A Reckless Challenge
Series title: タイガーマスク
- Studio
- Tôei Company Ltd.
- Animation studio
- Tôei Dôga
Characters
Naoto Date/Tiger Mask, Mr. X, Da'te Naoto, Kenta, Ruriko Wakatsuki, Kentaro Takaoka, Jack Brisco, Daigo Daimon/Mister Fudo, Announcer, Gaboten, Black Tiger, Wakatsuki Sensei, Black V, Mr. Kamikaze, Kintaro Ohki, Takeshi, Antonio Inoki, King Tiger, Kentaro Tanaka/Yellow Devil, Giant Baba, Tiger the Great/Miracle 3, Big Tiger, Toranosuke Arashi
Credits
Directing
Writing
- Writer
- Masaki Tsuji, Tadashi Kondo, Tomohiro Andô
- Scenario
- Masaki Tsuji, Kaya Miyoshi, Toyohiro Andô
Voices
- Voice
- Kei Tomiyama (Naoto Date/Tiger Mask [eps 1-30, 37-105]), Katsuji Mori (Naoto Date/Tiger Mask [eps 32-39]), Hidekatsu Shibata (Mr. X), Kei Tomiyama (Da'te Naoto), Masako Nozawa (Kenta), Nana Yamaguchi (Ruriko Wakatsuki [eps 1-77]), Michiko Nomura (Ruriko Wakatsuki [eps 78-105]), Ryouichi Tanaka (Kentaro Takaoka), Ichirô Nagai (Jack Brisco), Kazuya Tatekabe (Daigo Daimon/Mister Fudo), Keiichi Noda (Announcer), Keiko Yamamoto (Gaboten), Kenji Nakagawa (Black Tiger, Wakatsuki Sensei), Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Black V, Mr. Kamikaze), Kousei Tomita (Kintaro Ohki), Masako Nozawa (Takeshi), Masao Nakasone (Antonio Inoki, King Tiger), Ryouichi Tanaka (Kentaro Tanaka/Yellow Devil), Shingo Kanemoto (Giant Baba), Taimei Suzuki (Tiger the Great/Miracle 3), Yonehiko Kitagawa (Big Tiger, Toranosuke Arashi), Akiko Tsuboi, Isamu Tanonaka, Katsue Miwa, Kazuko Sugiyama, Kazuya Tatekabe, Kiyoshi Komiyama, Kousei Tomita, Masao Imanishi, Masao Nakasone, Michiko Nomura, Osamu Ichikawa, Reiko Katsura, Rokuro Naya, Ryuuji Saikachi, Sachiko Chijimatsu, Shunji Yamada, Shuuichirou Moriyama, Taimei Suzuki, Tetsuya Asado, Yonehiko Kitagawa, Yukari Asai
Music
- Music
- Shunsuke Kikuchi, Shunsuke Kikuchi
Animation
- Animator
- Keijiro Kimura, Koichi Murata
- Technical Directors
- Takeshi Tamiya, Tokushige Shirane, Kimio Yabuki
Art Department
- Art Directors
- Mataharu Urata, Hidenobu Shin, Hajime Numai
- Character Designer
- Keiichirô Kimura
- Design
- Ikki Kajiwara, Naoki Tsuji
Production Management
- Production Supervisor
- Masaharu Etô
Crew
- Planning
- Tasuku Saitô
Production notes
This TV series initially ran for 105 episodes.
Based on Ikki Kajiwara and Naoko Tsuji's 1968 manga in "Bokura" magazine.
Episodes were edited into several seasonal "movies." Episode 9 became the 47-minute "Tiger Mask" (1970); Episodes 23, 25 and 26 became the 53-minute "Tiger Mask: War Against the League of Masked Wrestlers" (1970); and Episode 56 became the 25-minute "Tiger Mask: The Black Demon" (1971).
A follow-up series ran for 33 episodes in 1981, this time on TV Asahi. Set after Naoto Date's death, it included characters Tatsuo and Outer Space Mask. Directors were Kozo Mirishita, Shigenori Yamauchi, Hideki Takayama, Tomoharu Katsumata, Masayuki Akehi, Kazuo Yamazaki and Osamu Sekita. Haruya Yamazaki was the writer; animation was by Tsukasa Abe.
Based on Ikki Kajiwara and Naoko Tsuji's 1968 manga in "Bokura" magazine.
Episodes were edited into several seasonal "movies." Episode 9 became the 47-minute "Tiger Mask" (1970); Episodes 23, 25 and 26 became the 53-minute "Tiger Mask: War Against the League of Masked Wrestlers" (1970); and Episode 56 became the 25-minute "Tiger Mask: The Black Demon" (1971).
A follow-up series ran for 33 episodes in 1981, this time on TV Asahi. Set after Naoto Date's death, it included characters Tatsuo and Outer Space Mask. Directors were Kozo Mirishita, Shigenori Yamauchi, Hideki Takayama, Tomoharu Katsumata, Masayuki Akehi, Kazuo Yamazaki and Osamu Sekita. Haruya Yamazaki was the writer; animation was by Tsukasa Abe.