Superbook

Synopsis

Superbook, also known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre, is an anime television series initially produced by Tatsunoko Productions in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States and more recently solely produced by CBN for global distribution and broadcast. The series chronicled the events of the Bible's Old and New Testaments in its 52 episode run. The first 26 episodes aired from October 1, 1981 to March 29, 1982. The series returned as Superbook II with 26 episodes to air from April 4, 1983 to September 26, 1983. Between both series in the first run was the companion series The Flying House. The Christian Broadcasting Network is currently producing a new Superbook series and has released fourteen episodes.

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Streaming on

• TV Tokyo↗

Top of the call sheet

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  Masako Sugaya
  as Sho Asuka
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  Katsue Miwa
  as Azusa Yamato
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  Hiroshi Masuoka
  as Zenmai Jikake
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  Fumio Matsuoka
  as Professor Asuka
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  Runa Akiyama
  as Yuu Asuka
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  Eiji Maruyama
  as God

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