CHIBI MARUKO-CHAN

Anime segments featuring popular characters to condense history lessons for children This year's 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Fuji TV networks will air a "FNS 27-Jikan TV Nihon no Rekishi" (FNS 27-Hour Japan's History) special on September 9 and 10, which will feature anime segments from One Piece, Dragon Ball Super, Kochikame, and Chibi Maruko-chan. The event will air from September 9 at 6:30 p.m. to September 10 at 9:30 p.m. Preview images for the special in Weekly Shonen Jump feature Kochikame's protagonist Ryō dressed as Sakamoto Ryōma, Maruko from Chibi Maruko-chan dressed in a 12-layer kimono from the Heian Era, Gohan and Trunks from Dragon Ball Super in a rice field during Japan's ancient Yayoi Period, and Luffy from One Piece on a battlefield during the Warring States Era. Weekly Shonen Jump didn't reveal when during the marathon the anime segments would air, or how long each segment would be. Fuji TV had rev

Original creator Momoko Sakura wrote lyrics for song, Tetsuro Oda returns to compose The official website of the Chibi Maruko-chan anime revealed on Tuesday that pop duo Puffy (PuffyAmiYumi) will perform the anime's new ending theme song "Susume Nonsense" (Advance! Nonsense). The new theme song will debut in the show in the new episode on Sunday. Anime versions of the duo's two members will appear in the ending sequence, as shown in the preview screenshots below. Momoko Sakura, the original manga creator, wrote the lyrics for the new song. This is the first Chibi Maruko-chan song she has written the lyrics for since the first anime's first opening and ending songs "Odoru Ponpokorin" and "Hashire Shoujiki-mono." Tetsuro Oda, the composer of "Odoru Ponpokorin," also composed the new song. The Chibi Maruko-chan television anime is consistently the #2 rated anime series after Sazae-san. The first anime series ran from 1990 to 1992, and the ongoing second series premiered