Yanmar Family Hour Fly! Son Goku (1977) 飛べ!孫悟空
Director: Kenichi Hirayama
Starring: Chosuke Ikariya / Ken Shimura / Koji Nakamoto / Cha Kato / Tomonosuke Takagi / Arai Chu / Mei-ling Chen / Shunji Fujimura / Hiromi Kata / Izumi Hara / Tonpei Hidari / Jun Inoue / Katsutoshi Ishimatsu / Shiro Ito / Shinako Izumi / Ryunosuke Kaneda / Sanshi Katsura / Naoko Ken / Saburo Kitajima / Asaho Kobayashi / Masao Komatsu / Kako Kyo / Keiko Masuda / Mii / Toshiyuki Nishida / Hideki Saijo / Gajiro Sato / Kenji Sawada / Fuyumi Shiraishi / Hiromasa Suzuki / Tetsuya Takeda / Akira Takeshiro / Kazuyoshi Morita / Li-jun Deng / Momoe Yamaguchi / Toru Yuri
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Language: Japanese
Date: 1977-10-11 (Japan)
Number of Episodes: 74
Single episode length: 30 minutes
Also known as: ヤンマーファミリーアワー 飛べ!
IMDb: tt1289767
Adaptation: Reimagining
Summary:
“Yanmar Family Hour Fly! Son Goku ” (Yanmar Family Hour Tobe Songoku) will air from October 11, 1977, to March 27, 1979, every Tuesday from 19:00 to 19:30 ( JST ) on TBS and other channels. Broadcasted TV puppet show and Yanmar Diesel (currently Yanmar Holdings ) provided by one company and the company’s crown sponsor program. All 74 episodes.
Outside the affiliates, Akita Broadcasting, Yamagata Broadcasting, Kitanihon Broadcasting ( Nippon Television affiliated ) was broadcast on Sundays 12:15-12:45 (JST) until April 1, 1979.
The members of Drift, which has a motif of “Journey to the West”, are compared to the characters of the main family, and dolls that look just like the members appear. Each member gave a voice. Because there were 5 drifters compared to the 4 people in the original Sanzo party, Only Katocha plays the role of “Kato”, a drunken bald father who is his representative character (“Kato” in the opening telop, Or “Kato”). Additionally, the characteristic high-pitched cry of the horse accompanying the party, “Hihihahahaha,” It was by Shinji Suwa, who was an associate member of Drif at the time. There are also dialogues such as dialogue with Sanzo, His line is also included in the insert song. Other than this, former member Chu Arai also makes a guest appearance.
The story follows the main line of Journey to the West, Like “8 o'clock! All members gathering” broadcasted on the same TBS, Many popular singers, actors, and comedians of the time appeared as guests in the characters and original characters of Journey to the West. The slapstick gag that unfolds with this guest was the feature and charm of this puppet show.
Pink Lady appeared in live action as a Kyogen mawashi role in the program, He also sang the theme song “Super Monkey Son Goku” at the show’s opening. When changing cuts, Pink Lady and Candies Jr. (later renamed “Triangle”) Along with the scene change, a bridge was inserted that sang a short song explaining the situation of the story. In front of the commercial, there is a corner entitled “Let’s play with pink!” There was also a scene where a child dressed as Son Goku, who was apparently solicited from the viewers with the Pink Lady and made a match.
At that time, manga adaptations of TV works for children were popular, This work was also made into a manga by Ao Yamane, It was serialized in “TV Magazine” (Kodansha). However, the story does not aim for Tenjiku, It is a development that “Everyone is deceived by Kato’s bogus business every time.” The manga was published as a book from Kodansha Comics (1 volume).
