78
GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
The adventures of Iyami, a con artist who's always looking for a quick buck, and Chibita, his short-statured kid partner-in-crime, as they make trouble for their town and constantly cause friction with the Matsuno sextuplets, a clan of rowdy identical 10-year-old brothers led by the eldest, Osomatsu.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 78
IMDb7.3
Time to watch it all
33 h
86 episodes, about 23 min each
An episode a night: about 3 months.
Reach
Streams in 11 countries
+1First aired
1988
February 13, 1988
Ended 1989
Genres
AnimationComedyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismDirecting · 6
- Hidehito Ueda Director, Storyboard Artist
- Kazunori Mizuno Director, Storyboard Artist
- Hiroyuki Yokoyama Director, Storyboard Artist, Production Coordinator
- Takashi Watanabe Director, Storyboard Artist
- Hiroshi Aoyama Director, Storyboard Artist
- Harumi Tamano Director
Writing · 8
- Yoshio Urasawa Writer
- Keiji Terui Writer
- Miho Maruo Writer
- Kazuhisa Sakaguchi Writer
- Yutaka Hirooka Writer
- Sukehiro Tomita Writer
Camera · 1
- Hirokata Takahashi Director of Photography
Art · 2
- Motosuke Takahashi Storyboard Artist, Animation Director, Director
- Hiraoki Sato Storyboard Artist
Other crew · 93
- Akira Shigino Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director, Writer
- Seiichi Nodate Key Animation, Director, Animation Director
- Yumiko Suda Animation Director, Director
- Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Series Composition, Writer
- Yūsuke Honma Music
- Yoshiyuki Kishi Character Designer, Animation Director
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