The Monster

The Monster

May 14, 1975 (estimated) TV Episode Wanpaku Omukashi Kum-Kum

Foreign titles: Kum Kum (French), Kum Kum (German), Kum Kum Il Cavernicolo (Italian), As Aventuras de Cacá (Portuguese)

Series title: わんぱく大昔&#12463

Studio
ITC Japan
Animation studio
Sunrise

Synopsis

Spring is in the air, and the village is having its annual feast on the Table Rock. This year, the kids are putting on a play. Jumbo is playing the part of a large hairy monster, but wait: is that Jumbo or a real monster on stage? Wacky fun.

Characters

Kum-kum, Furu-furu, Chil-chil, Mochi-mochi, Aron, Butterfly, Littlerock, Bumbles, Strong Arm, The Wise One, Jumbo, Waterlily, Wildflower, Roman, Dark Eyes, Tum Tum

Credits

Directing

Director
Rintaro, Noboru Ishiguro, Wataru Mizusawa
Director (English Version)
Phil Judd

Producing

Producer
Phil Judd
Executive Producer
Banjiro Uemura

Music

Music
Masami Uno

Crew

Creator
Madoka Akitsu
Art Director
Katsunari Nakaba
Design
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Script Supervisor
Noel Judd
Recordist
Phil Heywood
Mixer
Phil Heywood
Post-Production Coordinator
Santo L. Bernardo
Post-Production Advisor
Mike Policare
Assistant Film Editor
Al Perez
Paramount Production Executive
Bruce Gordon

Production notes

This TV series ran for 26 episodes.

Created by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko.

The airing of this series on British children's TV in the early 1980s was the first English-language broadcast of work by Yasuhiko. The show was a surprising success, perhaps because its hero didn't wear any pants.

This series was bought by Paramount for import to the United States, but there is no indication that it was ever televised there. The series was dubbed into English in Australia using a voice cast of Australians, along with Australian technical crew.