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“Miserly fourth-grader Hagemaru, his stingy parents, and talking dog Pesu star in school-life comedy.”

Little Baldy Hagemaru

つるピカハゲ丸くん

7.01

4,674 rank · 3,750 viewers · 26 favorites

Comedy Kids

59 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Spring 1988 · Shin-Ei Animation · PG - Children

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Synopsis

Miserly fourth-grader Hagemaru, his stingy parents, and talking dog Pesu star in school-life comedy.

Hagemaru Hageda is a young kid, studying in fourth standard living with his parents in Japan. Only child of his parents, he and his parents are a big misers. They do anything for saving money and this is the basic plot of the show. Hagemaru also has a pet dog named Pesu, who often comments about Hagemaru's family being too miser and not giving him anything to eat. He is best friend of his class-mate Masaru Kondo and he has a crush on Midori, a girl from his class. In most of the episodes, Hagemaru goes to school and the story revolves around his teacher (his 'miss') and his friends. At the end of the each episode, top ten snippets are shown.