Obocchama-kun Returns in 2027 as Japan-India Co-Production REBORN
A new anime, Obocchama-kun REBORN, is set for 2027 as a Japan-India co-production, 35 years after the original series ended.
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Why it matters
The revival rests on an overseas audience: the Indian broadcast of the old series is what set the new co-production in motion, and the remake has to carry a Showa-to-Heisei gag style into a market that already localized it once.
Key Facts
- Obocchama-kun REBORN is scheduled for 2027 as a Japan-India co-production.
- The original Obocchama-kun anime aired on TV Asahi and its affiliates from 1989 to 1992.
- Yoshinori Kobayashi, author of the source gag manga, supervises an original story for the new work.
- Chie Kojiro reprises her role as Chama Obo.
- The original anime aired in India in 2021, where the Tomodachinko gag was changed to Friend Rich.
Yoshinori Kobayashi, who wrote the source gag manga, supervises an original story, and Chie Kojiro returns as the voice of fifth-grader Chama Obo. The project follows the original anime's popularity with children in India in 2021.
The original ran on TV Asahi and its affiliates from 1989 to 1992. Chama's signature gag, Tomodachinko, drew complaints from parents at the time for its vulgarity, but it caught on with boys. The Indian version dropped Tomodachinko and replaced it with "Friend Rich," and added a gesture of sticking a 1-yen coin on a friend's forehead. The new work keeps Kobayashi as supervisor and Kojiro in the lead role.
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