Hazedon

Hazedon
ハゼドン
Genre	Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Anime television series
Directed by	Osamu Dezaki
Written by	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Yoshitake Suzuki
Music by	Asei Kobayashi
Studio	Soeisha
Original network	Fuji Television
Original run	October 5, 1972 – March 29, 1973
Episodes	26 (51 segments)

Hazedon (ハゼドン, Chief Joker) is a Japanese adventure anime series produced by Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise). Its 26 episodes were aired on October 5, 1972, to March 29, 1973, on Fuji Television. It is the first series to be produced by Sunrise before iconic Mobile Suit Gundam anime in 1979 and last for a total of 26 episodes. Most of the show's episodes are split into two 11-minute segments. The only episode to just have one 22-minute story is the final episode.

Plot

The plot focused on a goby fish named Hazedon, who set off to become the strongest fish in the world as a promise to his mother. He travels the world on an adventure with the blowfish Puyan and the mermaid Shiran.

Characters

Hazedon (ハゼドン)

Voiced by: Nobuyo Ōyama

Shiran (シーラン, Shīran)

Voiced by: Reiko Mutō

Puyan (プーヤン, Pūyan)

Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki

Tabou (ター坊ぼう, Tābō)

Voiced by: Noriko Ohara

Icchin (イッチン, Itchin)

Voiced by: Takako Sasuga

Karisumi (カリ子こ)

Voiced by: Keiko Tomochika

Tamii (タミイ)

Voiced by: Reiko Katsura

Takoroku (タコ六ろく)

Voiced by: Minoru Yada

Ikatei (イカ亭てい)

Voiced by: Shunsuke Shima

Ikatei's wife (イカ亭ていの妻つま)

Voiced by: Reiko Suzuki

Hazedon's mother (ハゼドンの母はは)

Voiced by: Akiko Takamura

Episode listing

#	Title	Original airdate
1	Transliteration: "Hazedon ga Yattekita!" (ハゼドンがやってきた!)	October 5, 1972 (1972-10-05)
	Transliteration: "Tsuyoi zo Sekaiichi" (強つよいぞ世界一せかいいち)
2	Transliteration: "Yumemiru Shīran" (夢見ゆめみるシーラン)	October 12, 1972 (1972-10-12)
	Transliteration: "Tamii-chan no Shiawase" (タミイちゃんの幸しあわせ)
3	Transliteration: "Ten'yawan'ya no Bijin Kontesuto" (てんやわんやの美人びじんコンテスト)	October 19, 1972 (1972-10-19)
	Transliteration: "Kani no Tokoya wa Ōsawagi" (カニの床屋とこやは大騒おおさわぎ)
4	Transliteration: "Iwashi no Kosodoro-san" (イワシのコソドロさん)	October 26, 1972 (1972-10-26)
	Transliteration: "Min'na no Dekkai Okurimono" (みんなのデッカイ贈おくり物もの)
5	Transliteration: "Tatakae Hazedon!" (たたかえハゼドン!)	November 2, 1972 (1972-11-02)
	Transliteration: "Mutsugorō no Puropōzu" (ムツゴローのプロポーズ)
6	Transliteration: "Hatsukoi Banzai!" (初恋はつこいバンザイ!)	November 9, 1972 (1972-11-09)
	Transliteration: "Ā, Mabuta no Okkasan" (ああ、まぶたのおっかさん)
7	Transliteration: "Kuroi Hana o Sagase!" (黒くろい花はなをさがせ!)	November 16, 1972 (1972-11-16)
	Transliteration: "Shīran no Fasshonshō" (シーランのファションショー)
8	Transliteration: "Hibike ka Tami no Yokobue" (ひびけかたみの横笛よこぶえ)	November 23, 1972 (1972-11-23)
	Transliteration: "Kaitō Sabaranko" (怪盗かいとうサバランコ)
9	Transliteration: "Ā! Harukanaru Seibu" (ああ! はるかなる西部せいぶ)	November 30, 1972 (1972-11-30)
	Transliteration: "Detarame Tensai Gaka" (でたらめ天才てんさい画家がか)
10	Transliteration: "Garakuta Angorakon" (がらくたアンゴラコン)	December 7, 1972 (1972-12-07)
	Transliteration: "Jinbe E-san wa Akkanbē" (ジンベイさんはアッカンベー)
11	Transliteration: "Irasshaimase Obake-kun" (いらっしゃいませオバケくん)	December 14, 1972 (1972-12-14)
	Transliteration: "Sākasu Bōya Kyō wa!" (サーカス坊ぼうや今日きょうは!)
12	Transliteration: "Kujiragon wa Dokkoisho" (クジラゴンはどっこいしょ)	December 21, 1972 (1972-12-21)
	Transliteration: "Mote Mote Pendanto" (もてもてペンダント)
13	Transliteration: "Susume! Bikkuri Basu" (進すすめ! ビックリバス)	December 28, 1972 (1972-12-28)
	Transliteration: "Yu Kaina Daitsuiseki" (ゆかいな大だい追跡ついせき)
14	Transliteration: "Otoshidama wa Hatsuyume" (お年玉としだまは初夢はつゆめ)	January 4, 1973 (1973-01-04)
	Transliteration: "Oya Oya Janbohazedon" (おやおやジャンボハゼドン)
15	Transliteration: "Appare Hazedon Torimono Jō" (あっぱれハゼドン捕物とりもの帖じょう)	January 11, 1973 (1973-01-11)
	Transliteration: "Chakkari Hanayome-san" (ちゃっかり花嫁はなよめさん)
16	Transliteration: "Hazedon wa Daisutā" (ハゼドンは大だいスター)	January 18, 1973 (1973-01-18)
	Transliteration: "Nazo no Junrei Obā-san" (謎なぞの巡礼じゅんれいおばあさん)
17	Transliteration: "Otoko Hazedon wa Tsurai Yo" (男おとこハゼドンはつらいよ)	January 25, 1973 (1973-01-25)
	Transliteration: "Yūjōda Yo! Hazedon" (友情ゆうじょうだよ! ハゼドン)
18	Transliteration: "Abare-ra Bō Tsuihō Daisakusen" (あばれら坊ぼう追放ついほう大だい作戦さくせん)	February 1, 1973 (1973-02-01)
	Transliteration: "Ankoragon wa Daishachō" (アンコラゴンは大だい社長しゃちょう)
19	Transliteration: "Moeru Hazedon Sekaiichi" (燃もえるハゼドン世界一せかいいち)	February 8, 1973 (1973-02-08)
	Transliteration: "Kyaputentotto no Takara" (キャプテントットの宝たから)
20	Transliteration: "Raibaru wa Hōbō Nisei" (ライバルはホウボウ二に世せい)	February 15, 1973 (1973-02-15)
	Transliteration: "Kekkon wa Kowai na" (結婚けっこんはこわいな)
21	Transliteration: "Hazedon wa Sekaiichi no Papa" (ハゼドンは世界一せかいいちのパパ)	February 22, 1973 (1973-02-22)
	Transliteration: "Suzukintoki o Yattsukero!" (スズキントキをやっつけろ!)
22	Transliteration: "Saraba! Poka no Machi" (さらば! ポカの町まち)	March 1, 1973 (1973-03-01)
	Transliteration: "Hotaruika no Tenshi" (ホタルイカの天使てんし)
23	Transliteration: "Inochi no Pendanto" (命いのちのペンダント)	March 8, 1973 (1973-03-08)
	Transliteration: "Hazedon Sora o Tobu" (ハゼドン空そらをとぶ)
24	Transliteration: "Hazedon no Yokobue Kenpō" (ハゼドンの横笛よこぶえ剣法けんぽう)	March 15, 1973 (1973-03-15)
	Transliteration: "Nagareboshi o Oe!" (流ながれ星ぼしを追おえ!)
25	Transliteration: "Hazedon wa Meii-san" (ハゼドンは名医めいいさん)	March 22, 1973 (1973-03-22)
	Transliteration: "Hazedon wa Tabiyakusha" (ハゼドンは旅役者たびやくしゃ)
26	Transliteration: "Rettsu Gō Hazedon" (レッツ・ゴー ハゼドン)	March 29, 1973 (1973-03-29)

External links

• Hazedon (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia