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'''''The Genie Family''''' (ハクション大魔王 ''Hakushon Daimaō'') is an anime comedy series made by Tatsunoko Production that lasted from October 5, 1969 to September 27, 1970 with a total of 52 episodes on Fuji TV. It tells the story of a boy who finds a bottle with a mysterious power-each time its' user sneezes or yawns, a genie will come up and and must grant the wish of whoever sneezed or yawned.
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'''''The Genie Family''''' (ハクション大魔王 '''''Hakushon Daimaō''''') is an anime comedy series made by Tatsunoko Production that lasted from October 5, 1969, to September 27, 1970, with a total of 52 episodes on Fuji TV. It tells the story of a boy who finds a bottle with a mysterious power - each time its user sneezes or yawns, a genie will come up and must grant the user's wish.


In 1992 Saban Entertainment acquired the rights to make an '''English Dub ''' under the name '''Bob in a Bottle'''. The dub was not shown in America but was shown on YTV in Canada, the Seven Network in Australia, and TV2 in New Zealand.
In 1992, Saban Entertainment acquired the rights to make an English dub made in Montreal, Canada under the name '''''Bob in a Bottle'''''. The dub was not shown in America but was shown on YTV in Canada, the Seven Network in Australia, and TV2 in New Zealand. Saban's license expired on December 19, 2000.<ref>[https://sec.edgar-online.com/abc-family-worldwide-inc/s-1a-securities-registration-statement/1998/02/20/section85.aspx SEC Filing by Fox Kids]. Retrieved 25 Jan '20.</ref>


The episodes of the dub are not available online. Only the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4jrJc4h_qA Hebrew] , [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WGpOi8XBsw German], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsXxRaFeKbM Spanish] intro the this dub is avaliable for viewing. In one of Saban's other productions, ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers'', clips of the dub can be seen in the episodes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zICCUU3JHI "A Bad Reflection on You"] (8:57-9:34) and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycmUda9HWbU "The Power Stealer"] (19:28-19:33).
==Findings==
On October 20th, 2018, YouTube user Degweatesht posted two episodes of the dub (with Dutch subtitles), because the user had those episodes on a hard drive for a long time and saw that there aren't any ''Bob in the Bottle'' Saban dubbed episodes on the internet before he posted them. On May 25th, 2019, YouTube user mospiro and things uploaded a clip with Portuguese subtitles. In one of Saban's other productions, ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers'', clips of the dub can be seen in the episodes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zICCUU3JHI "A Bad Reflection on You"] (8:57-9:34) and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycmUda9HWbU "The Power Stealer"] (19:28-19:33). The English intro is available on YouTube, as well as a clip of the English dub that was shown at Anime Boston 2011.


Likewise there's a another English dub called '''The Sneezing Magician''' was made for Cartoon Network's Asian feed in the late 90s. If unknown the English dub episodes was survived along with the aforementioned Saban dub.
Episodes have been found in German and Brazilian Portuguese (SBT and Saban). There are also Hebrew and Spanish versions of the Saban dub-based intros available for viewing.


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==Gallery==
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==External Links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4jrJc4h_qA The intro to the show in Hebrew.]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsXxRaFeKbM The intro to the show in Spanish.]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMblIrOFPfs The Saban Brazilian Portuguese dub of the show.]
*[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1SQKifnQqwE The SBT Brazilian Portuguese dub of the show.]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig6Yj4AELDQ The German dub of the show.]
 
==References==
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Revision as of 14:36, 27 January 2020

Hakushon Daimaou The Genie Family.jpg

Title card for the original series.

Status: Partially Found

The Genie Family (ハクション大魔王 Hakushon Daimaō) is an anime comedy series made by Tatsunoko Production that lasted from October 5, 1969, to September 27, 1970, with a total of 52 episodes on Fuji TV. It tells the story of a boy who finds a bottle with a mysterious power - each time its user sneezes or yawns, a genie will come up and must grant the user's wish.

In 1992, Saban Entertainment acquired the rights to make an English dub made in Montreal, Canada under the name Bob in a Bottle. The dub was not shown in America but was shown on YTV in Canada, the Seven Network in Australia, and TV2 in New Zealand. Saban's license expired on December 19, 2000.[1]

Findings

On October 20th, 2018, YouTube user Degweatesht posted two episodes of the dub (with Dutch subtitles), because the user had those episodes on a hard drive for a long time and saw that there aren't any Bob in the Bottle Saban dubbed episodes on the internet before he posted them. On May 25th, 2019, YouTube user mospiro and things uploaded a clip with Portuguese subtitles. In one of Saban's other productions, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, clips of the dub can be seen in the episodes "A Bad Reflection on You" (8:57-9:34) and "The Power Stealer" (19:28-19:33). The English intro is available on YouTube, as well as a clip of the English dub that was shown at Anime Boston 2011.

Episodes have been found in German and Brazilian Portuguese (SBT and Saban). There are also Hebrew and Spanish versions of the Saban dub-based intros available for viewing.

Gallery

A clip of the English dub.

An episode of the dub, with Dutch subtitles.

Another episode of the dub, with Dutch subtitles.

Another clip of the dub, with Portuguese subtitles.

External Links

References

  1. SEC Filing by Fox Kids. Retrieved 25 Jan '20.