Jankenman

Jankenman (ジャンケンマン) is a children's anime series that ran from April 4, 1991, to March 26, 1992. 51 episodes have been aired. The anime series uses the well-known game of Rock paper scissors as its theme. The concept of planning and production was "an anime series that mothers and children can watch with peace of mind".

Story

There is a small village called Janken Town. Jankenman protects the village from all the enemies. Meanwhile, the villain Masked Osodashi, always try to eliminate Jankenman and take over the Janken Town by deceiving people.

Characters

Heroes

Jankenman (ジャンケンマン Jankenman) – (Voiced by Ai Orikasa) - The main character and protagonist of the anime. Jankenman is the eldest son of the Jankenman Family who has been protecting Janken Town for generations. Using the energy power of peace and justice, called Janken Power which emerges whenever someone is doing the game of janken (rock, paper, scissors), Jankenman is a community-based hero who protects peace and safety for Janken Town. He lives in the Janken Base, a different spacial demension that resides inside of the jungle gym of the town's park. He enjoys playing with Aikko and his other close friends whenever there are no incidents. Jankenman has a strong sense of justice and is favorited by everyone, but has a clumsy side and is good-natured. He once has been deceived by Osodashi and his Janken Stick was stolen before because of this. In the CD album released by Nippon Columbia, Janken Village Hit Variety of Songs!, he served as a presenter, but he's still struggled to speak with others. His catchphrase when appears is “JankenPotatoHokkaido! Jankenman at Rock, Paper, Scissors!”. His victory phrase is “Parsley, Celery, Cucumber, Victory!”. Jankenman has made cameos in few episodes of

Villains

Masked Osodashi (オソダシ仮面 Osodashi Kamen) – (Voiced by Kazuki Yao) - The villain and the main antagonist who dreams of defeating Jankenman, turning Janken Town into "Osodashi Town" and taking over the world. He wore a blue suit and a blue mask with black visor that hides his eyes. The star-headed Osodashi family was originally an evil family lineage and rivals with the Jankenman family. However, his parents are pacifists and are anything outside of taking over the world as they use their wealth to establish all sorts of public facilities. Masked Osodashi is also an inventor who create all sorts of tools for evil. He always wear a mask in the anime, but initial settings were that he only wore the mask during his acts of evil. His true face is never shown in the anime. Masked Osodashi has a signature power of "oso dashi" janken. According to himself, it is "oso dashi" (delayed janken), not "ato dashi" (waiting to see the opponent's move before doing anything). He can not use the power inside Jankenman's Paper-Powered Janken Dome, because Janken Dome is a dome where one cannot cheat and rock-paper-scissors is played fair and square. In some episodes, Osodashi can use the black, narutomaki-shaped badge to mind-control people who wore the badge. He lives in a luxurious mansion with his parents. He is named Tricky in the English dub.

Ururun (ウルルン Ururun) – (Voiced by Chisa Yokoyama) - A maid who works for the Osodashi family. She is forced to participate in Masked Osodashi's acts of evil, but in reality she is kind and a crybaby. She is seen to develop a crush on Masked Osodashi in episode 45 and has been kicked out of the house before for fighting with him in episode 23. Ururun also made cameos in certain episodes of Flower Witch Mary Bell.

Pecchakucha (ペッチャクチャ Pechakucha) – (Voiced by Kouji Kurose) - A myna bird who served as Masked Osodashi's partner-in-crime. He is as devious as Osodashi himself. He has a habit of saying things out loud. He is also a coward, as seen in episode 33.

type	TV series
director	Tetsuya Endo
writer	Satoru Akahori
music	Takahiro Ando
studio	Ashi Productions
network	TV Tokyo
first	April 4, 1991
last	March 26, 1992
episodes	51

Story

Characters

Heroes

Villains

Japanese voice cast

Video game

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