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The Adventures of Gamba (TV)

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© Atsuo Saito/Iwanami Shoten • TMS

Alternative title:
As Aventuras do Ratinho Gamba (Portuguese)
Gamba no Bōken (Japanese)
Las aventuras de Gamba (Spanish)
Le avventure di Gamba (Italian)
Topolino in...Gamba (Italian)
Приключения Гамбы (Russian)
مغامرات جامبا (Arabic)
ガンバの冒険 (Japanese)
小老鼠歷險記 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure, comedy
Objectionable content: None
User Ratings: 26 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:4, others:2
2 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Good: 7 votes (sub:4, raw:1, others:2
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: -
 So-so: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 63 users, rank: #6180 (of 9777)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.961 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.2854, rank: #741 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.862 (Very good), rank: #827 (of 9919) (seen all: 8.08 / seen some: 6.46 / won't finish: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.734 (Very good−), rank: #819 (of 7496)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 1975-04-07 to 1975-09-29
Opening Theme:
"Gamba no Uta" (ガンバの唄) by Hiromasa Kawahara
Ending Theme:
"Bōkensha-tachi no Ballad" (冒険者たちのバラード) by Yoshihiro Sugiura
Links: We have 2
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Osamu Dezaki
Scenario:
Atsushi Yamatoya (4 episodes
eps 14-15, 25-26
)
Hideo Takayashiki (4 episodes
eps 10-11, 18, 22
)
Mitsuru Majima (eps 1-2, 5)
Mitsuru Mashima (eps 1-2, 5) 
Sōji Yoshikawa (4 episodes
eps 9, 17, 23-24
)
Yoshio Takeuchi (ep 16)
Yutaka Kaneko (10 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-8, 12-13, 19-21
)
Episode Director:
Kyōsuke Mikuriya (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 16, 19, 25
)
Makura Saki (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 26
)
Shigetsugu Yoshida (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 21, 24
)
Yoshio Takeuchi (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 18, 22
)
Music: Takeo Yamashita
Original Work: Atsuo Saitō
Character Design: Yoshio Kabashima
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director: Yoshio Kabashima (eps 1-26)
Sound Director: Satoshi Katō
Director of Photography:
Akio Wakana
Tatsumasa Shimizu
Producer:
Sankichiro Kusube
Toru Ueno

Art Setting: Kazuo Oga
Background Art:
Kazutoshi Shimizu (eps 1-26)
Mariko Ishinari (eps 1-26)
Noriko Shirasaka (eps 1-26)
Toshiharu Mizutani (eps 1-26)
Color setting:
Eiko Sekine (18 episodes
eps 6-9, 11-14, 16-19, 21-26
)
Kimie Yamana (eps 10, 15, 20)
Design: Osamu Dezaki
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Sugie (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Bunjiro Ohyake (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 24
)
Isamu Utsuki (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Kazuko Terada (8 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 23, 26
)
Kazuo Arai (8 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 23, 26
)
Kazuyoshi Shimada (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 24
)
Kenji Haruki (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Kiyomi Zama (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Makoto Hattori (8 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 23, 26
)
Masako Chiba (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Mieko Takagi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Mitsuko Nakamura (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 24
)
Naomi Sasaki (8 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 23, 26
)
Noriko Kusayanagi (ep 1)
Noriko Yazawa (9 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Norio Andō (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 24
)
Osamu Kakumu (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Sachiko Ito (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Seiji Arihara (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Takao Horie (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Takeshi Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 24
) 
Tsutomu Okamoto (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 24
)
Yukio Masuda (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Yumiko Suda (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Key Animation:
Eiichi Nakamura (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 14, 21
)
Hideo Kawauchi (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 17, 25
)
Hiroshi Kanazawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Hisatoshi Motoki (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 14, 21
)
Ikuo Fudaki (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 23
)
Kenzō Koizumi (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 24
)
Koichi Tsuchida (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 23
)
Manabu Ōhashi (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 20, 26
)
Masayuki Ōzeki (4 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 24
)
Michiyo Yamada (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 19
)
Osamu Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 14, 21
)
Shigeru Kogawa (eps 5, 13)
Shinichi Otake (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 19
)
Shintaro Horikoshi (eps 2, 23)
Tomekichi Takeuchi (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 9, 17, 25
)
Toshiyuki Honda (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 9, 17, 25
)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 20, 26
)
Yoshifumi Kondō (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 19
)
Yūzō Aoki (eps 17, 25)
Layout: Tsutomu Shibayama
Literature Manager:
Junichi Iioka
Shunji Oomori
Paint:
Eiko Sekine (eps 1-4)
Fumiko Okada (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Hiroko Kondo (9 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Hiroko Yamaura (ep 1)
Hiromi Yanagisawa (eps 5, 11)
Hisashi Chida (9 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Hisashi Katano (ep 1)
Hitomi Horiguchi (13 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 13, 15-16, 18, 20, 22-24, 26
)
Kazuko Muraoka (eps 5, 11)
Kimie Yamana (ep 5)
Kiyoko Morita (eps 5, 11)
Mariko Yutani (ep 2)
Masako Kubo (14 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 13, 15-16, 18, 20, 22-24, 26
)
Michiko Umekawa (14 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 13, 15-16, 18, 20, 22-24, 26
)
Mitsuko Yamaki (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Sachiko Nonaka (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Sumie Ogiwara (ep 5)
Yasuko Maekawa (13 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 13, 15-16, 18, 20, 22-24, 26
)
Yoko Hosouchi (9 episodes
eps 1, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25
)
Yoko Kumazawa (eps 5, 11)
Yoshie Nabuchi (ep 2)
Photography:
Eiji Imai (Tokyo Movie; eps 1-4, 6-26)
Ken Ooya (Tokyo Movie; eps 1-4, 6-26)
Mikio Wakana (Tokyo Movie; eps 1-26)
Nobuo Koyama (Tokyo Movie; eps 1-26)
Tōru Ōwada (Tokyo Animation Film; eps 1-26)
Planning: Akira Yoshikawa (Nippon TV)
Production Advancement:
Kanji Kobayashi (eps 2-3, 5)
Sadaaki Mizushima (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24
)
Shirō Aono (4 episodes
eps 10, 15, 20, 25
)
Takamasa Ogura (4 episodes
eps 8, 13, 18, 23
)
Tetsuo Kumazaki (ep 1)
Yōichi Ikeda (5 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 21, 26
)
Yoshifusa Sanada (ep 1)
Yutaka Kusunoki (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Production Supervision: Shunzō Katō
Recording Technique: Hideyasu Iizuka
Scene Setting: Tsutomu Shibayama
Sound Effects: Yōzō Kataoka
Theme Song Composition: Takeo Yamashita (OP; ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Sabu Kawahara (OP)
Yoshihiro Sugiura (ED)
Masako Nozawa as Gamba

Akira Shimada as Shijin
Chikao Ōtsuka as Noroi
Hiroko Kikuchi as Chūta
Junko Hori as Ikasama
Kei Tomiyama as Gakusha
Kenji Utsumi as Yoisho
Ranko Mizuki as Boobo

Eiko Masuyama as
Oryuu
Shioji
Isamu Tanonaka as Elder Mouse
Katsuji Mori as Creek
Kazuko Sugiyama as Iena
Kazuko Yanaga as Shioji
Kazuyuki Sogabe as Taiichi
Keisuke Yamashita as Ichiro
Kenichi Ogata as Toragoro
Kōichi Kitamura as Elder Mouse
Mahito Tsujimura as Matabe
Masashi Amenomori as Boss Rat
Masatō Ibu as Guide
Shunsuke Shima as Tsuburi
Yoneko Matsukane as
Junta
Pyon
Japanese companies
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Dubbing Director: Roberto Colucci
Broadcaster:
Antena 3 (Spain - from 1990)
TVN Chile (Chile)
Dubbing: All Post
Dubbing Studio:
Intersound, Inc. (Latin America, 1985)
VDI - Point.360 (Latin America, 1986)
Spanish cast
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Glauco Onorato

Theme Song Performance: Cavalieri del Re
Stefania Patruno as Gamba

Alberto Càneva as Asso
Claudia Razzi as Bingo
Maurizio Mattioli as Bobo
Norman Mozzato as Genius
Paolo Buglioni as Vagabondo
Riccardo Onorato as Poeta
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
T9
TelePace
Distributor: Teleas
Dubbing: Teleas
Arabic cast
Arabic staff
Assistant Supervision: Muhammad Al-Jazazy
Audio Recording & Mixage: Fuad Salama
Montage: Shmeran Sada
Supervision: Nabil Najim
Theme Song Composed: Tariq Al-Naser
Theme Song Performance: Sahar Khalifa
Suheir Fahad as Gamba

Abd Al-Kamel Al-Khalaileh as Ebn Eurs (Weasel)
Akef Najim as Scolar
Hala Auda as Chūta
Maher Khammach as Yoisho
Muhtaseb Arif as Boit
Nadira Emran as Boobo
Nasr Anani as Narrator
Qamar Al-Safadi as Fruger

Hassan Darwish as Taiichi
Mounira Al-Zuriqi as Mouse Leader
Rusul Al-Nnasir as Iena (7-9)
Waleed Al-Barmawi as Pyon (14)
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: Saudi TV
Distributor: International Distribution Agency (Jordan)
Dubbing: Al-Sharq Al-Adnaa Studios (Jordan)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Angelica Santos as Gamba

Carlos Silveira as Trapaceiro
Elcio Sodré as Shijin
Fátima Noya as Chuula
Felipe Di Nardo as Yoisho
Hermes Baroli as Cientista
Zayra Zordan as Bobo
Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: Marshmallow (Brazil-VHS)

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