tanaka (田中 太郎, Tanaka Tarō) enters Takashi's class. Taro Tanaka turns out to be a space alien. Takashi becomes obsessed with trying to figure out the origins of Taro.

Summary

Takashi is just a regular fifth grader when a new student, Taro Tanaka, appears. Later Takashi realizes that Taro is an alien and tries to find out more about him. He has many adventures with Taro. Takashi soon gets into much trouble and starts to have a bad reputation because of Taro such as giving his childhood friend Kyoko an explosive bomb for her birthday (which Taro had switched with a Taro doll Takashi had meant to give Kyoko). Taro also constantly makes Takashi annoyed, like one time Taro invited Takashi to his birthday party, but Taro made Takashi walk to the end of a long hallway to go to his room (at the end of the hall was a sign that said turn around). When they went back to the beginning of the hall, Takashi finds that Taro's room was hidden near the entrance of Taro's house. Taro also makes Takashi really embarrassed like for example, Taro somehow made the entrance to a bathroom of an amusement park turn into a rollercoaster ride where all Takashi's clothes flew off and he was stuck up there the entire day, hanging on for life.

Characters
Takashi Horimachi (堀町 タカシ, Horimachi Takashi)
A fifth grade boy that lives in Anytown and loves cute girls (which upsets Kyoko greatly). He starts to have a bad reputation when Taro comes to his school.

Kyoko Asada (浅田 きょう子 Asada Kyoiko)

Takashi's childhood friend and love interest, She doesn't like Takashi when he cheats off her. She use her hammer if Takashi cheats on her.

Voice actors

Staff
  • Original Production by Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd.
  • Created by Yasunari Nagatoshi
  • Originally Published by Shogakukan Inc.
  • Executive Producer: Masakazu Kubo
  • Producer: Ryoji Shimizu
  • Director: Yorifusa Yamaguchi
  • Scripts by Michihiro Tsuchiya, Koji Ueda
  • Animation Production: Studio Hibari
  • Animation Producers: Seji Mitsunobu, Jiro Saito
  • Character Designer: Masaru Oshiro
  • Art Director: Yoji Yoshikawa
  • Music by Cher Watanabe (credited as Cheru Watanabe)
  • Music Producer: Takashi Yoshida
  • Sound Recording Production: HALF H·P STUDIO (credited as HALF H · P STUDIO)
  • Sound Recording Director: Shigeru Chiba

Theme Songs
Opening Song "Tanaka de Shubiduwa"
Lyrics: Kondoria Mito / Composition/Music Arrangement: Cher Watanabe (credited as Cheru Watanabe)
Ending Song "Tanaka Taro no Uta"
Lyrics: Kondoria Mito / Composition/Music Arrangement: Cher Watanabe (credited as Cheru Watanabe)

References
  1. 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2007-08-19.


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