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Akuma-kun (TV)

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Alternative title:
Devil Boy 
悪魔くん (Japanese) 
Objectionable content: None 
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 42 
Episode titles: We have 42
Vintage: 1989-04-15 to 1990-03-24 
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Akuma-kun (悪魔くん)" by Koorogi '73 & Wild Cats 
Ending Theme:
"12 Friends" by Y.F Zombie Company 
Insert song:
"Adiós Señor" (アディオス・セニョール) by Chiharu Kataishi (ep 26) 
"Boku Hyakume da mon" (ボク、百目だモン) by Sanae Miyuki (ep 25) 
"Mienai Gakkō Kōka" (見えない学校校歌) by Y.F Zombie Company (ep 24) 
"Oh Yes!" by Kōrogi 73, Wild Cats, & Shines (ep 42) 
"Yodel Mame Yūrei" (ヨーデル豆幽霊) by Shiori & Wild Cats (ep 27) 
Official website:
悪魔くんDVD-BOX 2010.3.17発売 (Japanese) 
Toei Animation-Oldies (Japanese) 
Links: We have 1
News: Show:
Akuma-kun Cast's Yūko Mita, Toshio Furukawa Return for New Anime (Nov 27, 2021)
Gegege no Kitarō Voice Actor Isamu Tanonaka Passes Away (Jan 15, 2010)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Junichi Satō 
Script:
Nobuaki Kishima  (17 episodes
eps 5-13 odd, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 29-35 odd, 39-41
) 
Takao Koyama  (eps 1-2, 6, 10) 
Toyohiro Andō  (4 episodes
eps 14, 18, 27, 37
) 
Yoshiyuki Suga  (17 episodes
eps 3-4, 8, 12, 15, 17, 20, 22-23, 25, 28-38 even, 42
) 
Storyboard:
Junichi Satō  (eps 32, 37) 
Masayuki Akehi (4 episodes
eps 12, 17, 22, 27
) 
Episode Director:
Junichi Satō (ep 1) 
Katsumi Minoguchi (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 20, 26, 33, 40
) 
Kazuhito Kikuchi (5 episodes
eps 6, 18, 25, 31, 38
) 
Masahiro Hosoda (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 16, 23
) 
Masayuki Akehi (4 episodes
eps 11, 30, 36, 42
) 
Shigeyasu Yamauchi (7 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 21, 28, 35, 41
) 
Susumu Ishizaki (14 episodes
eps 4, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39
) 
Music: Nozomi Aoki 
Original creator: Shigeru Mizuki 
Character Design: Kinichirō Suzuki 
Animation Director:
Eisaku Inoue (4 episodes
eps 25, 31, 38, 42
) 
Fukuo Yamamoto (ep 1) 
Kazue Kinoshita (7 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 21, 28, 35, 41
) 
Kazuo Hayashi (ep 40) 
Masahiro Naoi (eps 3, 8, 13) 
Masami Abe (8 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37
) 
Nobuyoshi Sasakado (6 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 26, 33
) 
Satoru Iriyoshi (eps 23, 30, 36) 
Yasuhide Maruyama (8 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29, 34, 39
) 
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (ep 18) 
Art design: Takamura Mukuo 

Assistant Director:
Harume Kosaka (eps 3, 6) 
Kōnosuke Uda (4 episodes
eps 30, 33, 36, 41
) 
Kunihiko Ikuhara (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 11, 15, 18
)  (8 episodes
eps 21, 25, 28, 31, 35, 38, 40, 42
) 
Masahito Otani (ep 20) 
Yasuhiro Minami (eps 13, 16) 
Background Art:
Kazuhisa Asai (31 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-12, 14-15, 17-18, 20-21, 23-24, 26-30, 32-33, 35-36, 38-39, 41-42
) 
Kazuyuki Hashimoto (28 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-8, 11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22-26, 28-29, 31-32, 34-35, 37-38, 40-41
) 
Kenichi Tajiri (16 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9-10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 27, 30, 33, 36-37, 39, 42
) 
Minoru Ōkouchi (25 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15-16, 18-19, 21-22, 24-25, 27-28, 30-31, 34, 36, 40, 42
) 
Yasukuo Takahashi (15 episodes
eps 2-3, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38-39, 41
) 
Yoshiharu Katayama (16 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 31, 33-34, 37, 40
) 
Editing: Yasuhiro Yoshikawa 
Finish Animation:
Chiemi Endo (ep 31) 
Chihiro Tango (16 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 10-11, 15, 21, 23, 25-26, 28, 30, 33, 35-36, 38
) 
Emiko Motohashi (16 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39
) 
Junko Sasaki (ep 31) 
Keiko Yoshizawa (eps 41-42) 
Kunio Tsujita (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 18, 20, 41-42
) 
Masae Motohashi (eps 41-42) 
Masami Nishizaka (16 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39
) 
Megumi Koishikawa (ep 13) 
Miki Hanaumi (ep 20) 
Naomi Nishio (16 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39
) 
Nobue Saito (ep 31) 
Reiko Daigo (16 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39
) 
Toshihito Hoshino (5 episodes
eps 6, 10, 15, 21, 40
) 
Yasue Itasaka (17 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 10-11, 15, 21, 23, 25-26, 28, 30, 33, 35-36, 38, 40
) 
Yōko Ōhori (eps 18, 41-42) 
Yoriko Watanabe (ep 18) 
Yoshiko Sakuma (16 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 10-11, 15, 23, 25-26, 28, 30, 33, 35-36, 38, 40
) 
In-Between Animation: Shinichi Chiba (10 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37
) 
Insert Song Performance:
SHINES (eps 27, 42) 
Shiori (ep 27) 
Key Animation:
Akira Shimizu (eps 20, 25) 
Akira Takamura (ep 23) 
Eisaku Inoue (6 episodes
eps 5, 20, 25, 31, 38, 42
) 
Hidetoshi Owashi (ep 1) 
Hiromi Niioka (6 episodes
eps 5, 18, 20, 23, 30, 36
) 
Hiroyuki Yokota (eps 3, 8) 
Hitoshi Inaba (eps 3, 8, 13) 
Junko Abe (eps 6, 11, 28) 
Katsutoshi Isshi (ep 2) 
Kazue Kinoshita (6 episodes
eps 11, 16, 21, 28, 35, 41
) 
Kazuhiro Koyama (ep 3) 
Kazuo Hayashi (ep 40) 
Ken Ueno (eps 31, 38, 42) 
Ken'ichi Hara (ep 22) 
Kōji Iwai (eps 2, 7) 
Kyoko Chino (7 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 21, 28, 35, 41
) 
Kyōko Fukui (ep 25) 
Kyōko Machida (eps 4, 9, 14) 
Kyōko Matsubara (7 episodes
eps 4, 14, 19, 24, 29, 34, 39
) 
Makoto Takahashi (8 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29, 34, 39
) 
Masahiro Naoi (ep 1) 
Masanori Shino (6 episodes
eps 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37
) 
Masumi Kameda (4 episodes
eps 18, 23, 30, 36
) 
Michiko Noda (eps 12, 17, 22) 
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa (ep 1) 
Nobuyoshi Sasakado (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 26, 33
) 
Osamu Horiuchi (ep 1) 
Osamu Ishikawa (ep 8) 
Saburō Sakamoto (7 episodes
eps 9, 14, 19, 24, 29, 34, 39
) 
Satoru Iriyoshi (4 episodes
eps 5, 18, 20, 23
) 
Setsuko Nobuzane (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 21, 28
) 
Shinichiro Minami (ep 12) 
Takaaki Yamashita (ep 42) 
Takeyuki Suzuki (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32
) 
Tomoaki Kado (eps 31, 38, 41) 
Tomohiro Koyama (ep 13) 
Toshikazu Usami (eps 40-41) 
Yasuhide Maruyama (4 episodes
eps 24, 29, 34, 39
) 
Yoshihiro Tanaka (eps 4, 9) 
Yoshinobu Aohachi (eps 27, 32, 37) 
Yoshiteru Kobayashi (eps 19, 37) 
Yuka Kudō (eps 32, 37) 
Music Selection: Yasuno Satō 
Photography:
Eiichi Okita (5 episodes
eps 31, 36-42 even
) 
Masahide Okino (22 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 9-10, 12, 14-15, 17, 19, 21-22, 24, 26-27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41
) 
Toshio Shirai (15 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 30, 33, 35
) 
Planning:
Akira Kugimaru 
Kazuo Yokoyama 
Production manager:
Hiroshi Takeda 
Katsumi Minoguchi 
Recording:
Kimitaka Kawasaki (eps 2-24 even) 
Yasuo Tachibana (30 episodes
eps 1-25 odd, 26-42
) 
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno 
Special Effects:
Kō Yamamoto (24 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8, 10-11, 13, 15, 18, 20-21, 23, 25-26, 28, 30, 33, 35-36, 38, 40-42
) 
Masayuki Nakajima (ep 16) 
Takashi Maekawa (ep 31) 
Tsutomu Muta (16 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39
) 
Theme Song Composition:
Kōji Tsuno (OP) 
Yoshiaki Furuta (ED) 
Theme Song Performance: Koorogi '73 (OP) 
Yūko Mita as Akuma-kun  (Shingo Umoregi) 

Chiharu Kataishi as
Mame Yūrei 
Nazca Birdmaiden 
Chiyoko Kawashima as
Blue Pixie 
Koharu Umoregi 
Eiji Maruyama as Yāohǔ (Were-Tiger; 18 episodes
eps 5, 9-10, 14, 16-19, 23-24, 28-31, 34, 39-40, 42
) 
Hiroko Emori as Saci-Pererê 
Ichirō Nagai as Dr. Faust 
Isamu Tanonaka as Youaltepuztli 
Keiichi Nanba as Kōmori Neko  (Bat Cat) 
Kumiko Nishihara as
Red Pixie 
Yūko 
Kyōko Tongū as Informer  (Jōhōya) 
Masato Hirano as
Kajū Bau 
Shigeru Umoregi 
Michitaka Kobayashi as Yurugu 
Michiyo Yanagisawa as Etsuko Umoregi 
Saburō Kamei as
Dongyue Dadi (12 episodes
eps 9-10, 12, 16, 19, 24, 31, 33, 37, 40-42
) 
Mephisto I 
Sanae Miyuki as Hyakume 
Takeshi Kusao as Kirihito 
Toku Nishio as Zōjin  (Elephant Man) 
Toshio Furukawa as Mesphisto II 
Yuka Takagi as Hinta 

Chiyoko Kawashima as He Xiangu (eps 28, 40, 42) 
Daisuke Gōri as Enma Daiō  (eps 14, 37, 42) 
Eiji Maruyama as Vanaprastha (eps 19, 40) 
Eiko Yamada as Girl (ep 11) 
Emi Shinohara as Lilith  (eps 36-38, 41) 
Ginzō Matsuo as
Barbatos (ep 40) 
Glasya-Labolas (eps 23, 26) 
Old Mabi (ep 12) 
Hikaru Midorikawa as Mummy (ep 22) 
Hirohiko Kakegawa as
Dracula Man (ep 36) 
Flan Nail (ep 40) 
Gahaha (ep 8) 
Ka (ep 6) 
Kaerubito (ep 36) 
King Osiris  (ep 23) 
Mabi (ep 11) 
Saci-Pererê (disguised; ep 25) 
Hiroshi Ōtake as
Lucifer (5 episodes
eps 20-21, 23ｰ25, 29-30
) 
Takosu (ep 35) 
Hiroyuki Satō as
Mummy (ep 22) 
Tangata Manu (ep 26) 
Ichirō Nagai as
Piradokuro (ep 33) 
Zhang Guolao (eps 28, 40, 42) 
Ikuya Sawaki as Belial (eps 23-24) 
Isamu Tanonaka as Brahmacharya (eps 19, 40) 
Issei Futamata as Toothache Crown Prince (ep 3) 
Kan Tokumaru as Aim (ep 27) 
Kazue Komiya as Mora  (ep 19) 
Kazuko Sugiyama as Amurita (ep 32) 
Keiichi Nanba as Nopperabo (ep 8) 
Keiichi Noda as Andrealphus (ep 26) 
Keisuke Yamashita as Abura-Sumashi (eps 13-14) 
Ken Yamaguchi as
Cuélebre (4 episodes
eps 10, 12-13, 15
) 
Larvi  (ep 34) 
Set (ep 22) 
Kiyoshi Komiyama as Tonfuchin (ep 31) 
Kōhei Miyauchi as Spider Sage (ep 29) 
Kōji Totani as
Golem (ep 8) 
Kirihito's father (ep 3) 
Lawson/Brahmin (eps 36-38) 
Kōji Yada as Bishop-Fish (ep 9) 
Kōzō Shioya as
Kikyū Majin (ep 33) 
Pluto (eps 23-24) 
Kyōko Tongū as Kirihito's Mother (ep 3) 
Kyoko Yamada as Little Bat (eps 21, 33) 
Mahito Tsujimura as Caterpillar Sage (ep 37) 
Mari Yokoo as Isis (eps 22-23) 
Masaharu Satō as
Baize (Hakutaku; ep 24) 
Daimajin (ep 39) 
Glaucus (ep 20) 
Hyakume Zombie (ep 7) 
Mabi (ep 10) 
Masako Miura as Moth (ep 15) 
Masato Hirano as
Ka (ep 6) 
Sannyasa (ep 40) 
Mayumi Shō as Kirara (ep 16) 
Mayumi Tanaka as Hiroshi (ep 20) 
Michie Tomizawa as Haidora (eps 17-18) 
Michio Nakao as Mummy (ep 22) 
Mie Suzuki as Ōguchi Dōji (ep 31) 
Mika Doi as
Hedra (ep 21) 
Titania (ep 15) 
Minori Matsushima as Gomory (ep 36) 
Naoki Tatsuta as
Beelzebub (eps 17, 30, 34) 
Raja (ep 19) 
Sannyasa (ep 19) 
Naoko Watanabe as Karma (girl; ep 5) 
Nobuyo Tsuda as Hag  (Onibaba; ep 11) 
Noriko Uemura as
Hinta's Mother (ep 12) 
Mabi (ep 12) 
Reiko Suzuki as Onibaba (ep 36) 
Ritsuo Sawa as Shikimi (eps 17-18) 
Ryūji Saikachi as
Getsu-jin (ep 7) 
Han Zhongli (eps 28, 40, 42) 
Sanji Hase as Mexico Bat (ep 21) 
Shigeru Chiba as Bake-Garasu/Ujin (ep 4) 
Shin Aomori as Amduscias (ep 19) 
Shingo Hiromori as Azuki Togi (eps 13-14) 
Takeshi Kusao as Gahaha (eps 6, 8-9) 
Takeshi Watabe as King Solomon (ep 39) 
Takkō Ishimori as Elder (ep 26) 
Toku Nishio as Gṛhastha (eps 19, 40) 
Tomoko Naka as Teacher (7 episodes
eps 7, 12, 15, 18, 29, 31-32
) 
Tomomichi Nishimura as Flan Nail (ep 19) 
Yasuo Tanaka as Cerberus (ep 2) 
Yoku Shioya as Sucking blood dwarf (ep 37) 
Yonehiko Kitagawa as Tricephalus (ep 27) 
Yūji Machi as Hiroshi's Father (ep 20) 
Yuka Ōno as Kirihito's Mother (ep 32) 
Yukimasa Kishino as
Azazel (ep 27) 
Dairinji Mashū (eps 17-18) 
Gahaha Oyabun (eps 6, 8-9, 33) 
Karma (male; ep 5) 
Yukitoshi Hori as Tutankhamun (ep 6) 
Yūsaku Yara as
Hinta's father (ep 12) 
Mandarake (ep 12) 
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Mukuo Studio (eps 6-42) 
Broadcaster: TV Asahi 
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry 
Finish Animation:
AD Cosmo (eps 8, 13) 
Peacock (ep 16) 
V.A.P (11 episodes
eps 21, 23, 25-26, 28, 30, 33, 35-36, 38, 40
) 
In-Between Animation:
AD Cosmo (eps 8, 13) 
Araki Productions (ep 16) 
Daizo Productions (7 episodes
eps 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37
) 
Studio Carpenter (ep 18) 
Key Animation:
AD Cosmo (eps 8, 13) 
Anime Spot (eps 7, 17) 
Studio Carpenter (ep 18) 
Photography:
Studio Coral Reef (5 episodes
eps 31, 36-42 even
) 
T. Nishimura (22 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 9-10, 12, 14-15, 17, 19, 21-22, 24, 26-27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41
) 
Production: Toei Animation 
Recording: Toei Audio Visual Art Center 
Sound Effects: Swara Pro 

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