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The Gutsy Frog (TV)

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© Yasumi Yoshizawa / Office Yasui·TMS

Alternative title:
A Rã Valente (Portuguese)
Dokonjo Gaeru (Japanese)
Frog With Guts!
La Rana Raponchi (Spanish)
La Rana Valiente - Hiroshi y Raponchi (Spanish)
الضفدع ننوس (Arabic)
ど根性ガエル (Japanese)
Genres: comedy
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: When Hiroshi was fighting against his rival Gorillaimo, he stumble over a stone and fell on to a frog. To be surprised, the frog was still alive and it named itself Pyonkichi.
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Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 103
Episode titles: We have 103
Vintage:
1972-10-07 to 1974-09-28
1991 (Spain)
2011 to 2012 (Chile - ETC TV)
Opening Theme:
"Dokonjo Gaeru" (ど根性ガエル) by Susumu Ishikawa, Arakawa Shounen Shoujo Gasshou-tai
Ending Theme:
#1: "Dokonjo de Yansu" (ど根性でヤンス) by Susumu Ishikawa
#2: "Dokonjo Gaeru Ondo" (ど根性ガエル音頭) by Susumu Ishikawa, Arakawa Shounen Shoujo Gasshou-tai, Sachiko Chijimatsu
#3: "Dokonjo Gaeru March" (ど根性ガエルマーチ) by Susumu Ishikawa
Insert song:
"Hana Monogatari" (花物語 ) by Junko Sakurada (ep 163)
"Hey Taxi" (ヘイタクシー) by Carol (ep 193)
"Hope" (ホープ) by Carol (ep 193)
"Koi no Dial 6700" (恋のダイヤル6700) by Finger 5 (ep 174)
"Louisiana" (ルイジアンナ) by Carol (ep 193)
"Onna no Michi" (女のみち) by Shirō Miya (ep 155)
"Sensei" (せんせい) by Masako Mori (ep 159)
Official website:
TMS - The Gutsy Frog
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Eiji Okabe (eps 1-8)
Tadao Nagahama (eps 9-103)
Script:
Amako Sasaki (ep 33)
Chikara Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 83, 86, 92, 97
)
Haruya Yamazaki (8 episodes
eps 1, 10, 18, 22-23, 41, 50, 76
)
Hideo Kujū (9 episodes
eps 60, 65-66, 70, 80, 85, 91, 94, 101
)
Hikaru Kawaishi (7 episodes
eps 55, 67, 73, 75, 87, 93, 98
)
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (ep 101)
Kazuichi Tsurumi (ep 53)
Kota Okabe (ep 71)
Masaki Tsuji (eps 1-3)
Masao Maruyama (ep 90)
Minoru Miki (eps 29, 43)
Mitsuru Majima (5 episodes
eps 81-82, 93, 95, 99
)
Noboru Shiroyama (6 episodes
eps 4, 13, 48, 57, 81, 86
)
Satoshi Dezaki (eps 44, 46)
Tadaaki Yamazaki (ep 102)
Takeshi Shirakawa (ep 60)
Tatsuo Shibayama (eps 13, 15, 22)
Tomoji Inoue (31 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9, 14, 16-17, 19, 21, 25-27, 30, 34-35, 40, 47, 59, 63, 66, 68, 74, 79, 84, 87-88, 90, 96, 99, 103
)
Toshifumi Ishikura (5 episodes
eps 28, 31, 35, 41, 47
)
Toshiki Imai (4 episodes
eps 37, 42, 48-49
)
Tsunehisa Itō (eps 8, 11, 20)
Yoshiaki Yoshida (38 episodes
eps 2, 4-9, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24-25, 27, 32, 34-36, 38, 42-43, 45, 53, 55-56, 58, 62, 64-65, 70-71, 75, 78, 82, 89, 91, 98, 102
)
Yoshitake Suzuki (eps 11, 17, 24)
Yū Yamamoto (11 episodes
eps 30, 39, 45-46, 50-51, 54, 59, 61, 73, 77
)
Yutaka Kaneko (43 eps)
Storyboard:
Kazunori Tanahashi (22 episodes
eps 81-89, 91-103
)
Keisuke Morishita (8 episodes
eps 4-5, 7-10, 13, 15
)
Minami Asa (16 episodes
eps 15, 20, 22-23, 27, 30, 32-33, 38, 40-41, 44, 48, 55, 58, 60
)
Noboru Ishiguro (14 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-8, 14, 25, 52, 56, 69-70, 72, 74
)
Osamu Mibu (16 episodes
eps 16-17, 22-28 even, 29, 31-33, 36, 39, 42, 46-47, 53
)
Satoshi Dezaki (9 episodes
eps 18-19, 21, 28, 30-31, 41, 44, 47
)
Seiji Okuda (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 11, 26, 29
)
Tadao Nagahama (ep 1)
Tameo Kohanawa (8 episodes
eps 11-14, 16, 20, 24-25
)
Yasumi Mikamoto (20 episodes
eps 82-90, 92-100, 102-103
)
Episode Director:
Eiji Okabe
Tadao Nagahama
Music: Kenjiro Hirose
Original creator: Yasumi Yoshizawa
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director:
Osamu Kobayashi
Tsutomu Shibayama
Yoshifumi Kondō
Director of Photography: Tatsumasa Shimizu

Assistant Unit Director: Minoru Tanaka
Background Art:
Eiji Hirakawa (eps 1-103)
Ichiro Nakano (eps 1-81)
Kazuo Oga (eps 1-30, 36-81)
Kazutoshi Shimizu (eps 1-16, 47-103)
Kōichi Kudō (8 episodes
eps 82-83, 85-91 odd, 92, 95
)
Mariko Ishinari (14 episodes
eps 84-90 even, 93-94, 96-103
)
Toshiharu Mizutani (eps 1-103)
Yoshiyuki Uchida (eps 17-46)
Editing: Kazuo Inoue
In-Between Animation:
Emiko Akiyama (eps 35, 38, 89)
Fukuo Yamamoto (eps 1, 4)
Haruyo Sato
Kazuo Nakamura
Kimiko Konno
Kyōko Harada
Masayuki Ōzeki (8 episodes
eps 1, 7, 11, 13, 16, 18, 24-25
)
Mitsuo Kusakabe (10 episodes
eps 2, 10, 13, 20-21, 26, 29, 33, 42, 50
)
Nobuyuki Kitajima (14 episodes
eps 3, 5, 11, 17, 25-27, 40, 43, 51, 53, 59, 64, 70
)
Setsuko Shibuichi (13 episodes
eps 2, 10, 13, 20-21, 26, 29, 33, 42, 50, 58, 63, 68
)
Shinya Sadamitsu (12 episodes
eps 29, 34, 42, 45, 53-54, 60, 68, 71, 76, 81, 85
)
Tamie Yuki
Yoshinori Kanada (6 episodes
eps 53-54, 60, 68, 71, 76
)
Insert Song Performance:
Akira Tamamoto (ep 174)
Carol (ep 193)
Eikichi Yazawa (ep 193)
Johnny Ōkura (ep 193)
Junko Sakurada (ep 163)
Masako Mori (ep 159)
Shirō Miya (ep 155)
Key Animation:
Akira Kawashima (10 episodes
eps 56, 58, 62, 65-67, 71, 75, 77, 80
)
Daizō Takeuchi (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14, 18-19, 21, 23, 28
)
Hiroshi Kanazawa (28 episodes
eps 31, 35, 38, 41, 45, 48-49, 52, 56, 60-61, 64-65, 69, 72, 74, 76, 79, 81, 83, 87, 90, 94-95, 98, 101-103
)
Hisatoshi Motoki (15 episodes
eps 17, 37, 41, 47, 52, 59, 66, 69, 72, 79, 86, 89, 96, 100, 102
)
Ikuo Fudaki (5 episodes
eps 6, 15, 19, 23, 101
)
Johji Manabe (eps 2, 4, 8, 16)
Katsuhiko Yamazaki (ep 84)
Katsumi Endō (ep 85)
Kazuo Iimura (13 episodes
eps 2, 10, 13, 20-21, 26, 29, 33, 42, 50, 58, 63, 68
)
Kazuo Tomizawa (eps 81, 85)
Kazuyoshi Shimada (ep 1)
Keizō Shimizu (eps 35, 38)
Koushin Yonekawa (eps 2, 4, 8, 16)
Manabu Ōhashi (ep 24)
Mao Lamdo
Masami Abe (14 episodes
eps 29, 34, 42, 45, 53-54, 60, 68, 71, 76, 81, 85, 91, 97
)
Masashi Kubota (ep 1)
Masayuki Uchiyama (19 episodes
eps 3, 5, 11, 17, 25-27, 32, 36, 40, 43, 51, 53, 59, 64, 70, 88, 92, 98
)
Michiko Takahashi (eps 1, 25)
Mihiro Yamaguchi (15 episodes
eps 27, 30, 34, 39, 44, 47, 55, 61, 67, 73, 78, 82, 87, 93, 99
)
Nobuyoshi Sasakado (6 episodes
eps 6, 9-10, 15, 19, 23
)
Saburo Masutani (19 episodes
eps 28, 30-32, 36-37, 40, 43, 46, 48-49, 51, 55, 57, 62, 65, 70, 73, 78
)
Sadayoshi Tominaga (eps 84, 91, 97)
Seiji Okuda (13 episodes
eps 2, 10, 13, 20-21, 26, 29, 33, 42, 50, 58, 63, 68
)
Shinnosuke Kon (ep 85)
Takashi Asakura (8 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 13, 16, 18, 24-25
)
Takekatsu Kikuta (ep 24)
Takeshi Ōsaka (eps 35, 38)
Teruo Handa (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 11, 13, 16, 18, 24
)
Tooru Tanaka (6 episodes
eps 46, 89, 91, 94-95, 99
)
Toshiyuki Honda (23 episodes
eps 8, 12, 22, 31, 33, 39, 44, 50, 54, 57, 63, 69, 72, 75, 77, 79, 82, 86, 89, 93, 96, 100, 102
)
Tsukasa Tannai (9 episodes
eps 74, 80, 83, 86, 88, 92, 96, 100, 103
)
Tsuneyasu Kashima (eps 75, 77, 80)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (eps 9-10, 15)
Yoshifumi Kondō (32 episodes
eps 5, 8, 12, 17, 22, 28, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 44, 47, 50, 52, 54, 57, 59, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75, 77, 79, 82, 86, 89, 93, 96, 100, 102
)
Yoshinori Kanada (4 episodes
eps 29, 34, 42, 45
)
Yoshiyuki Momose (19 episodes
eps 3, 5, 11, 17, 25-27, 32, 36, 40, 43, 51, 53, 59, 64, 70, 88, 92, 98
)
Yuichi Endo (ep 101)
Yukihiko Iseda (9 episodes
eps 53-54, 60, 68, 71, 76, 84, 90, 97
)
Photography:
Akira Itō
Kei Kuroki
Keishichi Kuroki (eps 1-79)
Mikio Wakana (eps 1-103)
Nobuo Koyama (eps 1-103)
Takashi Nomura (eps 80-103)
Tetsuro Kumase (eps 17-72)
Tōru Hagiwara (eps 73-79)
Production Advancement:
Hideo Takayashiki (7 episodes
eps 5-15 odd, 19
)
Kimiko Shimizu
Kiyoshi Takanezawa (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14-15
)
Shunzō Katō
Production Desk:
Shigeru Akagawa
Shunzō Katō
Recording Director: Akira Yamazaki
Sound Effects: Yōzō Kataoka
Theme Song Performance:
Sachiko Chijimatsu
Susumu Ishikawa
Masako Nozawa as Hiroshi Kaizuka
Sachiko Chijimatsu as Pyon-Kichi

Isao Sakuma as Mogura (Yūjiro Nomura)
Junko Hori as Shūsaku Yoshizawa
Kazuo Harada as Umezaburō Sagawa
Kazuya Tatekabe as Goriraimo (Imotarō Gorira)
Reiko Mutoh as Yoshiko Yamanaka
Yōko Kuri as Kyōko Yoshizawa

Akira Shimada as
Futoshi Kujira
Hiromichi Nishikikōji
Eiko Masuyama as
Kuniko Ohbayashi
Pyonko
Ichirō Nagai as Machida-Sensei
Junko Hori as Shinpachi Goto
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Sakura
Kazue Takahashi as Goro
Kazuko Sawada as Misako Watanabe
Kei Tomiyama as Sankakubei Hishaōji
Keiko Hanagata as Akiko Takara
Keiko Yamamoto as
Kanpei Yamashita (2nd)
Shinpachi Gotō (1st)
Kiyoshi Komiyama as Sachio Fukuzawa
Kuniko Kashii as Shinpachi Gotō (2nd)
Masashi Amenomori as Zenbei Takara (1st)
Michio Hazama as Ishimatsu
Noriko Ohara as Mother
Osamu Kobayashi as Zenbei Takara (2nd)
Rihoko Yoshida as Hanako Yamada (2nd)
Ryūji Saikachi as Principal (1st)
Saeko Shimazu as Pato
Seizō Katō as Minami's Father
Shūsei Nakamura as Yoshio Minami
Tetsuo Mizutori as Mogura (1st)
Yoshiko Asai as Kanpei Yamashita (1st)
Yoshiko Matsuo as Hanako Yamada (1st)
Yutaka Ōyama as Principal (2nd)

Kei Tomiyama
Kimie Nakajima
Kōji Yada
Noriko Egawa (eps 62, 66)
Ryūji Takada
Tōru Furuya (ep 2)
Yoshiaki Nemoto
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tokyo Movie
Broadcaster: Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Photography: Trans Arts Co.
Production:
Office Yasui
Shueisha
Tokyo Movie
Production Cooperation:
A Production
Tokyo Laboratory
Serialized In: Weekly Shonen Jump
English staff
English cast
(none)
Russell Wait as
Biff Greco
Dougie

Lili Troncale
English companies
Broadcaster:
POGO
UTB Hollywood
Internet Streaming: Pluto TV
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
(none)
Victor Mares as Raponchi
Victor Mares Jr. as Hiroshi

Carlos Carrillo as Gorila
Erika Araujo as Kyoko

Alejandro Abdalah as Takara
Andres Esparza as Goro
Angelines Santana as Mrs. Fujiko
Carlos Carrillo as Mr. Machira
Erika Araujo as Ranosa
Gladys Parra as Misako
Juan Alfonso Carralero as San
Marcela Bordes as Goro (ep 1)
María Becerril as Hiroshi's mother
Roberto Alexander as Mr. Minami
Roberto Colucci as Mono
Victor Mares Jr. as Narration
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Antena 3 (Spain)
Cadena 3 (Colombia)
Canal Panda (Spain)
Club Super 3 (Spain)
ETC...TV (Chile)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Dubbing: Magnum Videotape and Dubbing
Internet Streaming:
OnVideo (dubbed; expired)
Pluto TV (Latin America)
Licensed by: TMS Entertainment USA
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation: Yahya Mosleh

Computer: Ayman Amir
Engineering Supervision: Thani Al-Momani
Mixage: Salma Lafta
Montage: Hammouda Al-Assiry
Supervision: Omar Hamed
Theme Song Composed & Arranged: Talal Abu Al-Ragheb
Theme Song Lyrics: Muhammad Al-Daher
Theme Song Performance: Alaa Shokeir
Eman Hail as Nunos
Hanan Al-Shikh as Hiroshi

Hisham Hamada as Ume
Nabil Abu Obeid as Mr. Minami
Sana Al-Mefleh as
Goro
Suzy

Afaf Matar
Khalil Mustafa
Arabic companies
Dubbing: Al-Anoud Studios (Jordan)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Canal Panda (Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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