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Parappa the Rapper (TV)

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©Rodney A. Greenblat / Interlink Planning / Sony Creative Products Inc. / Fuji-TV•Aniplex

Alternative title:
PaRappa Rappa (Japanese)
パラッパラッパー (Japanese)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Chronicles the misadventures of a rapping dog named Parappa and his very odd friends, which include a blue cat, a talking flower, and a guitar playing lamb.
User Ratings: 34 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Good: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:6, raw:2)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 99 users, rank: #5217 (of 9581)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 4.912 (So-so), std. dev.: 2.5014, rank: #9049 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 4.796 (So-so−), rank: #9147 (of 9703) (seen all: 6.31 / seen some: 4.82 / won't finish: 2.09)
Bayesian estimate: 5.579 (Decent−), rank: #6903 (of 7286)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 30
Episode titles: We have 30
Vintage: 2001-04-14 to 2001-09-29
Opening Theme:
#1: "LOVE TOGETHER" by Nona Reeves
#2: "Attitude" by Crystal Kay
Ending Theme:
#1: "SCHOOL GIRL" by BENNIE K. (eps 1-15)
#2: "Yellow Balloon (イエローバルーン Ieroo Baruun)" by Chara (eps 16-30)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
Based on the best-selling game on the Sony PlayStation.
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroaki Sakurai
Series Composition: Yoshio Urasawa
Script:
Akatsuki Yamatoya (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 16, 20, 26
)
Chinatsu Houjou (8 episodes
eps 4-5, 9, 14, 21, 23, 25, 30
)
Hiro Masaki (4 episodes
eps 15, 19, 24, 29
)
Hiroshi Hashimoto (eps 6, 11)
Yoshio Urasawa (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 10, 13, 17-18, 22, 27-28
)
Storyboard:
Enishi Ōshima (ep 29)
Hiroaki Sakurai (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (ED 1; eps 5, 11, 18)
Itsuro Kawasaki (eps 3, 9)
Kanta Kamei (ep 25)
Kazunobu Fuseki (ep 17)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (OP 1)
Masahiko Otsuka (ep 23)
Masahiko Tanaka (ep 21)
Masahiro Satō (ep 3)
Masami Shimoda (eps 20, 27)
Michio Fukuda (eps 24, 26, 28)
Nobuo Shirohata (ep 16)
Shingo Kaneko (eps 4, 22, 30)
Takayuki Hamana (eps 7, 13-14)
Yasunori Miyazawa (ED2)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (eps 6, 8, 19)
Unit Director:
Daisuke Takashima (eps 8, 20, 26)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (ED 1)
Iku Suzuki (ep 15)
Itsuro Kawasaki (eps 3, 9)
Jun Takahashi (ep 25)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (OP 1)
Ken Ando (eps 5, 11)
Masahiko Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 13, 18, 23, 27
)
Masami Shimoda (ep 10)
Shingo Kaneko (eps 4, 30)
Takayuki Hamana (eps 1, 7, 14)
Toshiyuki Kono (eps 17, 21)
Yasunori Miyazawa (ED2)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 19, 24
)
Yuki Miyoshi (4 episodes
eps 2, 16, 22, 28
)
Music:
Kouji Kurohane
Masaya Matsuura
Yoshihisa Suzuki
Original creator:
Masaya Matsuura
Rodney Alan Greenblat
Original Character Design: Rodney Alan Greenblat
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
Animation Director:
Miyako Yatsu (eps 7, 13)
Ryota Niino (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 14, 25
)
Animation Character Design: Takayuki Goto
Director of Photography: Miki Sakuma
Producer:
Hideo Katsumata
Sousuke Osabe

Animation producer:
Masatomo Nishizawa
Yuji Matsukura
Assistant producer: Ryo Oyama
Character Advisor: Kiri Matsuura
Color setting: Katsue Inoue
Dubbing Unit Director: Tōru Nakano
Editing: Makiko Asano
In-Between Animation:
Kotoe Saitō (I.G Niigata; 5 episodes
eps 7, 13-14, 23, 29
)
Mieko Hayakawa (I.G Niigata; eps 1, 7)
Takahiro Eguchi (Hadashi Pro; eps 12, 19)
Takayuki Abe (J.C. STAFF; 12 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 15-16, 20-28 even
)
Key Animation:
Akiko Nagashima (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 27, 29
)
Akiko Nakamura (6 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 23, 27, 29
)
Ako Kagiyama (ep 2)
An Katsuragi (4 episodes
eps 19-20, 26, 30
)
Chizuru Miyawaki (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 11, 18, 29
)
Eiichi Endō (5 episodes
eps 12, 15-16, 19, 22
)
Eiji Ishimoto (ep 30)
Emi Sugai (ep 4)
Fumi Morita (I.G Niigata; 5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13-14, 25
)
Hajime Yoshida (6 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 20, 26, 30
)
Hidenori Fukuoka (ep 28)
Hiroki Itō (eps 23, 27, 29)
Hiroshi Itō (eps 17, 21)
Hiroshi Kosuga (9 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 10, 15-16, 20, 22, 26
)
Hiroshi Oki (ep 5)
Hiroyo Izumi (7 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12-14, 25, 29
)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (all for ED 1)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (eps 19, 22)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 21)
Hisashi Ishii (eps 22, 30)
Jun Yukawa (ep 6)
Junko Matsushita (eps 20, 26, 30)
Kaori Saito (ep 30)
Kaori Takahashi (Xebec; eps 17, 21)
Katsumi Ikeda (ep 3)
Kazuhiko Abe (ep 30)
Kazuo Sakai (ep 17)
Keiko Ijima (eps 4, 16, 30)
Keiko Oda (ep 19)
Kenji Adachi (I.G Niigata; eps 1, 7)
Kenji Irie (ep 9)
Kuniaki Masuda (ep 2)
Makoto Yoshida (ep 17)
Manabu Tanzawa (5 episodes
eps 11, 18, 23, 27, 29
)
Mariko Aikawa (ep 21)
Masahiro Okamura (ep 4)
Masahiro Satō (ep 9)
Masami Suda (ep 4)
Masashi Wakayama (eps 2, 15)
Masayuki Katou (Xebec; eps 17, 21)
Michio Fukuda (12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 10, 15-16, 19-20, 22, 26, 28, 30
)
Minoru Ueda (7 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12-14, 25, 29
)
Mitsunobu Nakamura (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13-14, 25
)
Miyako Yatsu (OP1; eps 1, 7, 13-14)
Miyako Yazu (eps 1, 13-14)
Munenori Nawa (ep 4)
Naoko Yamamoto (ep 30)
Naoto Hosoda (eps 8, 16)
Noboru Sugimitsu (ep 3)
Ryoichi Oki (9 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15-16, 19-20, 22, 26, 30
)
Ryota Niino (OP1; 5 episodes
eps 5, 7, 13-14, 25
)
Satoshi Ishino (eps 4, 16)
Satoshi Nishimura (4 episodes
eps 10, 22, 26, 28
)
Shin Matsuo (eps 20, 26, 28)
Shingo Adachi (Xebec; ep 17)
Shinichi Tachida (eps 2, 15)
Shinji Morimoto (ep 15)
Shinsuke Hamaura (eps 13-14, 25)
Shinya Hasegawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 22, 28
)
Shiro Shibata (7 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15-16, 20, 26, 30
)
Takahiko Yoshida (ep 3)
Takashi Honda (ep 17)
Takayuki Abe (ep 30)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 17, 21)
Takeshi Ishikawa (Xebec; eps 17, 21)
Tetsuya Imai (6 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 20, 26, 30
)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (I.G Niigata; 5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13-14, 25
)
Tomoko Shimizu (ep 20)
Tomomi Ishikawa (eps 5, 11)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 16)
Tōru Ōkubo (8 episodes
eps 5, 11-12, 15, 18, 23, 27, 29
)
Toshiharu Kudō (8 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
Toshinori Watanabe (ep 16)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (eps 15, 30)
Yasunori Miyazawa (OP2, ED2; eps 27, 29)
Yasutaka Kubota (7 episodes
eps 5, 11-12, 18, 23, 27, 29
)
Yōko Satō (eps 3, 9)
Yoshie Kawamura (eps 16, 26, 30)
Yoshitaka Katō (ep 9)
Yūichi Maru (ep 9)
Yūichi Nakazawa (ep 21)
Yūichi Takahashi (ep 2)
Yuji Hosogoe (eps 1, 7, 14)
Yuka Shibata (eps 23, 29)
Yūki Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 5, 18, 23, 27
)
Yukiko Takahashi (Xebec; ep 17)
Yukio Ebisawa (6 episodes
eps 6, 8, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
Yūko Katō (ep 20)
Yuko Watanabe (ep 22)
Yuriko Ishii (eps 3, 9)
Music Director:
Takafumi Nakatake
Yukio Nagasaki
Planning:
Kenji Shimizu
Ryūzō Shirakawa
Production manager: Mamoru Igarashi
Program Publicity:
Asuka Kitano (eps 16-30)
Keiko Fukuma (eps 1-14)
Narie Minami
Sachio Tamenaga (eps 1-15)
Recording Adjustment: Yasunori Ebina
Setting: Miyako Yatsu (11 episodes
eps 2-12 even, 15-16, 19-20, 24
)
Setting Production: Moritake Onuki
Sound Effects:
Hiroki Nozaki
Takahiro Kobayashi
Sound Production Desk: Akiko Nakamura
Sound Production Manager: Hiroki Urakari
Theme Song Composition: Chara (ED2)
Theme Song Lyrics: Chara (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Chara (ED2)
Crystal Kay (OP2)
Nona Reeves (OP1)
Miyu Irino as PaRappa

Akio Suyama as Gruber
Masashi Ebara as BOXY BOY

Ai Iura as Gallery (ep 17)
Ai Tokunaga as Baby Bird (ep 30)
Akane Omae as Baby Bird (ep 30)
Aki Daitō as Child C (ep 15)
Akiko Hiramatsu as Sales clerk (ep 9)
Akiko Kobayashi as Paula
Akiko Nakagawa as Suzie (ep 21)
Akira Tomisaka as Student (ep 27)
Asako Shirakura as Student (ep 14)
Asami Imai as Child (ep 25)
Chigusa Ikeda as Waitress (ep 26)
Chika Kasahara as
Boutique Customer (ep 16)
Little Child (ep 21)
Dai Matsumoto as Chief Roberts (ep 21)
Fumitoshi Miyajima as Milkman (ep 20)
Hideyuki Umezu as Paul (ep 2)
Hiroko Oyamada as Middle-Aged Woman (ep 23)
Hironori Miyata as Man (ep 30)
Hiroshi Itō as Student Announcer (ep 22)
Hisayo Mochizuki as Baby Bird (ep 30)
Isshuu Tanoue as Demongeot (ep 18)
Itsuki Kawamura as Guest/Customer (ep 19)
Jun Mizuki as Child A (ep 15)
Junko Minagawa as Mother (ep 25)
Jūrōta Kosugi as Don (eps 16, 18)
Kan Tanaka as
Bank Employee (eps 6, 24)
Father/Old Man (ep 16)
Security Guard (ep 29)
Kaori Tsuji as Child B (ep 15)
Katsuya Miura as Official (ep 22)
Kayo Deguchi as Student (ep 14)
Kazumi Shimamura as Female Newscaster (ep 19)
Keiichi Sonobe as Officer Koala (eps 11, 15)
Kenichi Suzumura as Matt
Kenta Miyake as
Company Employee (ep 16)
Newscaster (ep 20)
Rival (ep 28)
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Schmidt (ep 10)
Kinryuu Arimoto as Tambourine (ep 7)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Ghost/Monster (ep 12)
Kotono Mitsuishi as Witch (ep 28)
Kouichi Nagano as
Chef (ep 25)
Father Bird (ep 30)
King (ep 5)
Kouji Sekine as Driver (ep 15)
Kumiko Higa as Ghost/Monster (ep 12)
Kumiko Yokote as Building-chan (ep 29)
Kunihiko Yasui as Papa
Kunihiro Kawamoto as Middle-aged Man (ep 13)
Kyousuke Watanabe as Student A (ep 3)
Mai Nakahara as Spectator/Bystander (ep 24)
Mariko Mukai as Dorothy (eps 2, 18)
Masaaki Tsukada as Branch Office Manager (ep 6)
Masahiro Okazaki as Staff (ep 29)
Masako Joh as Student (ep 14)
Masako Nozawa as Sister Corn (eps 1, 17)
Masami Kikuchi as PJ
Masashi Ogawa as Guest/Customer (ep 29)
Mayumi Niwa as Female Student (ep 22)
Mayumi Yoshida as Baby Bird (ep 30)
Mie Odagi as Old Lady (ep 23)
Mika Kanai as Sonny
Mikko as Pinto
Misato Eguchi as
Maid (ep 5)
Student (ep 3)
Miyako Tao as Little Child (ep 21)
Nanaho Katsuragi as Boutique Employee (ep 16)
Naotsugu Yoneda as Middle-Aged Man (ep 23)
Nobuo Tobita as Paddle (ep 7)
Noriko Shitaya as Gallery (ep 17)
Norio Wakamoto as King Kong Mushi (eps 19, 29)
Orine Fukushima as Miss Stew (ep 11)
Reiko Takagi as Child (ep 25)
Rie Kanda as
Gallery (ep 17)
Mother (ep 25)
Rina Nakayama as Ceitinn
Ryō Naitō as Gaster
Ryōka Yuzuki as Ghost/Monster (ep 12)
Ryoukichi Takahashi as Starter (ep 22)
RYU as Mr. Onion (eps 13, 24)
Ryūzō Ishino as King of Neighbouring Country (ep 5)
Sara Nakayama as Ann (ep 7)
Satoshi Katōgi as Umpire (ep 10)
Seiko Tomoe as Mrs. Hippo (5 episodes
eps 8, 14, 19, 22, 25
)
Shinji Kawada as Policeman (ep 24)
Shouto Kashii as Man (ep 30)
Showtaro Morikubo as Jonathan (ep 21)
Soutarou Kobayashi as Guest/Customer (ep 29)
Sukekiyo Kameyama as DJ (Doberman) (ep 15)
Taisuke Yamamoto as Student (ep 27)
Takayuki Yamaguchi as
Hockey Player (ep 26)
Voice on the Phone (ep 20)
Takeharu Ōnishi as Principal (ep 26)
Takkō Ishimori as Santa Claus (ep 28)
Tomoyuki Shimura as Mr. BOBUJII (eps 22, 26)
Toshitaka Hirano as
Mayor (ep 20)
Pitcher (ep 10)
Toshiya Ueda as Mr. Shyman (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 19, 22, 30
)
Toshiyuki Hayase as Firefighter (ep 7)
Yasuko Kuribayashi as Little Child (ep 21)
Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as
Ghost/Monster (ep 12)
Mikazuki ("crescent moon") (ep 27)
Yoshinori Fujita as
Referee (ep 26)
Rival (ep 28)
Yoshito Yasuhara as Mr. Frog (ep 23)
Yūichi Nagashima as Eray (ep 5)
Yūji Mitsuya as Takoyama-san (ep 27)
Yūji Ueda as Shop Manager (ep 25)
Yukiji as Servant Robot (ep 7)
Yūko Kaida as Female Receptionist (ep 27)
Yūko Katō as Mother Bird (ep 30)
Yūko Mizutani as Sweetie (ep 9)
Yuuko Tano as
Student (ep 3)
Waitress (ep 4)
Japanese companies
Animation Co-production:
M.S.C
Production I.G
Xebec
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Backgrounds: Ogura Kobo
In-Between Animation:
Ajiado
Anime World Osaka
APPP
Ashi Productions
Big Bang
Buyuu (eps 24, 26-27)
Chaos Project
D.A.S.T Corporation
E&G Films
E-cho
G&G Direction
GAINAX
Hadashi Pro
J.C. Staff
Last House
M.S.C
Nakamura Production
Office AO
Production I.G
Production I.G Niigata
Studio Boomerang
Studio Cockpit
Studio Dub
Studio Jungle Gym
Studio Lions
Studio Live
Studio MAT
Studio Mu
Studio Takuranke
Studio Wombat
Tokyo Animation Center
Trans Arts Co.
Xebec
In-between Check: Production I.G Niigata (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13-14, 25
)
Key Animation:
Production I.G Niigata (ep 1)
Xebec (eps 17, 21)
Original Concept: Sony Computer Entertainment
Production:
Fuji Television Network
J.C. Staff
Production I.G
SME Visual Works
Production Assistance:
M.S.C (eps 2, 9)
Studio Live (eps 6, 12, 19)
Sound Effects: Otojuku
Video Editing: Imagica

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