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Kaibutsu-kun

怪物くん

“1980 Kaibutsu-kun TV specials: 3 memorial episodes for Franken's VA, 3 New Year specials, all single 15-minute stories.”

6 episodes16 min

Comedy, Horror, ShounenWinter 1981G - All Ages

5.79 Community score

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6/6 aired

EP 01 EP 06

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Synopsis

1980 Kaibutsu-kun TV specials: 3 memorial episodes for Franken's VA, 3 New Year specials, all single 15-minute stories.

TV specials of the 1980 colored Kaibutsu-kun series. The first three episodes aired after episode 25. The trio aired back to back on the same day, in honor of Taro Sagami who was the voice actor of Franken. He had passed away the day before. Shingo Kanemoto took over voicing the role after these three eps. The other three eps were all New Years specials aired after ep 57. Each Kaibutsu-kun story is ~15 minutes long. The TV series shows 2 stories per episode to fit into a half hour time slot. These specials are all 1 story each but ep 3 and 5 use the time slot for theirs.