''430 Space Shuttle'' () is a children's show shown on

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Jade in Hong Kong that aired from 1 February, 1982 until its final episode on 8 August, 1989. The name represents the show's starting time - 4:30pm. This program aimed to educate children about

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or related topics with stories, songs, games and other adventures. It provided an opportunity for children to learn about different topics while being entertained at the same time. The host of the programme was

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aka "KK", with various supporting actresses, as well as the "silver" monster Coco and the robot that hung on it, called Lobo. When the programme was airing, many families in Hong Kong still had black-and-white televisions and mistakenly believed Coco was a gold monster. Some children got disappointed when they saw the "ugly" silver body on colour TV. ''430 Space Shuttle'' was replaced in the early 1990s by

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, another educational children's show. Among the show's former hosts are famous Hong Kong actors

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and Tony Leung.

Cartoons

During ''430 Space Shuttle'', about 20 minutes were used to showcase a cartoon. These cartoons were adapted into Cantonese, and usually from

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. The first cartoon that aired during this time was

Doraemon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. First serialized in 1969, the manga's chapters were collected in 45 volumes published by Shogakukan from 1974 to 1996. The story revolves around an earless robotic ...

List of cartoons

*《千年女王》

Queen Millennia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto which was serialized from 28 January 1980 through 11 May 1983 in both the ''Sankei Shimbun'' and '' Nishinippon Sports'' newspapers. The manga series was adapted into a ...

(83/7/18) *《小地鼠阿曚》(No Translation) *《怪物小皇子》《

Kaibutsu-kun is a shōnen manga and anime series by . The first series was broadcast on TBS from April 21, 1968, to March 23, 1969. The second series was broadcast on TV Asahi from September 2, 1980, to September 28, 1982. A live-action series w ...

(83/6/17) *《藍精靈》

The Smurfs ''The Smurfs'' (; ) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was created and introduced as a series of comic characters by ...

(84/1/7) *《宇宙大帝》

Space Emperor God Sigma is a mecha anime television series aired from 1980 to 1981. It ran for 50 episodes. It is also referred to as "''God Sigma, Empire of Space''" and "''Space Combination God Sigma''". Concept ''Space Emperor God Sigma'' was created by Toei's T ...

*《電子神童》

Game Center Arashi is a Japanese manga by Mitsuru Sugaya, which ran in ''CoroCoro Comic'' from 1978 to 1984. It focus on Arashi Ishino, a young gamer whose life revolves around video games. The manga, which is one of the earliest Japanese video game-themed comi ...

*《黃金戰士》

Golden Warrior Gold Lightan is a mecha anime television series that aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan. The show was also popular in Hong Kong and was aired there around the same time. There are 52 episodes that were aired at 30 minutes each. Original story The story is ...

*《足球小將》

Captain Tsubasa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with ...

(85/3/5, 86/5/5) *

He-Man He-Man is a superhero and the protagonist of the sword and planet ''Masters of the Universe'' franchise, which includes a toy line, several animated television series, comic books, and a feature film. He-Man is characterized by his superhuman s ...

(84/12/24) * She-Ra: Princess of Power (86/12/26) *《Q太郎》

Obake no Q-tarō and are a class of ''yōkai'', preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore. Literally, the terms mean ''a thing that changes'', referring to a state of transformation or shapeshifting. These words are often translated as "ghost", but prima ...

(86/4/7) *《小雙俠》

Yatterman is a Japanese anime television series broadcast from January 1, 1977 to January 27, 1979, comprising 108 episodes. It is the second and longest show in the ''Time Bokan'' series by Tatsunoko Productions. The series succeeded ''Time Bokan'' a ...

(83/12/5) *《得意仔》(No Translation) (85/8/5) *《腦波子》(No Translation) (83/10/8) *《淘氣小雪兒》

Lady Georgie is a manga series, written by Mann Izawa and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi. It was serialized from 1982 to 1984 in the ''Shōjo Comic'' manga magazine. The series was adapted in 1983 into an anime television series, , by TMS Entertainment, ...

(85/12?) *《露絲小姑娘》 Lucy of the Southern Rainbow (85/11/2) *《幻仙沙蜜仔》(No Translation) (85) *《雷鳥拯救隊》

Thunderbirds 2086 ''Thunderbirds 2086'' is the English dubbed version of the Japanese anime series , loosely inspired by the original Gerry Anderson Supermarionation series '' Thunderbirds''. The English dub was produced by ITC Entertainment, the original pr ...

*《戰士高狄安》(Guardian) *《綠野仙踪》

The Wizard of Oz ''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1939 American Musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Based on the 1900 novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left pro ...

(86/11/29) *《伊索寓言》

Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Slavery in ancient Greece, slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 Before the Common Era, BCE. Of varied and unclear origins, the stor ...

*《外星小美兒》 Memole (87/5/21) *《小熊貓豆豆》(No Translation) (87/7/30) *《格林童話》

Grimm's Fairy Tales ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', originally known as the ''Children's and Household Tales'' (, , commonly abbreviated as ''KHM''), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm, first publish ...

(87/8/13) *《故事小寶盒》(No Translation) (89/1/6) *《求知奇遇記》(No Translation) (89/3/28) *《大武士》

Tōshō_Daimos is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Company and animated by Nippon Sunrise, directed by Tadao Nagahama as his last work. It is the third and final installment of the ''Robot Romance Trilogy'', following ''Chōdenji Robo C ...

References

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Cartoons

List of cartoons

See also

References