A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 23, 1988
Original Title:
はれときどきぶた
Alternate Titles:
Hare Tokidoki Buta
Tokyo Pig
はれときどきぶた
Genres:
Animation | Comedy | Family
Production Companies:
Gakken Co. Ltd.
Oh! Production
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 74
Noriyasu seems like an average third-grader, but his life goes haywire after he catches his mother reading his private daily journal. In an effort to astonish her, he begins writing outlandish lies about a giant snake in the bathroom, cooking pencils for dinner, and a rain of pigs, but Noriyasu is the one who's shocked when his writings play out in reality and everyone else treats the events as normal. Things become even more chaotic when he takes several stabs at being a newspaperman, producing “fake news” that become the talk of the town and one resulting in an apocalyptic porcine holiday.
Animation Director:
Kazuo Komatsubara
Author:
Shiro Yadama
Background Designer:
Mariko Kadono
Character Designer:
Kazuo Komatsubara
Cinematography:
Yoshiyuki Tamagawa
Director:
Toshio Hirata
Producer:
Yutaka Sugiyama
Koushin Yonekawa
Script:
Yoshio Takeuchi
Hideo Takayashiki
Sound Director:
Etsuji Yamada
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