Parasol Henbē

Parasol Henbee
File:Parasol Henbe manga volume1.jpg Parasol Henbee manga volume 1
パラソルヘンべえ (Parasoru Henbee)
Genre	Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Anime television series
Directed by	Masakazu Higuchi
Written by	Satoru Akahori
Studio	Studio C&D
Original network	NHK
Original run	2 October 1989 – 28 January 1991
Episodes	200
Manga
Written by	Fujiko A. Fujio
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Comic BonBon
Demographic	Kodomo, Shōnen
Published	1991
Volumes	2
Video game
Developer	SAS Sakata
Publisher	Epoch Co.
Genre	Action
Platform	Game Boy
Released	November 16, 1990
Video game
Developer	SAS Sakata
Publisher	Epoch Co.
Genre	Platform
Platform	Family Computer
Released	February 15, 1991

Parasol Henbee (パラソルヘンべえ, Parasoru Henbee) is a Japanese anime series created by Fujiko A. Fujio (the pen name for Motoo Abiko) in 1989 which ran for 200 episodes and was translated into many languages - Chinese, Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic. Abiko also adapted the series into a manga.

Synopsis

While playing in his world Henbee fell down through a tunnel in a waterfall and woke up in the human world inside a closet of a kid named Maruko. The tunnel is closed, preventing him from returning to his home world. Henbee possesses a magical parasol and with it he can fly and do magic, he also can speak to animals and fulfill everyone's dreams. Soon Henbee and Maruko become friends, and Henbee gets to help him out while staying at Maruko's house. Occasionally the tunnel back to his home world opens and animals and friends from his home world come through. Later when Henbee gets the chance to return to his home world, he hesitates due to his friendship with Maruko. Later in the series Henbee and Maruko travel to his home world with Henbee's magical Parasol.

Characters

• Henbee (Voiced by: Meiko Nakamura) – The main character of the series. A mysterious small talking pink hippopotamus-like creature. He has a magical parasol and with it he can fly and do magic, he also can speak to animals and fulfill everyones dreams.
• Maruko (Voiced by: Junko Hori) –
• Megeru (Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka) –
• Abuko (Voiced by: Rei Sakuma) –
• Izumi (Voiced by: Rei Sakuma) –
• Memosuke (Voiced by: Ryusei Nakao) –
• Gorita (Voiced by: Tesshō Genda) –

External links

• パラソルへんべえ – NHK Broadcast History (in Japanese)
• Parasol Henbē (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia