Kappa no Sanpei

Synopsis

Sanpei is a lazy little 7 year old boy who rarely concentrates on anything beside eating his school dinners. Despite being constantly jeered at by his classmates for looking like a Kappa, Sanpei is a relatively happy go lucky boy that is quite content with living alone with his grandfather in the mountains. One day, Sanpei's school announces that it will hold a swimming gala with the top prize being an all expenses paid trip to the big city of Tokyo. Sanpei resolves to enter the contest so that he can have the chance to visit Tokyo and meet with his Mother who seems to have been working there for as long as he can remember. Unfortunately, Sanpei is not a very able swimmer and so decides to sneak off to a nearby lake to practice in secret. Sanpei quickly finds himself dragged under the water by a strong undercurrent and drowns only to find himself regain consciousness within the magical realm of the Kappa. Thus begins Sanpei's journey as he befriends one of the Kappa children, Gartaro, and begins to learn the real whereabouts of his Mother and the reason behind his Fathers disappearance...

Characters & Voice Actors

SanpeiMain

Mayumi TanakaJP

ChuuzaiSupporting

Eken MineJP

TanukiSupporting

You InoueJP

ChihoSupporting

Yuri AmanoJP

KanpeiSupporting

Junko HoriJP

ShoutaSupporting

Teiyuu IchiryuusaiJP

ShinigamiSupporting

Kaneta KimotsukiJP

Miwarashi OnnaSupporting

Yuuko KobayashiJP

JuubeeSupporting

Kouhei MiyauchiJP

Komori UtaSupporting

Emi ShinoharaJP

JuurouSupporting

Toshiya UedaJP

Miwarashi OtokoSupporting

Ikuya SawakiJP

Staff

Shigeru MizukiTheme Song Lyrics (OP)

Shigeru MizukiOriginal Creator

Hiroshi OonoBackground Art

Kazuo NagaiBackground Art

Takeshi IkeTheme Song Composition (ED)

Noboru TatsuikeArt Director

Toshio HirataDirector

Masae OotakeAssistant Animation Director