“A lonely boy befriends a mysterious parasol-carrying creature from his closet, forming a secret magical friendship.”
Parasol Henbei
パラソルヘンべえ
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A lonely boy befriends a mysterious parasol-carrying creature from his closet, forming a secret magical friendship.
All children dream to have a friend straight from a fairy tale... A little boy opens his closet and finds a strange creature with a parasol sitting in there. Nobody knows how he got there and from what mysterious worlds he is, but it is a fast friendship from the beginning. And nobody can ever know... (Source: ANN)
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A Tv Production · Fall 1989
NHK · NHK Enterprises
- Format 200 × 10′ eps × min
- Total runtime 33h 20m all episodes
- Aired Oct 1989 – Jan 1991 Fall 1989
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-5068 catalog
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- NHK Producer
- NHK Enterprises Producer