Sazae-san
サザエさん
Airing now
Airing now: 2855 episodes aired.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Fall 1969
- Studio
- Eiken
- Based on
- Manga
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Started
- 5 Oct 1969
- Score
- 56/100
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Sazae-san is a TV anime series from 1969, produced by Eiken, based on the manga The Wonderful World of Sazae-San. The Japanese voice cast includes Hideyuki Tanaka as Masuo Fuguta, Rikako Aikawa as Tarao Fuguta and Ichirō Nagai as Namihei Isono. The opening theme is “Sazae-san”. The ending theme is “Sazae-san Ikka”. It is airing now, and 2855 episodes have aired so far.
The main character is a mother named Sazae-san. She lives in a house with her husband, her kid, her siblings and her parents. The show is the ultimate family program and tends to follow traditional themes. Think of this show as the Japanese equivalent to "The Partridge Family" and you'll get a good feel for this show's atmosphere. Don't expect to see things like violence, swearing, kung-fu action or magical girls. The plots are more like "Today, Sazae-san goes to the new mall and gets lost". Such "boring" plotlines and the simplistic art are often a turn-off to non-Japanese audiences, but most Japanese find the show incredibly good. As a result, it continues to be one of the top ratings grabbers on TV and is one of the few anime that is considered "acceptable" by adults.
Opening and ending songs
Song data from AnimeThemes.
Source material
The Wonderful World of Sazae-San ↗ · サザエさん
Manga · Finished · 45 volumes · 6477 chapters · 1946–1974
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Script
- Sukehiro Tomita, Yoshihisa Araki, Akemi Omode
Japanese voice cast
- Masuo Fuguta: Hideyuki Tanaka
- Tarao Fuguta: Rikako Aikawa
- Namihei Isono: Ichirō Nagai
- Katsuo Isono: Miina Tominaga
- Fune Isono: Miyoko Asō
- Wakame Isono: Makoto Tsumura
- Tarao Fuguta: Takako Sasuga
- Masuo Fuguta: Hiroshi Masuoka
Latest news
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Episode titles (120)
- 1. 75 ten no tensai
- 2. chotto hitokoto ookatta
- 3. oisha-san no kan
- 4. fushi mizuirazu
- 5. WAKAME ga futari
- 6. KATSUO no DEITO
- 7. ore wa goutou
- 8. SAZAE no takasago ya
- 9. onsen yoi toko
- 10. sensei hashiru 12 gatsu
- 11. nen no kure go youjin
- 12. saimatsu keikai
- 13. DEPAATO funsenki
- 14. itsumo medetai ikka no kan
- 15. aa ! ichiban fushiawase no hi
- 16. otoko namihei
- 17. yukidaruma no akachan
- 18. go senzo BANZAI
- 19. otoko wa tsurai ne
- 20. SAZAE ganbaru
- 21. otagaisama desu
- 22. momo no hana no dengonban
- 23. jun'ai monogatari
- 24. NORISUKE monogatari
- 25. TARA-chan no denwa
- 26. BOKU no kateikyoushi
- 27. haru wa sakura no monogatari
- 28. nemu~i haru
- 29. namihei no tsurijiman
- 30. sayonara sankaku hachijuuhachiya
- 31. kazoku de DORAIBU
- 32. AIDIA de shoubu
- 33. HAROU akachan
- 34. KATSUO keiba he yuku
- 35. MAIKAA no yume
- 36. AYU kaikin
- 37. a . DANZETSU no kan
- 38. BOUNASU daisakusen
- 39. arekara 12 nen
- 40. MONOOKI no kamisama
- 41. HADAKA de futari de
- 42. oshiuri de goza~i
- 43. KISSU to TARA-chan
- 44. kaidan ano te kono te
- 45. KATSUO ga kaetta
- 46. KAMINARI GOROGORO
- 47. WAKAME to kingyo
- 48. BOKU wa taisaku shugi
- 49. HACHI no su sawagi
- 50. futorisugi ni goyoujin
- 51. 1 man'en de aki matsuri
- 52. KATSUO no shuugakuryokou
- 53. nazo no PAATI
- 54. ISASAKA shi wo kouryaku seyo
- 55. MASUO ( himitsu ) monogatari
- 56. WAKAME konyaku su
- 57. otou-san no GAUN
- 58. boku ga umareta toki
- 59. itamae minarai
- 60. nee-san wa waka dukuri
- 61. TEREBI ni deru zo
- 62. MAIKU ga kowai
- 63. isonoke ni hinan seyo
- 64. minna kamisama
- 65. sa wo tsukero
- 66. otoshitama koubousen
- 67. kazoku de SUKII wo
- 68. TABAKOya no kawai ko-chan
- 69. ooshima yattsu no tanoshimi
- 70. kawaii OKACHIMENKO
- 71. TARA-chan "ta" no ji
- 72. oo ! BARENTAIN
- 73. KATSUO no YOME ni ...
- 74. tanoshiki ya ippai
- 75. seiseki kowai
- 76. souji wo yomu zo
- 77. TAKO wo kitta youna nin
- 78. HIGE to TARA-chan
- 79. mittsu no nanika ga ...
- 80. naki mushi kemushi
- 81. tachi yomi no tensai
- 82. BATTO to mokugyo
- 83. kieta KOI nobori
- 84. boku wa mokugekisha
- 85. KATSUO no saiminjutsu
- 86. uma no mimi ni nenbutsu
- 87. tsuitenai desu
- 88. shinkonryokou zen chousa
- 89. ojamashima~su
- 90. bou-san ga yattekita
- 91. dai GOMI shou GOMI
- 92. fujisan no techou
- 93. a~n to haiken
- 94. yoso no PUURI ni natsu ga kita
- 95. unagi bentou
- 96. PIIKO wa doko ni
- 97. konjaku natsuBATE monogatari
- 98. kaa-san no isu
- 99. hatsuiku yuuryou banchou
- 100. tara-chan no kayoi chou
- 101. WAKAME otona tonaru
- 102. iwaku tsuki HAIKINGU
- 103. boku wa on'nayu ?
- 104. gyougi minarai
- 105. kochira HYUUSUTON
- 106. SAZAE no MEIDO-san
- 107. TAMA ni tegami ga !?
- 108. urusai tsukue
- 109. otou-san no kunshou
- 110. biyou no aki
- 111. KATSUO no meishi
- 112. isoge ! yamagata
- 113. tokai no kotou
- 114. TARA-chan hyakuman'en
- 115. kekkou na oseibo
- 116. fukouhei na bounenkai
- 117. migawari MEIDO-san
- 118. shinshun ichiban shoubu
- 119. motto hikari wo
- 120. ki ni naru ano uta
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Main characters
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Sazae Fuguta
フグ田サザエ
Voiced by Midori Katou
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Masuo Fuguta
フグ田マスオ
Voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka
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Namihei Isono
磯野波平
Voiced by Ichirou Nagai
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Fune Isono
磯野フネ
Voiced by Miyoko Asou
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Katsuo Isono
磯野カツオ
Voiced by Kazue Takahashi
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Wakame Isono
磯野ワカメ
Voiced by Yoshiko Yamamoto
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