Urobe was a son of the great chief of Pyrimi, Africa. One day he hanged on an airplane and came to Japan. Because of the cold and hunger, he fell on to the yard of Shishio’s house, and Shishio nursed him. Kurobe was very thankful for him and began to repay for his kindness. Kurobe dig a big hole in the yard Every time he return the favor, he threw a stone into the hole until stones would fill the hole.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Details

Genres

Studios

• Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Staff

• Takeo Kitahara — Animation Director
• Hayao Miyazaki — Original Character Design
• Masami Hata — Storyboard (eps 3,5,9)
• Osamu Dezaki — Director, Storyboard (eps 1a, 5b, 11a, 16b, 17b, 19b, 20a, 24b, 28a, 31b)
• Kumiko Oosugi — Theme Song Performance (OP, ED)
• Akio Sugino — Animation Director
• Kouichi Chiba — Recording
• Noboru Tatsuike — Art Director
• Gou Misawa — Music, Theme Song Arrangement (OP, ED)
• Yoshio Kabashima — Animation Director
• Manabu Oohashi — Key Animation (eps 3, 6, 10)
• Yutaka Kaneko — Script
• F. Fujio Fujiko — Original Creator, Theme Song Lyrics (OP, ED)
• Eisuke Kondou — Storyboard (eps 1a, 6b, 7a, 8b, 12b, 14b, 15b, 21)
• Sadayoshi Tominaga — Key Animation
• Kaneta Kimotsuki — Theme Song Performance (OP, ED)