“Ghost grocer Batsugoro watches son Ataro run Yaobatsu store with oddball friends in heart-warming comedy.”
Mouretsu Atarou
もーれつア太郎
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Ghost grocer Batsugoro watches son Ataro run Yaobatsu store with oddball friends in heart-warming comedy.
Based on a manga of Akatsuka Fujio. Batsugoro was the owner of a grocery store, Yaobatsu. When he tried to take a balloon hanged caught on the branch for a little child, he fell on to the ground to die. His son, Ataro, succeeded to the store, but Batsugoro was worried about him, and he remained there being a ghost. Ataro managed the shop alone, but soon his follower, Dekoppachi, began to help him. Being surrounded by strange characters such as, Nyarome, Butamatsu, the heart-warming story develops. (Source: AnimeNfo)
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A Tv Production · Spring 1969
Toei Animation.- Format 90 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 37h 30m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1969 – Dec 1970 Spring 1969
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-8173 catalog