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Oraa Guzura Dado

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Oraa Guzura Dado
おらぁグズラだど
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byHiroshi Sasagawa
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original run1967–1968
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Sasagawa
StudioTatsunoko Production
Original networkFuji TV
Original runOctober 7, 1967–September 25, 1968
Episodes52[1]
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Sasagawa
StudioTatsunoko Production
Original networkMegaTON(TV Tokyo)
Original runOctober 12, 1987–September 20, 1988
Episodes44[2]

Oraa Guzura Dado(おらぁグズラだど,lit. "Hey, I'm Guzura!" ),also known asGazula the Amicable Monster,GudzullaorSo It's Gudzulla,[3]is a comedymangaseries which was serialized onWeekly Shōnen Sundayin 1967. The manga was based on Hiroshi Sasagawa's one-shot "Onboro Kaijū Guzura" published in the same magazine the previous year as the clumsy and straightforward character of Guzura was very popular at the time.[4]

Later a 52-episode comedyanimeadaptation of the series, directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa and produced byTatsunoko Production,was aired onFuji Televisionbetween 7 October 1967 and 25 September 1968.

The anime was remade into a 44-episode series also directed by Sasagawa. The remake aired onTV Tokyobetween October 12, 1987, and September 30, 1988.

Plot

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One day Mt. Bikkura erupts and blows up a huge egg, which hatches a funny little monster named Guzura. Astray in the human world, he is surprised and puzzled as everything he hears and sees is so strange and wonderful, and he is involved in odd affairs one after another. Besides, people around him are often drawn into humorous troubles. He has a magic ability to eat metal and produce a variety of mechanical devices. Also, he can blow flames out of his mouth and jump high using his powerful tail. Yet he is so innocent and friendly that he becomes popular wherever he goes.[5]

Localization

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The original black-and-white series was aired on Australia in 1971 under the titleGazula the Amicable Monster.Guzura and Bonta were renamed "Gazula" and "Oshio" respectively. The anime series was aired in Australia'sNine Network.[3][6] The 1987 remake series was aired internationally, such as in France and Quebec where it was shown under the name "Gozura" and in Italy where it was shown under the name "Il mio amico Guz".

Cast

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References

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  1. ^"GUZURA"｢おらぁグズラだど｣(in Japanese).Tatsunoko Productions.Retrieved11 September2010.
  2. ^｢おらぁグズラだど｣(in Japanese).Tatsunoko Productions.Archived fromthe originalon 17 October 2012.Retrieved11 September2010.
  3. ^abJonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy:The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition.Berkeley 2006, Stone Bridge Press, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5, S. 222.
  4. ^｢おらぁグズラだど｣(in Japanese).ASIN4775912593.
  5. ^"Tatsunoko Production".Retrieved2010-09-11.
  6. ^"GAZULA".
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