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| Superbook | |
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| アニメ 親子劇場 (Anime Oyako Gekijō) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masakazu Higuchi |
| Produced by | Kenji Yoshida, Akira Inoue, Hyota Ezu |
| Written by | Akiyoshi Sakai |
| Music by | Masahito Maruyama |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo (Japan) Syndication (United States) |
| Original run | October 1, 1981 – March 25, 1982 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Anime television series | |
| Superbook II: In Search for Ruffles and Return to the 20th Century パソコントラベル探偵団 (Pasokon toraberu tantei-dan) | |
| Directed by | Masakazu Higuchi |
| Produced by | Kenji Yoshida |
| Written by | Masakazu Higuchi, Keiji Kubota, Haruya Yamazaki, Takao Koyama, Ryoko Takagi, other |
| Music by | Masayuki Chiyo |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo (Japan) Syndication (United States) |
| Original run | April 4, 1983 – September 26, 1983 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Superbook (スーパーブック, Sūpābukku), also known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre (アニメ 親子劇場, Anime Oyako Gekijō),[1] is a Japanese Christian anime television series from the early 1980s, initially produced at Tatsunoko Production and TV Tokyo in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States.
The series chronicled the events of the Bible's Old and New Testaments in its 52-episode run. The first 26 episodes aired from October 1, 1981, to March 25, 1982, followed by a second season called Superbook II: In Search for Ruffles and Return to the 20th Century (パソコントラベル探偵団, Pasokon Toraberu Tanteidan, lit. Personal Computer Travel Detective Team) with 26 episodes from April 4 to September 26, 1983. Between both series in the first run was the companion series The Flying House.