| Title | Period broadcast |
No of times broadcast |
Broadcasting station (network) |
Outline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Witch Teacher | October 3, 1971 – March 26, 1972 | 26 | Asahi Broadcasting / Tokyo Broadcasting System Network | Original manga:Thousand Eyes Teacher Sennome.Yoko Kiku played the role of Andro-Masked enthusiastically. |
| Robocon | October 4, 1974 – March 25, 1977 | 118 | Nihon Educational Television Network (TV Asahi) |
The series received high audience ratings and lasted for more than two years! |
| Robot 110 | April 8 – December 30, 1977 | 37 | TV Asahi Network | Gangaragan-chan working at a robot service center is going full tilt! Batten Punch! |
| Try Hard! Red Bikkies | January 6 – December 29, 1978 | 48 | TV Asahi Network | Hiroko Hayashi performed in a TV program for the first time since Metamorphosis Ninja Arashi, in the role of a woman manager of a boys baseball team. |
| The Invisible Dori-chan | January 7 – July 1, 1978 | 25 | TV Asahi Network | A fantasy story for girls where Dori-chan, the princess of a magical land, works hard for others. |
| Burn yourself out! Attack! | January 5, 1979 – July 11, 1980 | 71 | TV Asahi Network | Desperate technique: the bear spike! Volleyball drama based on Ishinomori’s work. Starring Yumiko Araki. |
■Comment■
This page inclines heavily towards the genre known as children’s drama. The section brings together works which exclude Masked Rider and series — the so-called "transforming heroes". Ishinomori’s children’s dramas started with! The Witch Teacher.Lots of changes were made to the original manga,Thousand Eyes Teacher Sennome,including the appearance of a heroin Andro-Masked, who was able to transform into different figures, as an idea for televising the drama, because of the transformation hero boom at that time.
Robocon (1974) is a comedy drama featuring a robot called Robocon, a dunce at a robot school which is aiming to raise Grade A robots that are useful for people. A phrase that Robocon’s teacher, Mr. Gantsu, says while he is marking Robocon’s tests, “Robocon, zero”, became very popular among primary school pupils. This drama was a great hit, lasting for two years. Many live-action dramas were produced in the 70s because of the transformation hero boom created by Masked Rider. Many high-quality children’s dramas were also produced; for example, Red Bikies,a story about a boys baseball team, and Moeroz!Attack!A sports drama. The diversity of the productions of this year show that Ishinomori’s versatile talents were not limited to hero stories.
Robocon (1974) is a comedy drama featuring a robot called Robocon, a dunce at a robot school which is aiming to raise Grade A robots that are useful for people. A phrase that Robocon’s teacher, Mr. Gantsu, says while he is marking Robocon’s tests, “Robocon, zero”, became very popular among primary school pupils. This drama was a great hit, lasting for two years. Many live-action dramas were produced in the 70s because of the transformation hero boom created by Masked Rider. Many high-quality children’s dramas were also produced; for example, Red Bikies,a story about a boys baseball team, and Moeroz!Attack!A sports drama. The diversity of the productions of this year show that Ishinomori’s versatile talents were not limited to hero stories.
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