Gamba no Bōken

Gamba no Bōken ( Japanese ガンバの冒険 ) is an anime television series by Studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha from 1975, which was continued by several films and another television series. The story is based on the novel Bokensha-tachi by Atsuo Saito .

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The adventurous brown mouse Gamba and his friend Bōbo go to a party of seafaring mice, including the experienced Yoisho. There they meet Chūta, who has just left a ship, seriously injured. He fled from the island of Yumemishima, where the ermine Noroi has usurped power and oppressed the mice. To help him, Gamba and his friends want to rush to Yumemishima and Noroi. He puts together a group of brave mice. But first they need to find out where the island is and how to get there.

Production and publication

The series was created in 1975 for Nippon TV at the Tokyo Movie Shinsha studio . The idea for the story comes from the novel Bokensha-tachi by Atsuo Saito . Directed by Osamu Dezaki , who also created some designs. Next to it was Yoshio Kabashima responsible for the character designs. The artistic direction was Shichirō Kobayashi . The responsible producers were Sankichiro Kusube and Toru Ueno . The Kyodo Eiga company was also involved in the production. Originally, 52 episodes were planned. This was given up after the 14th episode and therefore the story changed significantly at this point. The total of then 26 episodes were broadcast from April 7 to September 29, 1975 by Nippon TV. The anime has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Arabic and shown on television. The series was also dubbed in Russian, Portuguese and Chinese.

On March 4, 1984, a compilation of the series came under the title Bōkensha-tachi Gamba to Nanahiki no Nakama ( 冒険者たちガンバと 7 匹のなかま ) in Japanese cinemas. A film with new content followed on July 20, 1991 as Gamba to Kaw likewise no Bōken ( ガンバとカワウソの冒険 ), which was now directed by Shunji Ōga .

The Baby Gamba offshoot was created in 2014 . In the production of Studio Shirogumi Inc. led Tomohiro Kawamura and written by Sawako Hirabayashi . Shū Yamada was responsible as producer . The 13 episodes, each lasting 2 minutes, were broadcast by Cartoon Network from July 19 to October 11, 2014 . In 2015 the film Gamba: Gamba to Nakama-tachi followed in 3D computer animation.

synchronization

role	Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Gamba	Masako Nozawa
Chūta	Hiroko Kikuchi
Bōbo	Ranko Mizuki
Yoisho	Kenji Utsumi
Noroi	Chikao Ohtsuka

music

The music of the first series was composed by Takeo Yamashita . The opening song is Gamba no Uta ( ガンバの唄 ) by Hiromasa Kawahara and the closing title is Bōkensha-tachi no Ballad ( 冒険者たちのバラード ) by Yoshihiro Sugiura. The music for Baby Gamba was composed by Miki Kasamatsu .

Further adaptations

Manga adaptations of the series appeared in the magazines Yoiko and Shogaku 123 . On March 4, 2003, Bandai released a video game for the series. The puzzle game for the PlayStation is entitled Gamba no Bōken: The Puzzle Action.

reception

In a 2006 survey by TV Asahi , which asked about the most popular television anime, Gamba no Bōken came in 22nd.

Web links

Entry to the anime and the sequels at Anime News Network (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 216 .
↑ Japan's Favorite TV Anime. In: Anime News Network. October 12, 2006, accessed November 16, 2019 .

[encyclopedia-1] Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 216 .

[2] Japan's Favorite TV Anime. In: Anime News Network. October 12, 2006, accessed November 16, 2019 .