Hazedon (found comedy anime series; 1972-1973)

Screencap from 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 friends, Puyan, a blowfish, and Shiran, a mermaid.

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

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Availability

The show doesn't have any form of a home media release. However, it is possible the rest of the episodes could be found on private trackers.

Episodes

#	Episode Title	Air Date	Status
1	Hazedon ga Yattekita! (ハゼドンがやってきた!) / Tsuyoi zo Sekaiichi (強いぞ世界一)	Oct 5th, 1972	Found
2	Yumemiru Shīran (夢見るシーラン) / Tamii-chan no Shiawase (タミイちゃんの幸せ)	Oct 12th, 1972	Found
3	Ten'yawan'ya no Bijin Kontesuto (てんやわんやの美人コンテスト) / Kani no Tokoya wa Ōsawagi (カニの床屋は大騒ぎ)	Oct 19th, 1972	Found
4	Iwashi no Kosodoro-san (イワシのコソドロさん) / Min'na no Dekkai Okurimono (みんなのデッカイ贈り物)	Oct 26th, 1972	Found
5	Tatakae Hazedon! (たたかえハゼドン!) / Mutsugorō no Puropōzu (ムツゴローのプロポーズ)	Nov 2nd, 1972	Found
6	Hatsukoi Banzai! (初恋バンザイ!) / Ā, Mabuta no Okkasan (ああ、まぶたのおっかさん)	Nov 9th, 1972	Found
7	Kuroi Hana o Sagase! (黒い花をさがせ!) / Shīran no Fasshonshō (シーランのファションショー)	Nov 16th, 1972	Found
8	Hibike ka Tami no Yokobue (ひびけかたみの横笛) / Kaitō Sabaranko (怪盗サバランコ)	Nov 23rd, 1972	Found
9	Ā! Harukanaru Seibu (ああ! はるかなる西部) / Detarame Tensai Gaka (でたらめ天才画家)	Nov 30th, 1972	Found
10	Garakuta Angorakon (がらくたアンゴラコン) / Jinbe E-san wa Akkanbē (ジンベイさんはアッカンベー)	Dec 7th, 1972	Found
11	Irasshaimase Obake-kun (いらっしゃいませオバケくん) / Sākasu Bōya Kyō wa! (サーカス坊や今日は!)	Dec 14th, 1972	Found
12	Kujiragon wa Dokkoisho (クジラゴンはどっこいしょ) / Mote Mote Pendanto (もてもてペンダント)	Dec 21st, 1972	Found
13	Yu Kaina Daitsuiseki (ゆかいな大追跡) / Susume! Bikkuri Basu (進め! ビックリバス)	Dec 28th, 1972	Lost
14	Otoshidama wa Hatsuyume (お年玉は初夢) / Oya Oya Janbohazedon (おやおやジャンボハゼドン)	Jan 4th, 1973	Lost
15	Appare Hazedon Torimono Jō (あっぱれハゼドン捕物帖) / Chakkari Hanayome-san (ちゃっかり花嫁さん)	Jan 11th, 1973	Found
16	Hazedon wa Daisutā (ハゼドンは大スター) / Nazo no Junrei Obā-san (謎の巡礼おばあさん)	Jan 18th, 1973	Found
17	Otoko Hazedon wa Tsurai Yo (男ハゼドンはつらいよ) Yūjōda Yo! Hazedon (友情だよ! ハゼドン)	Jan 25th, 1973	Found
18	Abare-ra Bō Tsuihō Daisakusen (あばれら坊追放大作戦) / Ankoragon wa Daishachō" (アンコラゴンは大社長)	Feb 1st, 1973	Found
19	Moeru Hazedon Sekaiichi (燃えるハゼドン世界一) / Kyaputentotto no Takara (キャプテントットの宝)	Feb 8th, 1973	Lost
20	Raibaru wa Hōbō Nisei (ライバルはホウボウ二世) / Kekkon wa Kowai na (結婚はこわいな)	Feb 15th, 1973	Lost
21	Hazedon wa Sekaiichi no Papa (ハゼドンは世界一のパパ) / Suzukintoki o Yattsukero! (スズキントキをやっつけろ!)	Feb 22nd, 1973	Lost
22	Saraba! Poka no Machi (さらば! ポカの町) / Hotaruika no Tenshi (ホタルイカの天使)	Mar 1st, 1973	Lost
23	Inochi no Pendanto (命のペンダント) / Hazedon Sora o Tobu (ハゼドン空をとぶ)	Mar 8th, 1973	Lost
24	Hazedon no Yokobue Kenpō (ハゼドンの横笛剣法) / Nagareboshi o Oe! (流れ星を追え!)	Mar 15th, 1973	Lost
25	Hazedon wa Meii-san (ハゼドンは名医さん) / Hazedon wa Tabiyakusha (ハゼドンは旅役者)	Mar 22nd, 1973	Lost
26	Rettsu Gō Hazedon" (レッツ・ゴーハゼドン) (22-minute episode)	Mar 29th, 1973	Lost