Osomatsu-kun
151966•7.0/10
AnimationComedy
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7.0/10(2)
The first animated adaptation of the 1960s gag manga series, focusing on the adventures of the identical 10-year-old Matsuno sextuplets, led by the titular brother himself. Aside from the Matsunos, the series also showcases the tales of their rival Chibita, and the constantly job-switching conman Iyami.
Production
Studio Zero, Children's Corner
Language
JA
Status
Ended
First Aired
February 5, 1966
Last Aired
March 25, 1967
Created By
Fujio Akatsuka
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Leave the House-Sitting to the Dog / The Beggar Robot
Air date: 1966-02-05
Osomatsu and Choromatsu mind Chibita as babysitters, but grow bored and decide to have a mysterious dog take the heed instead. / Dekapan creates a robot powered by spare change that inadvertently leads to disaster in the hands of the sextuplets.
E2
Iyami's Fishing Pond / The 40 Thieves
Air date: 1966-02-12
Iyami attempts to con Osomatsu, Choromatsu, and Chibita out of their hard-earned money at his fishing pond with a rare fish that gives them all their money back if caught. / Chibita plays the role of the leader of a gang of thieves who target Osomatsu for discovering their misdeeds.
E3
Chibita's Stray Cat Strategy / A Thief Fell From The Sky
Air date: 1966-02-19
Totoko's grandpa enlists the help of the sextuplets to stop Chibita and his gang of feral cats from attacking the fish store. / Iyami and Chibita fly around town in a helicopter to cause mischief amongst the locals.
E4
The Helpful Robot / Iyami's Cleaning Store
Air date: 1966-02-26
A housework robot (shaped like Chibita) causes havoc amongst the Matsuno family when he malfunctions. / Iyami runs a scam out of a laundromat to catastrophic failure.
E5
There's the Shortcut / Laughing Costs 1 Million Yen!
Air date: 1966-03-05
Iyami and Chibita feign construction workers to scam the sextuplets out of their money by making a paid shortcut to school. / A camera company offers a cash prize for whoever can photograph a face-making man without any made faces, leading the sextuplets and Chibita to try to claim the reward.
E6
Osomatsu Targeted / Chibita's Martial Arts
Air date: 1966-03-12
Spooky things seem to be happening around town, leading the sextuplets to discover a secret of their own appearance. / Chibita challenges the brothers to a martial arts battle.
E7
The Magical Tea Kettle / The Angry Superman
Air date: 1966-03-19
Iyami scams the sextuplets with a magic kettle, actually utilizing Chibita as the secret inside. / Chibita and the shapely-mouthed Bokeo get revenge on the sextuplets for harming their frog friend.
E8
It's All Fine Until You Take Off His Hat / Boar Hunting
Air date: 1966-03-26
Chibita appears alongside Totoko wearing a strange hat that, when removed, changes his temperament from good to bad, leading to chaos amongst the Matsunos. / Chibita goes boar hunting and encounters the sextuplets and Iyami.
E9
Iyami the Dentist / Defeat the Mosquitoes' Enemies!
Air date: 1966-04-02
Osomatsu visits dentist Iyami's office for a toothache, but due to an unpaid bill, assists him in fixing up the mouth of Dekapan's crocodilian "son". / After Chibita's mosquito colony is destroyed by the sextuplets, he and Iyami create a watermelon-shaped bomb to enact revenge.
E10
I am Chibita, The Giant! / Counterattack Operation Pepen
Air date: 1966-04-09
Chibita, with the help of his scientist uncle, devise a plan to shrink the sextuplets down to flea size so that he will no longer be shorter than them. / A roaming minstrel and Chibita team up to enact revenge on the sextuplets with their army of cats.
E11
Osomatsu-kun Gets Adopted / Chibita the Invisible Man
Air date: 1966-04-16
A wealthy couple pay the sextuplets' parents to loan one of their boys out to them as a paid son, but the love they have for Osomatsu and Choromatsu is much too young for them. / Chibita and the brothers drink an invisibility potion and cause mischief.
E12
The Cutie Who Moved Close By / Rampage of the Smog Family
Air date: 1966-04-23
A new girl moves into the neighborhood, and the sextuplets try to put the moves on her while confusing her dad for their eerily-resembling dog. / A crime family that Chibita is a part of has business with the sextuplets, climaxing in a rainy nighttime brawl.
E13
The Opposite-Head Experiment / Iyami the Designer
Air date: 1966-04-30
An apple-headed doctor conducts an experiment on the sextuplets, but his seemingly strange mood swings are more than meets the eye. / Iyami works as a bespoke clothing designer for the Matsunos, but suspicions are aroused when the family's Children's Day koinobori goes missing.
E14
Iyami's Ninja Methods / Keke, I'm the Class President!
Air date: 1966-05-07
Ninjutsu master Iyami enlists the help of his disciples Chibita and Moguramaru to get revenge on the sextuplets. / Chibita attempts to thwart Totoko's run as Class President.
E15
Chibita, Did You Turn Into a Dog? / The Suspicious Transfer Student
Air date: 1966-05-14
Chibita takes the place of Dekapan's trained dog "son" when ringmaster Iyami buys him for his circus. / A student with a padlocked hat transfers to the sextuplets' school, leading to a mystery of his identity.
E16
The Time Machine Sends Us to the Stone Age / The Junk Strategy
Air date: 1966-05-21
The Matsunos take a trip in a wacky inventor's time machine to the age of the dinosaurs, where they meet their friends' prehistoric counterparts. / Neighbors Iyami and Chibita go to war with the Matsunos over trash disposal.
E17
Chika-chan and Chibita / Don't Wake The Sleeping Child
Air date: 1966-05-28
Chibita falls in love with snooty Chikako, but the sextuplets' faulty attempts at woo cause more than trouble for the little lovebirds. / The sextuplets watch over a sleepwalking boy who becomes violent when awoken.
E18
Suspicious Presents / See Doctor Chibita For Tooth Decay
Air date: 1966-06-04
A Santa Claus-like figure arrives in the town, in actuality a persona put on by burglar Moguramaru to hide stolen goods. / Deranged dentist Chibita enacts periodontal violence against people with better teeth than him.
E19
Is Chibita a Good Boy? / Chibita's Girlfriend
Air date: 1966-06-11
The sextuplets become victims of a vindictive clothesless Chibita, who tries to steal their clean clothes. / The Matsunos offer Dekapan a place for his pig "daughter" to stay, but Chibita falls in love with her without knowing she isn't human.
E20
Iyami the Rude Guest / Chibita the Sailor
Air date: 1966-06-18
The sextuplets' father invites work friend Iyami over for dinner, but chaos ensues in response to his disruptive behavior. / Chibita attempts to sneak onto an ocean liner under the guise of a sailor.
E21
Iyami's French Eaves / Dad Ran Away
Air date: 1966-06-25
Iyami runs a "genuine" French restaurant with Chibita, and receives criticism for his poor service and lack of research. / Mr. Matsuno resigns from his position as patriarch, and runs away.
E22
Iyami's Diamond Dentures / Forward! Cat Troopers
Air date: 1966-07-02
Ultra-rich Iyami accidentally breaks his bejeweled dentures, so with the help of his assistant Chibita, he tries to pin the blame on the sextuplets. / Chibita's army of cats ransack the town's oden vendors of his most favorite food, leading Iyami and the sextuplets to take him out.
E23
The Suspiscious Mynah Bird / Chibita's Lullaby
Air date: 1966-07-09
A mynah bird settles into the sextuplets' birdhouse village, but is harboring a less-than-desired guest in its home. / Chibita becomes a foster mother for a foundling.
E24
Get That Lousy Fugitive! / I'm Rich, da jo
Air date: 1966-07-16
E25
The Super-Cheap Old Man / Hoe Hoe, Mountain Climbing
Air date: 1966-07-23
E26
The Fortune-Telling Machine from France / We'll Do Anything in Six Rounds!
Air date: 1966-07-30
E27
Dad's Robot Strategy / Stop the Lying Duo!
Air date: 1966-08-06
E28
Rickety Camp Riot / Be a Security Guard, Osomatsu-kun!
Air date: 1966-08-13
E29
The Sextuplets Become Seven / Promotional Sales War
Air date: 1966-08-20
E30
Go For It, Kumamatsu / Chibita's a Pet
Air date: 1966-08-27
E31
Goronyan, the Meteorologist / Lonely Kappataro
Air date: 1966-09-03
E32
Say Not the Truth / The ¥100,000 Ghost Phone
Air date: 1966-09-10
E33
Iyami's Fake Beach House / Chibita's Big Circus
Air date: 1966-09-17
E34
Chibita Walks the Tightrope / Osomatsu is a Bad Kid
Air date: 1966-09-24
E35
I Hate This Naughty Dog! / The Cries of a Child Summon the Ant Troops
Air date: 1966-10-01
E36
Chibita's Oden Neurosis / Trick the Tanuki!
Air date: 1966-10-08
E37
Papa, Please Don't Smoke / Chibita Soars Through the Skies
Air date: 1966-10-15
E38
Only Chibita Has Filial Piety / Golf is Expensive, jo
Air date: 1966-10-22
E39
Dekapan's Big Horse Race
Air date: 1966-10-29
E40
It's a First-Class Car Race, jo / Chibita the Zookeeper
Air date: 1966-11-05
E41
A Fight Over a Flower / Were You Kidnapped, Osomatsu-kun?
Air date: 1966-11-12
E42
I've Quit Safecracking!
Air date: 1966-11-19
Safecracker Chibita, released on parole, mustn't break into another safe or else he'll be back behind bars. But what will happen when he must use his talents to save a life?
E43
The Grand Prix Elimination Race / The Search for Chibita's Parents
Air date: 1966-11-26
E44
Let's Try to Ski for Free
Air date: 1966-12-03
E45
Please Return My Bonus! / Go For It, Kumamatsu
Air date: 1966-12-10
E46
The Arsonist Loves Oden / Fighting Robot Rampage
Air date: 1966-12-17
E47
A Dreadful Christmas Season-zansu / The Sextuplets Become Seven
Air date: 1966-12-24
E48
A Guide to a Bear Parent and Child / Dekapan Olympics
Air date: 1966-12-31
E49
Totoko-chan's New Years' Card / Laughing Costs 1 Million Yen!
Air date: 1967-01-07
E50
Skiiing in a French Fashion / I Don't Need the Magic Lamp Anymore
Air date: 1967-01-14
E51
The Scary Old Hag / Speak Not the Truth
Air date: 1967-01-21
E52
The Time Machine Sends Us to the Stone Age / Iyami's French Eaves
Air date: 1967-01-28
E53
Keke, I'm the Great Detective / Leave the House-Sitting to the Dog
Air date: 1967-02-04
E54
My Head Shines the Brightest in the World / Papa, Please Don't Smoke
Air date: 1967-02-11
E55
Headed to Chibita's Jungle / Golf is Expensive, jo
Air date: 1967-02-18
E56
Chibitaro, Born From a Peach / The Grand Prix Elimination Race
Air date: 1967-02-25
E57
Kekeke, a Surprise Aerial Attack / Special Program: "We Are Sextuplets"
Air date: 1967-03-04
E58
I've Quit Safecracking!
Air date: 1967-03-11
E59
Let's Try to Ski for Free
Air date: 1967-03-18
E60
Dekapan's Big Horse Race
Air date: 1967-03-25
Cast
Kazue Tagami
Chibita
Midori Katō
Osomatsu
Keiko Yamamoto
Choromatsu
Setsuo Wakui
Dekapan
Takako Sasuga
Hatabou
Haruko Kitahama
Ichimatsu
Mie Azuma
Juushimatsu
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Karamatsu
Mitsuko Asou
Okaasan
Joji Yanami
Otousan
Haruko Kitahama
Todomatsu
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