“Third-grader's journal lies become reality, causing chaos with fake news and apocalyptic pig rain.”
Fair, then Partly Piggy
はれときどきぶた (1988)
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Synopsis
Third-grader's journal lies become reality, causing chaos with fake news and apocalyptic pig rain.
Noriyasu seems like an average third-grader, but his life goes haywire after he catches his mother reading his private daily journal. In an effort to astonish her, he begins writing outlandish lies about a giant snake in the bathroom, cooking pencils for dinner, and a rain of pigs, but Noriyasu is the one who's shocked when his writings play out in reality and everyone else treats the events as normal. Things become even more chaotic when he takes several stabs at being a newspaperman, producing “fake news” that become the talk of the town and one resulting in an apocalyptic porcine holiday. (Source: Discotek Media)
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- 6 “Hadn't ever heard of this film before Discotek Media licensed it and put it out on Blu Ray. It was such an obscure thing for them to license I just had to see it as soon as I could. Having done so...”
- 5 “Hey kids! Remember an old anime called Tokyo Pig? I remember seeing a few episodes of it here and there on TV when I was a kid, but I'm pretty sure I only remember it because the character designs...”
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- Format 1 × 72′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 12m all episodes
- Aired Aug 1988 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-9190 catalog
Produced by
- Gakken Producer
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- Discotek Media Licensor