Tachimals Theater (たちゅまる劇場 Tachumaru Gekijo), later simply Tachimals (たちゅまる), is an anime series by Tatsunoko Production that ran from October 4, 2010 to March 28, 2011 on Yomiuri TV.
Overview[]
The series revolves around the "Tachimals" (short for "Tatsunoko Animals"), a cast of characters parodying specific Tatsunoko ones while having them mashed up with different sorts of animals. Their sizes can change freely, from something as small as a human's front tooth to the size of an ordinary pet animal.
Broadcast in the MONDAY PARK slot on Yomiuri, the Tachimals stories are Flash shorts of 30 seconds (1 minute 30 seconds in total, including the ending). The series was produced as a joint industry-academia project, with the voices of the main characters selected by students in the voice acting and acting department of Nihon Kogakuin College . Voice director Takumi Yamazaki was also a lecturer at Nihon Kogakuin College, and the dubbing took place in a training studio on campus.
The Tachimals[]
Nyasshan[]
(ニャシャーン)
Casshan as a cat.
A cool character who usually acts together with his master Blender. His girlfriend is Luna.
Blender[]
(ブレンダー)
Nyasshan's master, parodying Friender. Their master-servant relationship is reversed from the original.
Piyotan[]
(ピヨタン)
Gold Lightan as a baby chick. A talkative character who is good at getting along with others. In fact, his outer armor is a costume, and the Piyotan himself wears colorful pants. His allies include the Piyotan Army.
Gatchapen[]
(ガッチャペン)
Gatchaman as a penguin. The other Science Ninja Team members are also present in such a form.
Lunya[]
(ルニャ)
Luna as a cat.
Tekkuma[]
(テックマ)
Tekkaman as a bear.
Churimar[]
(チュリマー)
Polymar as a mouse.
Mach 111[]
(マッハ・ワンワンワン)
Go Mifune as a dog.
Episodes[]
Staff[]
- Original Work: Tatsunoko Production
- Planning: Yoshikazu Tochihira, Yasuyuki Okuma
- Production: Shoichi Yoshida, Isao Yonekura
- Assistant Producers: Yohei Ikegami, Hajime Uedoko
- Character Design: Tomoko Iwasawa
- Art Design: Makiko Watanabe
- Screenplay: Masaya Honda
- Storyboards: OKN
- Flash Animators: Naoko Tokumaru, Momoko Ochiai
- Voice Director: Takumi Yamazaki
- Recording Adjustment: Masanori Kuji
- Music: SUI
- Music Producer: Yudai Sato
- Ending Animation: A-CAT, Kazunori Yahada, Yuichi Goto
- Production Assistant: Masae Sano
- Cooperation: TOKYO MX , Seieisha, A-CAT, Nippon Engineering College
- Director: OKN
- Production: Tatsunoko Production
- Produced by: Tachimals Committee
Voice Cast[]
- Gatchapen: Tomomi Mizuma
- Nyasshan: Sumiyo Kawachi
- Piyotan: Sakura Takamura
- Blender: Akihiro Yoshida
Theme Song (Ending)[]
Melody in the Sky[]
Lyrics - Billy / Rap Lyrics - Ken Okuda / Composition - Billy / Arrangement - Nagae Toru / Singer - Billiken (Sol Blade)
External Links[]
- Yomiuri's "Tachimals" homepage (Japanese)
- Tachumaru @ Tatsunoko (Japanese)