Genshi Shounen Ryuu
- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 22
- Episode Duration
- 25 minutes
- Status
- finished
- Start Date
- 10-30-1971
- End Date
- 3-25-1972
- Season
- fall 1971
- Average Score
- 5.8
- Mean Score
- 6.2
- Studios
- Producers
- TBS
- Source
- manga
- Genres
- Adventure Romance
When Ryuu is born his tribe tries to sacrifice him to a Tyrannosaurus named Shirano because of the color of his skin. He is however saved by a monkey who raises him as her own son. Meanwhile Ryuu's mother has left the tribe and is out on a quest to find Ryuu.
16 years later Ryuu meets a girl named Ran who was sold to the tribe Ryuu originaly came from. The tribe is not happy to see Ryuu alive and tries to sacrifice him again, this time by burning him alive. Before they can get the deed done the tribe is massacred along with Ryuu's adoptive mother by Shirano. Ryuu then sets out on a quest together with Ran to find his mother and Ran's brother Don.
Characters
Ryuu
main
Makio Inoue
Japanese
Ran
main
Michiko Hirai
Japanese
Don
main
Hiroko Maruyama
Japanese
Narrator
supporting
Elder
supporting
Ryuuji Saikachi
Japanese
Majara
supporting
Staff
Shoutarou Ishinomori
Original Creator
Takeo Watanabe
Music
Osamu Kasai
Episode Director (eps 6, 13, 20)
Shingo Araki
Animation Director (ep 21)
Ichirou Mizuki
Theme Song Performance (OP)
Masayuki Akehi
Episode Director (eps 2, 9, 16, 22)
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Ryuu
main
Makio Inoue
Japanese
Ran
main
Michiko Hirai
Japanese
Don
main
Hiroko Maruyama
Japanese
Narrator
supporting
Elder
supporting
Ryuuji Saikachi
Japanese
Majara
supporting
Taka
supporting
Ichiro Murakoshi
Japanese
Miros
supporting
Mashi
supporting
Kiba
supporting
Gorou Naya
Japanese
Pasa
supporting
Karim
supporting
Eken Mine
Japanese
Esta
supporting
Reiko Seno
Japanese
Shoutarou Ishinomori
Original Creator
Takeo Watanabe
Music
Osamu Kasai
Episode Director (eps 6, 13, 20)
Shingo Araki
Animation Director (ep 21)
Ichirou Mizuki
Theme Song Performance (OP)
Masayuki Akehi
Episode Director (eps 2, 9, 16, 22)
Mitsuko Horie
Theme Song Performance (ED)
Shoutarou Ishinomori
Theme Song Lyrics
Makoto Yamazaki
Background Art (eps 8, 12, 16, 18)
Toshio Mori
Animation Director (eps 4, 9, 15, 20)
Toshio Mori
Animation (eps 9, 15, 20)
Jouji Yanase
Animation (ep 1)
Katsuhisa Yamada
Assistant Episode Director (eps 2, 8, 14, 18)
Keiji Hayakawa
Assistant Episode Director (eps 6, 13, 21)
Geki Katsumata
Background Art (eps 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19)
Isamu Tsuchida
Background Art (ep 20)
Kazuo Ebisawa
Background Art (eps 5, 11, 15, 21, 22)
Takeshi Tamiya
Episode Director (eps 1, 8, 15)
Takashi Saijou
Animation (eps 3, 7, 13)
Juuji Mizumura
Animation (eps 3, 7, 13)
Hirokata Takahashi
Photography (eps 2, 18, 20)
Masayuki Oozeki
Animation (eps 5, 11, 17, 22)
Kazuo Komatsubara
Animation Director (eps 1, 6, 12, 19)
Takashi Hisaoka
Episode Director (eps 7, 14, 21)
Saburo Yokoi
Background Art (ep 19)
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