Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai

Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai
Kanji	ポンポコ４きょうだい
Romanized	Ponpoko Yon-kyoudai
Type of anime	TV
Premiere date	April 28, 2006
Finale date	August 21, 2009
Number of episodes	172 (516 segments)
Staff
Source material	Original Created by Keisuke Nakashio
Series Composition	Masahide Iguchi (eps. 1-85) Keisuke Nakashio (eps. 86-172)
Character Design	Keisuke Nakashio
Animation Director	Keiji Ishii
Art Director	Sugako Hara
Music	Shunya Asano Waku Hoshino
Theme Song Performed by	Serani Poji
Producer	Makihiko Tsuchiya
Director	Akihide Akimoto

Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai (Kana: ポンポコ４きょうだい) is an anime series created by Keisuke Nakashio and aired on Nippon Television from 2006 to 2009.

The series spins off from Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai World Tour, an OVA released earlier that year.

Cast

• MORE PEACH SUMMER SNOW as the 4 Moriyama Brothers.
  • Chiwa Saitō as Maruo Moriyama, the oldest of the brothers.
  • Ryō Hirohashi as Hiroshi Moriyama, the most mature of the brothers.
  • Haruna Ikezawa as Fukuya Moriyama, a self-proclaimed "tough boy" who won't ever turn down a fight.
  • Mamiko Noto as Mitsuru Moriyama, the most naive of the brothers.
• Yuzuru Fujimoto as the overweight father of the brothers.
• Natsuko Kuwatani as Nanako, a sweet female hamster and Maruo's love interest.
• Akira Ishida as Kontaro, a fox who is Maruo's best friend at the school he attends.
• Tomoko Kaneda as Yuka Kanemitsu, a spoiled rich fox girl and classmate to Maruo.
• Saburō Kamei as Mr. Kumada, the Moriyama family's anything-but-friendly neighbor.
• Mitsuki Saiga as Taiichi Toyotomi, a close friend of Nanako, so much so that it makes Maruo jealous.
• Additional Voices include (but aren't limited to):
  • Kumiko Higa
  • Mitsuhiro Ichiki
  • Miyu Matsuki
  • Rie Kugimiya
  • Satomi Kōrogi
  • Shigeru Chiba
  • Yui Horie
  • Yume Miyamoto

Theme Songs

Lyrics and Composition by Tomoko Sasaki

Opening

1. "Sayōnara Ichigo-chan (さようならいちごちゃん)" by Serani Poji (eps. 1-85)
   Arrangement by Naofumi Hataya
2. "shopping mania" by Serani Poji (eps. 86-171)
   Arrangement by Tomoya Ohtani

Ending

1. "EVE" by Serani Poji
   Arrangement by Masayuki Kumahara

Trivia

• After the show's end in 2009, it had a repeated airing on NHK Educational Television from 2011 throughout 2014, with only one segment being aired each time.
  • This is the reason why its sequel series airs on NHK, rather than Nippon Television.
• At 172 episodes and 516 segments, Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai is the studio's longest running TV anime.
• In the online version available on Studio XYZ's official Youtube/Nicovideo channels, director Akihide Akimoto's name was removed from both the opening and ending credits.
• After finishing production for episode 85, Series compositor Masahide Iguchi left Studio XYZ for personal reasons. He would later return in 2014.

See also

• Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai World Tour
• Ponpoko Sanpo
• Shin Ponpoko 4-Kyoudai