National Kid

National Kid
Title card for National Kid.
GenreTokusatsu
Science fiction
Superhero
Created byMinoru Kisegawa (eps. 1–30)[1]
Ichirō Miyagawa [ja] (eps. 23–30)[1]
Unno Juza (eps. 31–39)[1]
Written byTakashi Tanii[2]
Nagayoshi Akasaka [ja][2]
Directed byNagayoshi Akasaka[2]
Jun Koike[2]
Naruo Watanabe[2]
StarringIchirō Kojima [ja] (eps. 1–22)
Hidetarō Tatsumi [ja] (eps. 23–39)
Theme music composerTasaku Sano [ja]
Opening theme"Song of National Kid" (ナショナル・キッドの歌, Nashonaru Kiddo no Uta), written by Masayoshi Onuki, sung by Victor Children's Chorus
ComposerYasuo Fukazawa [ja]
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes39
Production
ProducersMasamichi Sato
Kazuma Nosaka
Yoshi Nakai
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkNET
ReleaseAugust 4, 1960 (1960-08-04) –
April 27, 1961 (1961-04-27)
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National Kid (Japanese: ナショナルキッド, Hepburn: Nashonaru Kiddo) is a Japanese TV series produced by Toei Company[3] in 1960. Broadcast on NET, it was sponsored by Panasonic, then known as Matsushita Electric, to promote the National brand. Although not very famous in Japan, the series has obtained cult status in Brazil, where it was very popular.[4][5][6]

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  3. ^ ナショナルキッド東映チャンネル 特撮ヒーロー『ナショナルキッド 第1部』放送スタートのお知ら [Announcement: tokusatsu hero National Kid's first season debuts on Toei Channel] (in Japanese). Toei Company. March 27, 2010. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010.
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  5. ^ Senna, Paulo (March 22, 2009). "National Kid". O Globo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on September 28, 2013.
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