Superbook, also known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre (アニメ 親子劇場 Anime Oyako Gekijō), is an anime television series from the early 1980s, produced and directed by Masakazu Higuchi and Kenjiro Yoshida. It was produced by Tatsunoko Productions in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States. The series consists of 52 episodes.
The series chronicles the events of the Bible's Old and New Testaments. The first 26 episodes aired from October 21, 1981 and ended on March 29, 1982. The second series returned as Superbook II with 26 episodes airing from April 4, 1983 to September 26, 1983.
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Cast[]
| Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Superbook | Kōji Totani | Ray Owens |
| Christopher Peeper | Masako Sugaya (eps. 1-26) |
Billie Lou Watt |
| Asami Mukaidono (eps. 27-52) | ||
| Joy | Katsue Miwa (eps. 1-26) |
Sonia Owens |
| Kumiko Takizawa (eps. 27-52) | ||
| Professor Fred Peeper | Fumio Matsuoka | Ray Owens |
| Gizmo | Hiroshi Masuoka | Helena Van Koert (eps. 1-13) |
| Billie Lou Watt (eps. 14-52) | ||
| God | Ryūsuke Shiomi (eps. 1-26) |
Ray Owens |
| Eiji Maruyama (eps. 27-52) | ||
| Jesus | ¿? | Hal Studer |
| Narrator | Mahito Tsujimura | Ray Owens |
Additional Voices[]
- John Bellucci
- Michael Cooke
- Robert Dryden
- Peter Fernandez
- George Gonneau
- Suzanne Granfield
- Earl Hammond
- Russell Horton
- Tom Klunis
- Helena Van Koert
- Don Korbelia
- Ira Lewis
- Gilbert Mack
- Ray Owens
- Sonia Owens
- Larry Robinson
- Hal Studer
- Billie Lou Watt
- Lionel Wilson
Notes[]
- CBN didn't initially plan to air the series outside of Japan due to Japanese animation not being marketable at the time.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 1981-1983 | CBN | United States | 
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Victor King Video | 1982-1984 | 
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The Complete Series | NTSC | United States |
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| 26 Volumes | ||||||
| Tyndale Entertainment | 1996-1997 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 26 Volumes | ||||||
| Vida Entertainment | 2005-2006 | 
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Episodes 1-12 | 1 NTSC | ||
| 3 Volumes | ||||||