The Lost Son

The Lost Son

July 23, 1985 (estimated) Hey! Bunbuu

Series title: へーい!ブン&#12502

Studio
Nippon Animation

Characters

Bunbuu (Bumpety Boo), Dr. Monkey (Professor Honkytonk), Mister, Ken

Credits

Directing

Director
Eiji Okabe, Kenjirô Yoshida
Episode Director
Shigeo Koshi, Shigeto Makino

Producing

Producer
Shoji Sato
Executive Producer
Koii Motohashi

Voices

Voice
Masako Nozawa (Bunbuu), Kenichi Ogata (Dr. Monkey), Miki Itou (Mister), Chika Sakamoto (Ken)

Music

Music
Nobuyoshi Koshibe

Art Department

Art Director
Setsuko Ishizu
Storyboards
Akiko Matsushima, Hiroshi Kuzuoka, Katsumi Endo, Tetsuo Yasumi
Character Design
Isamu Kumata, Susumu Shiraume
Color Coordination
Rumiko Suzushiro

Visual Effects

Effects
Akihiko Matsuda

Camera

Director of Photography
Akio Bandou, Masahide Okino

Sound

Sound Director
Hideyuki Tanaka

Crew

Planning
Shoji Sato
Finishing
Masae Motohashi (Life Work), Yasuhiko Komori (Studio Kyuma), Yuko Nishikawa (Studio Kyuma)

Production notes

This TV series ran for 130 episodes.

A spoof of the anime series "From the Apennines to the Andes."

The featured car has a strong resemblance to Benny, the talking yellow cab in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1985).