バケルノ小学校 ヒュードロ組 (Bakeruno Shogakko Hyudoro Gumi; Bakeruno Elementary: Hyudoro's Class, or Monster School) is a Japanese children's program created by children''s writer and author Sachiko Kashiwaba and produced by NHK. The show consists of a puppet theater The show is targeted at ages 3 to 6. It is a spin-off of the program あつまれじゃんけんぽん.
The show debuted on April 8th, 2003, and ended on March 10th, 2006. The show reran until 2008.
The first episode of the second season, Let's Be Friends, reaired on June 24th, 2017 as part of the Please! Editor in-Chief program.
The series follows a young boy named Nobiro temporally staying with Otengu and Metengu, two Tengu's (Japanese crow monsters) while his parents are going on a business trip to Africa. He stays in a town called ''Obake Town'' (Ghost Town) which is a town filled with ghosts and monsters. He goes to a school ontop of the apartment building he's staying at, which is called ''Bakeruno Shogakko''. He is able to meet and befriend many yokai (Japanese monsters) and has many adventures.
International versions[]
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English | Monster School | unknown |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | Escola dos Monstros | TV Cultura (formerly) |
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Sinhala | රකුසු යගලුවෝ | Rupavahini (formerly) Siyatha TV (formerly) |