 | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the Americanized version and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (July 2019) |
| Prince Planet | |
 Selections from U.S. version, including title card. | |
| 遊星少年パピイ (Yūsei Shōnen Papī) | |
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| Genre | Adventure, science fiction |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Sato Ōkura |
| Music by | Hidehiko Arashino |
| Studio | TCJ (now Eiken) |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| English network | |
| Original run | 3 June 1965 – 27 May 1966 |
| Episodes | 52 |
Prince Planet is the English-language title given to one of the earliest anime television series, Planet Boy Papi (遊星少年パピイ, Yūsei Shōnen Papī), when it was transmitted on American television in the United States in the mid-1960s.[1] It did run on "The Works" television network before it ceased operations February 28, 2017. A 52-episode monochrome anime series, it tells the story of a member of the Universal Peace Corps, originally from the planet Radion, coming to Earth on a mission to determine if this world meets standards for membership in the Galactic Union of Worlds and assist its inhabitants during his stay. While on his mission, Prince Planet adopts the identity of an Earth boy named Bobby and gains comrades who work together alongside him fighting forces of evil, both alien and terrestrial.[2]
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. p. 231. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 641–642. ISBN 978-1476665993.