Tonde Burin

Tonde Burin (とんでぶーりん) is a Japanese magical girl manga series written and illustrated by Taeko Ikeda. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo magazine Ciao from October 1994 to September 1995, collecting into 3 tankōbon volumes. An anime series based on the manga titled Ai to Yuuki no Pig Girl Tonde Buurin (愛と勇気のピッグガールとんでぶーりん) was produced by Nippon Animation and was broadcast on MBS, TBS and their affiliates in Japan from September 3, 1994, a month prior to the manga adaptation's serialization to August 26, 1995.

An English language-version titled Super Pig was produced by Saban Entertainment in 1997.[1][2][3][4] This dub aired in New Zealand on TV2.[5]

Characters

Main characters

Karin Kokubu (国分果林) / Kassie Carlen (Saban) / Colleen Adams (Philippines dub)
; Dada Carlos (Philippines dub)
The main protagonist of the series. Karin Kokubu is an ordinary 13-year-old schoolgirl in 7th grade who comes across Tonrariano the 3rd one day while on her way to school and gives him an apple. When she gets to school, Karin discovers that the pig has stowed away in her bag, which causes her more trouble. Later, she meets the pig again and finds out he can talk and fly. Karin finds a compact which she opens and a pig snout appears from it and attaches itself to her nose! Karin learns that Tonrariano comes from the Buringo World and that she can transform into Tonde Burin, the Pig Girl of Love and Courage. Tonrariano tells her if she can collect 108 pearls by doing good deeds as Burin she can take on another hero form. There is another drawback to the Tonde Burin alias...If anyone finds out her identity, she will be stuck in the form of a pig for the rest of her life. Karin has a crush on Koichi Mizuno, who happens to like Burin. She has a hobby in painting. When in her Burin alias, she worries about her secret being found out by her father, her little brother, and Jimmy Matsumoto.

Tonrariano the 3rd (トンラリアーノ３世) / Iggy Pig (Saban) / Binky Arnold the 3rd (Philippines dub)
; Rowena Raganit (Philippines dub)
Tonrariano the 3rd is a yellow pig who is a prince from Buuringo and the son of Tonrariano the 2nd. Tonrariano the 3rd came to Earth to undergo a trial to become king. He was found by Karin, who he chose to become Burin, and later starts to live in Karin's room. He is carefree and well-read, yet regrets that Karin hates her Burin plight. Like Burin, Tonrariano can fly and acts as an advisor to Burin. On some occasions, Tonrariano can dress up as Tonde Burin in events in which Karin and Tonde Burin are to be in the same area.

Supporting characters

Masami Yamakawa (山川真実) / Prudence Plumm (Saban) / Jean Smith (Philippines dub)
; Charmaine Cordoviz (Philippines dub, episodes 5+)
Masami Yamakawa is Karin's best friend who is on the tennis team. She often encourages her in love matters and other things where she often helps her out. Masami has a crush on Hiromi Kashiwagi.

Kaoru Hidaka (日高薫) / Penny Round (Saban) / Suzie (Philippines dub)
; Rowena Raganit (Philippines dub)
Kaoru Hidaka is the class cutie in Karin's class. Unlike Karin, Kaoru has a shy personality and is also full of all kinds of fears. She is an expert at cooking and often prepares refreshments for the soccer team.

Koichi Mizuno (水野光一) / Lance Romero
Koichi Mizuno is a first-year student and the captain of the school soccer team. Even though he has to put up with every female student having a crush on him (which also includes Karin and Kaoru), Koichi actually has a crush on Tonde Burin (who he's a fan of) unaware that she is actually Karin.

Takuma Mushanokoji (武者小路琢磨) / Radford Tammack

Other characters

Kobuta
The Kobuta are a red pig, a green pig, and a blue pig who appear on the show to emphasize a joke.

Butan (ブータン)
Butan is a professional wrestler dressed up as Tonde Burin, who she admires. She makes a good substitute when someone makes a movie of Tonde Burin.

Goro Tatsumaki
Goro Tatsumaki is the leader of a soccer team at Warasuno Junior High School and the older brother of Hitomi Tatsumaki. He is always seen with two unnamed friends of his and prefers to use tricks so that his soccer team can win.

Hitomi Tatsumaki
Hitomi Tatsumaki is the younger sister of Goro Tatsumaki. She is in the same class as Shuhei Kokuba.

Kinoshita
Kinoshita is the butler and chauffeur of the Kuroha Family who is Keiko's only human companion.

title	Super Pig
type	TV series
director	Takayoshi Suzuki
producer	Toshihide Kanno (MBS) Akira Iguchi (MBS) Yasuo Kameyama Masahiko Kobayashi
music	Goro Omi
studio	Nippon Animation
licensee	Saban Entertainment (expired) The Walt Disney Company (expired)
network	JNN (MBS, TBS)
first	September 3, 1994
last	August 26, 1995
episodes	51

Plot

Characters

Main characters

Supporting characters

Other characters

Media

Manga

Anime

Saban episode list

Japanese original episode list

Saban episode list

Japanese original episode list

External links

References