is a Japanese manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series written and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi

Mikio Igarashi

is a Japanese manga artist born 13 January 1955 in the town of Nakaniida , Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, though he currently lives in the city of Sendai. He is most well known for his manga series Bonobono and Ninpen Manmaru...

. It was serialized in the Enix

Enix

The was a Japanese company that produced video games, anime and manga. The company was founded by Yasuhiro Fukushima on September 22, 1975 as and renamed Enix in 1982...

 magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1995 to 1999. A 48-episode anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 adaptation was produced by Shin-Ei Animation

Shin-Ei Animation

is a Japanese animation company owned by TV Asahi Corporation. Founded in Tokyo in 1976, it is the successor to A Production, a previous animation venture by its founder, Daikichirō Kusube, who was previously an animator for Toei Animation...

, directed by Tetsuo Yasumi, and broadcast on TV Asahi

TV Asahi

, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....

 between July 5, 1997 and March 28, 1998.

Characters

Anime

The anime uses two pieces of theme music. by Yumi Adachi

Yumi Adachi

Yumi Adachi is a Japanese actress, model and singer. Her artistic surname Adachi corresponds to her mother's maiden name. Yuri Adachi, born in 1957, had been a model and actress in her own right.Yumi was born in Taito, Tokyo, Japan...

 is the series' opening theme while by Miho Komatsu

Miho Komatsu

, is a Japanese pop singer. She was in the band Keyboard when a demo tape had been sent to Giza Studio. They signed her, and with her debut single, "謎" , she became an immediate success. Four of her songs were included in The Best of Detective Conan, a soundtrack album for the anime Detective...

is the series' ending theme.

Staff

• Written by: Miki Igarashi Us
• Chief animation director: Sueyoshi Yuuitirou
• Art Director: Nakamura Takashi
• Director of Photography: Itou Syuuiti
• Editing: Okayasu Tadashi
• Recording Director: Good Kobayashi Takashi
• Music: Ootani Akihiro, Norio Ido
• Producer: Kazi Makoto (TV Asahi), Tetsuya Watanabe (Dentsu), Katou Yoshio (SHIN-EI)
• Director: Yasumi Tetsuo
• Screenplay: Clear Yamazaki Department, Yasumi Tetsuo, Taeko Okina, Yonemura Shiyouzi, Houzyou Tika, Masaaki Sakurai, Takumi Kusube
• Animation: String Dream House, Dream Tai Company
• Original: Last House, the same Yangurujimu
• Videos: Yangurujimu same
• Check Video: Hara Yoshi, ORENGE, Kurokawa Shiyouiti
• Color Design: Sanae Matsutani
• Special Effects: Doi Mitiaki, Yamamoto Hiroshi, Hara Makiko, Hashizume Satoshi two, Doi Atsushi, Sachiko Harada, Sachie relationship
• Title: Akira Michikawa
• Squirrel Mask: Maki Productions
• Coloring: Imaizumi Hiromi, Yoko Miyamoto, Maruta Noriko, Anzai Naomi, Matsuo Megumi
• Finish: Lightfoot, Killy Studio, Studio M Trace
• Production Cooperation: Vega Entertainment
• Background: Uni Studios
• Photography: Asahi Production
• Digital Effects: Hirotaka Humi youngest student Kazumi Akira
• Editing: Okayasu Tadashi, T. Kojima, Murai Hideaki, Kei Takashi Miyake, Yumiko middle, Hiroshi Kawasaki Akira
• Developing: Toukyou processing station
• Effect: Yokoyama Masakazu
• Recording Studio: APU Studio
• Voicing: Tanaka Yoshiaki
• Assistant voicing: Yamamoto Takuo
• Sound Production: Audio Planning You
• Sound Production Desk: Hana good food plant
• Assistant Producer: Itikawa Yoshihiko (SHIN-EI)
• Literature: Takumi Kusube
• Production Desk: Kashihara Kenzi
• Production Progress: Mabuti Yoshikiti, H. Ishida, Huruhata Shiniti, Naoki attached, Yamamoto Haruko, a Takeshi Mita, S. Uchida, Takei Takeshi
• PR: Kaori Suzuki (Asahi)
• Production Cooperation: Dentsuu
• Production: TV Asahi, SHIN-EI