一休さん

一休さん is a TV anime based on the childhood story ``Ikkyu-san '' by the Japanese Zen monk Sojun Ikkyu.

Work explanation
From October 15, 1975 to June 28, 1982, a total of 296 episodes were broadcast on the NET TV (Nippon Educational Television, TV Asahi from 1977 when the main series was being broadcast). Program recommended by the Central Child Welfare Council.

Produced by Toei Animation.

In the early days, it was a program provided solely by the Japan Shipping Foundation (when the chairman was Ryoichi Sasakawa, now known as the Nippon Foundation), and a commercial featuring Naozumi Yamamoto's ``Song of Fire Caution '' was aired in between. It was originally broadcast on Wednesdays from 19:30 to 20:00, but six months later it was moved to Mondays from 19:30 to 20:00 due to the formation of the `` Wednesday Special. '' Toward the end of the period, it was provided by House Foods, and Eiko Masuyama was in charge of reading the text.

The original idea for this anime was a project in the late 1960s to turn Japanese folktales into anime. At that time, there were several other ideas for the story, but in the end they decided on this one. However, due to the age of the costumes and strong Buddhist themes, it took as long as the original broadcast period for the work to see the light of day.

Set at the Zen temple Ankokuji, Ikkyu uses his china to solve various problems and incidents that occur around him. While depicting the characters that appear in a humorous way, the story also incorporates the chaotic background of the times, such as the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Courts.

In addition, most of the period is filled with the excitement of Ikkyu solving the case, but in the early part, there are stories where Ikkyu fails due to the depth of the problems immediately after the upheaval between the Northern and Southern Courts, and stories where he is worried about not being able to meet with Iyo's office (in later works, Ikkyu There are also stories that can't be described as exciting, such as one where he meets someone and gives advice. In addition, Ikkyu is saddened by the sight of the common people being overrun by the selfish war between samurai families, and he sees off Shinemon with a complicated expression as he faithfully follows the orders of the shogun and goes to battle. There are also some serious depictions. From the middle period onwards, the types of story telling stories ran out, and there were many episodes that were adapted from stories from all over the world.

In the 20th episode of the program, Ikkyu 's mother, Iyo, tells him harshly, ``You have no father or mother.'' After being shocked, Ikkyu throws himself into Lake Biwa . The story is saved at the beginning of episode 21, but the time zone had moved in the main broadcast, and there was a gap of several weeks between episodes 20 and 21 due to the airing of a special program during the program reorganization period in the spring of 1976. .

In the eye-catch, the temple priests call out to Ikkyu, and Ikkyu replies, "Okay. Don't panic, don't panic. Take a break, take a rest..." and the scene fades out into a commercial.

The subtitles of each episode, except for the 9th, 44th, and final episodes, are all in the same pattern as "○○ and XX". At the end of each episode, Ikkyu, who is meditating, opens his eyes in response to Sayo-chan's call and utters the line, ``Yes. Was it fun? See you soon. '' The story concludes with the ending. This is how humorous comedic stories, such as stories about tigers and bridges, end, but when it comes to serious stories about politics, human rights, and morals, or emotional stories, it changes to "Hello. How was it? Well then". Please note that this ending is not performed in the final episode.

However, in episodes 1 and 2, the eye-catching background in the first half is only the sun (usually a silhouette of the landscape in addition to the sun), and Ikkyu 's line in response to the calls of the monks is different from the one in episode 1 when he says, ``Don't panic, don't panic.'' In the second episode, Ikkyu says, ``Don't panic, don't panic, I'm Ikkyu. ``Okay, that's it. See you again. In the second episode, ``Today was added before ``This is the end. In addition, only episode 74 is a story in which the priest of appearance thinks about Tonchi, and that episode was performed by the priest of appearance, including the aforementioned eye catch before the commercial, ``Don't panic, don't panic. At that time, the title logo displayed was also different from the original one. In addition, Yoshimitsu Ashikaga is in charge of eye catching in episode 143.

In parallel with the broadcast of the TV anime, a book comic by the TV anime production staff was published by Nichibo Publishing. A manga version was also serialized in Shogakukan's educational magazine. The author is Tadashi Yoshida. The manga version of Shogakukan's educational magazine was originally a tie-up work with the anime, but a few months after its launch, it was retitled ``Tonchi Ikkyu-san '' and was drawn as a work unrelated to the TV anime work. It is. Yoshida explained the reason as ``Apparently there was a complaint from a TV anime sponsor.  ``Tonchi Ikkyu-san  is currently available for free from `` Manga Library Z ''.

The highest audience rating was 27.2% for the broadcast on March 10, 1976 (Video Research, Kanto area research), and the highest audience rating in the Kansai area was 42%. On Fukuoka Broadcasting, a non-affiliated broadcaster that purchased and aired this work whose copyright had expired after the main broadcast ended, this work had the highest viewer ratings, partly because the Nippon Television network's viewership ratings were poor at the time.

International versions

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