“1975 children's song about Taiyaki-kun, a taiyaki pancake who escapes to sea but gets eaten by an angler.”
Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun
およげ!たいやきくん
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1975 children's song about Taiyaki-kun, a taiyaki pancake who escapes to sea but gets eaten by an angler.
A song originally used in the children's television program Hirake! Ponkikki. The popular CD was originally released in 1975. In 2008, it was released alongside an anime DVD with a music video. The song starts by expressing how Taiyaki-kun and other taiyaki pancakes are fed up with being relentlessly cooked up on a hot plate day after day. In the song, Taiyaki-kun escapes to the sea, but ends up being caught and eaten by an angler. (Source: Pop Matters)
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A Music Production
Pony Canyon
- Format 1 × 4′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 04m all episodes
- Aired Mar 2008 – ongoing
- Source Music media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-13045 catalog
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- Pony Canyon Producer