Hazedon (found comedy anime series; 1972-1973)
Screencap of the show's intro
Status: Partially lost
Hazedon (ハゼドン, also known as Chief Joker in English) is a fantasy, comedy anime series that aired for the first time in the Japanese television channel Fuji TV in the 5th of October, 1972 until the 29th of March, 1973. It was the first show produced by Sunrise.
The story is about a goby fish named Hazedon, who travels the world with his best friend Puyan. Hazedon is also the son of a mermaid and a blowfish.
Structure
The show is structured by one season of 26 episodes. Each episode has a runtime of 30 minutes, except the last episode, which has a runtime of 22 minutes.
Each episode also has a two-part structure, since one episode has two shorts. Again, the last episode is an exception, since it only has one short.
Cast
- Hazedon - Nobuyo Ôyama
- Puyan - Kaneta Kimotsuki
- Hazedon's mother - Akiko Takamura
- Omeguri-san - Sanji Hase
- Tamii - Reiko Katsura
- Shiran - Reiko Mutô
- Tabou - Noriko Ohara
- Icchin - Takako Sasuga
Crew
- Creators - Hajime Yagurazawa and Haruyuki Kawajima
- Writers - Toshiaki Matsushima and Hideo Kyuju
- Producer - Masao Maruyama
- Director - Makura Saki (alias for Osamu Dezaki)
- Music - Hiroshi Tsutsui
- Character design - Toshiyasu Okada
- Film editor - Tomoaki Tsurubushi
- Production managers - Osamu Hirôka and Yoshikatsu Kishimoto
- Production assistants - Nobuyuki Fukushima, Hiroshi Ôtake, Tatsuya Shibano, Yoshio Suzuki and Toshio Ueno
- Camera department - You Atsuta and Takashi Kitagawa
- Director of photography - Sumio Takahashi
- Production coordinator - Mishio Shinohara
- Sound director - Toshio Satô
- Layout artists - Shigeru Aoki, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Satoru Kusuda, Tsuguo Sakamoto, Eiki Suzuki, Minoru Tajima, Takeshi Tamazawa and Takao Yamazaki
- Clean-up checker - Hiroshi Hasegawa
- Clean-up artist - Sha Miwa
- Storyboard artists - Masakazu Higuchi, Fumio Ikeno, Akira Maeda, Yûji Nunokawa, Kaisuke Morishita, Kenji Sawamura, Kazunori Tanabashi, Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hiroshi Yashizumi
- Animators - Sanae Isshiki, Ichirô Izumi, Minoru Nakamura, Sumie Saido, Noriko Suzuki, Takao Suzuki, Yasuo Takahashi, Yumiko Takahashi, Kazue Tanaka, Katshuhiko Yamazaki
- Animation supervisor - Kazuhiko Utagawa
- Backgrounds - Studio Uni
- Background supervisor - Katsumi Handô
Availability
The show doesn't have any form of home media release. However it is possible the rest of the episodes could be found on private trackers.
Episodes
References
| # | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |
| 2 | Yumemiru Shiiran / Tamii-Chan No Shiawase | 12 October 1972 | Found |
| 3 | Tenyawanya No Bijin Kontesuto / Kani No Tokoya Ha Oosawagi | 19 October 1972 | Found |
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |
| 1 | Hazedon Ga Yattekita! / Tsuyoi Zo Sekaiichi | 5 October 1972 | Found |