is a Japanese

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television series created by Tatsuo Yoshida and directed by his brother, Ippei Kuri (birthnamed Toyoharu Yoshida). The series aired on

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from April 2, 1969, to September 24, 1969, totaling 26 episodes. While originally based on a manga by Kuri and Yutaka Arai, published by Shueisha in 1961, the series was also followed by two manga adaptations, the first written by Yoshida and illustrated by Mamoru Uchiyama published in

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'' from July 28 to November 17, 1968, and a four-chapters series written and illustrated by Yoshida in

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'' from May 22 to July 10, 1969. The series stars a teenage martial artist named Sanshiro (voiced by

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), trained in the Kurenai School of Jiujitsu and centers around his search for his fathers killer. Accompanying Sanshiro is an orphaned boy named Kenbo (voiced by Kenbo Kaminarimon) and his pet dog Boke (voiced by

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). Sanshiros only clue to his fathers murderer is a

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left on the scene of the crime, suggesting that his fathers murderer was one-eyed. Thus many of the villains Sanshiro fought during the course of the series were one-eyed or had one eye concealed with an eye-patch. The second opening theme was performed by

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(her first) when she was just 12 years old.

Cast

as Sanshiro
Hiroshi Ōtake as Boke
Kenbo Kaminarimon as Kenbo
Kenji Utsumi as the Narrator
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Haruko Kitahama

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Masako Ikeda
Masashi Amenomori
Rokuro Naya
Seizo Katou

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* 1968 manga 1969 anime television series debuts Fictional judoka Fictional jujutsuka Fuji Television original programming Judo in anime and manga Shogakukan manga Shōnen manga Shueisha manga Shueisha franchises Tatsunoko Production {{manga-stub