Bonobono
1995 TV series
### 1995 TV series

The *Bonobono* anime television series ran from April 20, 1995 through March 28, 1996 as part of the  series on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm on [TV Tokyo](/wiki/TV_Tokyo "TV Tokyo"). Each episode was 15 minutes long, and was paired with an episode of *[Bit the Cupid](/wiki/Bit_the_Cupid "Bit the Cupid")* to fill out the 30\-minute timeslot. The series has been rebroadcast on several different channels and networks, including [Animax](/wiki/Animax "Animax") and the on\-demand [internet streaming](/wiki/Internet_streaming "Internet streaming") service [GyaO](/wiki/GyaO "GyaO").

The entire TV series was released as two [DVD](/wiki/DVD "DVD") box sets on April 20, 2007\.

#### Staff

Planning: [Takashi Sakurai](/wiki/Takashi_Sakurai "Takashi Sakurai"), Atsushi Tashiro
Director: [Hitoshi Nanba](/wiki/Hitoshi_Nanba "Hitoshi Nanba")
Series Director: [Tetsuo Yasumi](/wiki/Tetsuo_Yasumi "Tetsuo Yasumi")
Character Design: [Yūka Hotani](/wiki/Y%C5%ABka_Hotani "Yūka Hotani")
Chief Animation Director: Yūka Hotani
Writers: Tetsuo Yasumi, [Yasuhiro Komatsuzaki](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Komatsuzaki "Yasuhiro Komatsuzaki"), [Satoru Nishizono](/wiki/Satoru_Nishizono "Satoru Nishizono"), [Shōji Yonemura](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_Yonemura "Shōji Yonemura"), [Kazuhiko Gōdo](/wiki/Kazuhiko_G%C5%8Ddo "Kazuhiko Gōdo"), [Chinatsu Hōjō](/wiki/Chinatsu_H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D "Chinatsu Hōjō")
Episode Directors: [Kiyotaka Ōhata](/wiki/Kiyotaka_%C5%8Chata "Kiyotaka Ōhata"), [Takashi Ikebata](/wiki/Takashi_Ikebata "Takashi Ikebata"), [Shinichi Watanabe](/wiki/Shinichi_Watanabe "Shinichi Watanabe"), [Takashi Yamazaki](/wiki/Takashi_Yamazaki "Takashi Yamazaki"), [Daiji Suzuki](/wiki/Daiji_Suzuki "Daiji Suzuki"), [Kiyoshi Fukumoto](/wiki/Kiyoshi_Fukumoto "Kiyoshi Fukumoto"), [Kiyoko Sayama](/wiki/Kiyoko_Sayama "Kiyoko Sayama"), [Tetsuya Watanabe](/wiki/Tetsuya_Watanabe "Tetsuya Watanabe"), [Takashi Asami](/wiki/Takashi_Asami "Takashi Asami"), [Kazunari Kume](/wiki/Kazunari_Kume "Kazunari Kume"), others
Music: [Kazunori Miyake](/wiki/Kazunori_Miyake "Kazunori Miyake")
Audio Director: [Susumu Aketagawa](/wiki/Susumu_Aketagawa "Susumu Aketagawa")
Music Producer: [Sumio Matsuzaki](/wiki/Sumio_Matsuzaki "Sumio Matsuzaki")
Art Director: [Kō Watanabe](/wiki/K%C5%8D_Watanabe "Kō Watanabe")
Editor: [Masashi Furukawa](/wiki/Masashi_Furukawa "Masashi Furukawa")
Director of Photography: [Mitsunobu Yoshida](/wiki/Mitsunobu_Yoshida "Mitsunobu Yoshida")
Producers: [Keisuke Iwata](/wiki/Keisuke_Iwata "Keisuke Iwata") (TV Tokyo), [Masatoshi Kanesaka](/wiki/Masatoshi_Kanesaka "Masatoshi Kanesaka")
Animation Producer: [Kenjirō Kawato](/wiki/Kenjir%C5%8D_Kawato "Kenjirō Kawato")
Animation Production: [Group Tac](/wiki/Group_Tac "Group Tac")
Production: TV Tokyo, [Amuse, Inc.](/wiki/Amuse%2C_Inc. "Amuse, Inc.")
#### Theme songs

Lyrics, Vocals: [Kyōko Suga](/wiki/jp:%E9%A0%88%E8%B3%80%E9%9F%BF%E5%AD%90 "須賀響子")
Composition, Arrangement: [Etsuko Yamakawa](/wiki/Etsuko_Yamakawa "Etsuko Yamakawa")
Ending theme for episodes 1\-23 and 48
*Love, Two Love*
Lyrics, Composition, Vocals: [Kyōko Suga](/wiki/jp:%E9%A0%88%E8%B3%80%E9%9F%BF%E5%AD%90 "須賀響子")
Arrangement: [Ryō Yonemitsu](/wiki/Ry%C5%8D_Yonemitsu "Ryō Yonemitsu")
Ending theme for episodes 24\-47

#### Cast

Bonobono: [Kumiko Watanabe](/wiki/Kumiko_Watanabe "Kumiko Watanabe")
Shimarisu\-kun: [Konami Yoshida](/wiki/Konami_Yoshida "Konami Yoshida")
Araiguma\-kun: [Keiji Fujiwara](/wiki/Keiji_Fujiwara "Keiji Fujiwara")
Sunadorineko\-san: [Jūrōta Kosugi](/wiki/J%C5%ABr%C5%8Dta_Kosugi "Jūrōta Kosugi")
Araiguma\-kun's father: [Hideyuki Umezu](/wiki/Hideyuki_Umezu "Hideyuki Umezu")
Araiguma\-kun's mother: [Keiko Han](/wiki/Keiko_Han "Keiko Han")
Bonobono's father: [Takashi Nagasako](/wiki/Takashi_Nagasako "Takashi Nagasako")
Dai Nee\-chan: [Miki Narahashi](/wiki/Miki_Narahashi "Miki Narahashi")
Shō Nee\-chan: [Mayumi Tanaka](/wiki/Mayumi_Tanaka "Mayumi Tanaka")
Shimarisu\-kun's father: [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin")
Shimarisu\-kun's mother: [Konami Yoshida](/wiki/Konami_Yoshida "Konami Yoshida")
Kuzuri\-kun: [Sakiko Uran](/wiki/Sakiko_Uran "Sakiko Uran")
Tamago no Kimi\-kun: Sakiko Uran
Kuzuri\-kun's father: [Sakiko Uran](/wiki/Sakiko_Uran "Sakiko Uran")
Fennec Kitsune\-kun: [Michiyo Yanagisawa](/wiki/Michiyo_Yanagisawa "Michiyo Yanagisawa")
Fennec Kitsune\-kun's father: [Keaton Yamada](/wiki/Keaton_Yamada "Keaton Yamada")
Bōzu\-kun: [Midori Nakazawa](/wiki/Midori_Nakazawa "Midori Nakazawa")
Beaver\-san: [Masahiro Anzai](/wiki/Masahiro_Anzai "Masahiro Anzai")
Bōzu\-kun's mother: [Rin Mizuhara](/wiki/Ako_Mayama "Ako Mayama")
Kohiguma\-kun: [Aya Ishizu](/wiki/Aya_Ishizu "Aya Ishizu")
Kokujira\-kun: Aya Ishizu
Higuma no Taishō: [Kiyoyuki Yanada](/wiki/Kiyoyuki_Yanada "Kiyoyuki Yanada")
Higuma\-san: Junko Hagimori
Hae: [Kōji Tobe](/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Tobe "Kōji Tobe")
Shimatchū Oji\-san, others: [Nobuo Tobita](/wiki/Nobuo_Tobita "Nobuo Tobita")
Yama\-Ō, others: [Yūji Ueda](/wiki/Y%C5%ABji_Ueda "Yūji Ueda")
Ki no Obake: [Chie Satō](/wiki/Chie_Sat%C5%8D "Chie Satō")
Min Min: [Akiko Yajima](/wiki/Akiko_Yajima "Akiko Yajima")
Nan Nan: [Kōji Yusa](/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Yusa "Kōji Yusa")
Ōsanshōuo\-san: [Toshiya Ueda](/wiki/Toshiya_Ueda "Toshiya Ueda")
Kaeru\-kun: Toshiya Ueda
Kokujira\-kun's mother: [Mari Mashiba](/wiki/Mari_Mashiba "Mari Mashiba")
Nagareboshi\-kun: [Hiromi Ishikawa](/wiki/Hiromi_Ishikawa "Hiromi Ishikawa")
Rabi Nii\-chan: [Nobuyuki Hiyama](/wiki/Nobuyuki_Hiyama "Nobuyuki Hiyama")
Chirabi\-chan: [Kae Araki](/wiki/Kae_Araki "Kae Araki")
Chibisuke to Okera\-kun: [Fujiko Takimoto](/wiki/Fujiko_Takimoto "Fujiko Takimoto")
Kashira to Gonzo: [Kōji Ishii](/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Ishii "Kōji Ishii")
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