Ojarumaru

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title: "Ojarumaru" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1998-anime-television-series-debuts", "1998-japanese-television-series-debuts", "2012-manga", "gallop-(studio)", "fantasy-anime-and-manga", "fictional-princes", "nhk-original-programming", "japan-exclusive-video-games"] description: "Japanese anime television series" topic_path: "arts/film" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojarumaru" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Japanese anime television series ::

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Field	Value
name	Ojarumaru
image	Ojarumaru.jpg
caption	Cover of the 2010 Ojarumaru calendar
ja_kanji	おじゃる丸
genre	Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of life
creator	Rin Inumaru
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| name = Ojarumaru | image = Ojarumaru.jpg | caption = Cover of the 2010 Ojarumaru calendar | ja_kanji = おじゃる丸 | genre = Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of life | creator = Rin Inumaru |type = tv series |director = Akitaro Daichi |producer = |writer =Mamiko Ikeda |music = Harukichi Yamamoto |studio = Gallop |licensee = {{English anime licensee | US = Enoki Films |network = NHK Educational TV |first = October 5, 1998 |last = |episodes = 2157 + 8 specials |episode_list = List of Ojarumaru episodes |type = film |title = Ojarumaru the Movie: The Promised Summer - Ojaru and Semira |director = Akitaro Daichi |producer = Atsushi Ito Hisako Matsumoto |writer = Reiko Yoshida |music = Harukichi Yamamoto |studio = Gallop |licensee = |released = |runtime = 47 minutes | type = manga | author = Tatsuma Ejiri | publisher = Shueisha | magazine = Saikyo Jump | first = January 2012 | last = September 2014 | volumes = 1 | volume_list = #Media

Ojarumaru, known officially in English as Prince Mackaroo, is a Japanese anime series created by Rin Inumaru, produced by NHK and NHK Enterprises, and animated by Gallop. The series has aired on NHK Educational TV since October 1998, making it the second longest-running anime on NHK behind Nintama Rantaro, and the third longest-running anime series to date. The series focuses on a 5-year-old Heian-era prince named Ojarumaru Sakanoue who accidentally time-warps to modern Japan and has adventures there while dodging a trio of young oni who try to get back a scepter that he stole from Great King Enma. The series has been dubbed in many languages. It was the first NHK anime series to be animated using the digital ink-and-paint process instead of cel animation.

It received an "Excellence Award" for animation at the 1999 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Premise

Around 1,000 years ago in Fairy World (妖精界 Yōsei-kai) in the Heian era, a young prince from a noble family named Ojarumaru Sakanoue is bored of his life of privilege. He is later lured into Enma World (エンマ界 Enma-kai) by the sound of a ukulele played by Great King Enma. Upon arriving, he steals Great King Enma's powerful scepter, which he uses in order to judge the dead. While getting chased by Great King Enma, he accidentally falls into the Moon Hole (月の穴 Tsuki no Ana), which time-warps him to modern Japan via the Full Moon Road (満月ロード Mangetsu Rōdo). The furious Great King Enma sends his three adopted oni children, Aobei, Kisuke, and Akane, who are known as the "Little Child Trio" (子鬼トリオ Kooni Trio), to pursue Ojarumaru and get the scepter back. At the present time, Ojarumaru falls from the Moon to the roof of Sakata Apartment (坂田マンション Sakata Manshon) where he befriends a boy named Kazuma Tamura and his grandfather Tommy. Fascinated with the prince, Tommy helps Kazuma convince his parents Ai and Makoto into letting Ojarumaru stay with the family, to which they accept. Denbo, Ojarumaru's anthropomorphic firefly caretaker who witnessed the latter falling into the Moon Hole, eventually finds and takes care of him at the request of his parents. While making many new friends and rivals, as well as dodging the Oni Child Trio's efforts to retrieve the scepter, Ojarumaru has many adventures in Moonlight Town (月光町 Gekkō-chō) and encounters new things he has never seen before in his time period.

Later episodes tend to center around other characters, including Princess Okame, Ojarumaru's young fiancé who desperately tries to win over his heart; Okorinbō and Nikorinbō, two anthropomorphic komainu who try numerous get-rich-quick methods in a bid to get their shinto shrine out of poverty; Ken, a freeter who keeps changing jobs; Kazuma's classmates, big eater Kintarō Sakata, beauty-obsessed Komachi Ono, and the judgmental but well-intentioned Kentarō Iwashimizu; Icchoku Honda, Kazuma's energetic homeroom teacher; the Hoshino Family, three aliens from another planet who want to invade Earth and have a strange aversion to Ojarumaru; and Sachiyo Usui, an eccentric manga artist who is notorious for her creepy, highly detailed drawings.

Some episodes place the characters in parodies of notable fairy tales, fables, novels, and TV shows from Japan and other countries. These include Momotarō, Cinderella, Ikkyū-san, Journey to the West, Columbo, Peter Pan, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Attack on Titan and James Bond.

Broadcast

Seven television specials have aired on NHK E-Tele. The first special entitled Ojarumaru: Shiawase no Aoi Senaka aired on January 1, 2000. The second special entitled Ojarumaru: Mangetsu Rōdo Kiki Ippatsu Tama ni wa Maro mo Dai Bōken aired on May 3, 2007. The third special entitled *Ojarumaru Supesharu: Ginga ga Maro o Yonde iru Futari no Negai Boshi * aired on March 20, 2012. The fourth special entitled Ojarumaru Special: Wasureta Mori no Hinata aired on August 14, 2015. The fifth special entitled Ojarumaru Special: Saraba Mattari no Hibi yo aired in 2 parts on November 1 and 2, 2017. The sixth special entitled Ojarumaru Special: Anime Janai de ojaru? aired on November 3, 2017. The seventh special Heian-chō Onigami Kessen was scheduled to premiere on March 28, 2022, and was later delayed to March 30 due to a high school baseball tournament preempting the special's initial 9:00 AM timeslot on March 28.

The series has aired daily on Kids Station since November 5, 2018.

Soundtrack

Opening Themes

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No.	Title	Series no.	Performer	Notes
1	Utahito (詠人)	1–10; 16-present	Saburō Kitajima
2	Yumehito (夢人)	11–15	Saburō Kitajima
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Ending Themes

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No.	Title	Series no.	Performer	Notes
1	Purin Sanka	1	SUS4
2	Purin de ojaru	2	Ojarumaru (Hiroko Konishi), Kazuma (Yuriko Fuchizaki), Denbo (Rie Iwatsubo)	A cover of Purin Sanka
3	Kooni Trio no Theme	3	Kooni Trio
4	Koi o Itashi Mashou♪	4	Denbo
5	Acchi Muite Hoi de ojaru	5	Ojarumaru (Chinami Nishimura), Kazuma, Denbo, the Oni Child Trio
6	Kono Machi Itsumo 〜Bin-chan no Uta〜	6	Bin-chan (Ayaka Saitō)
7	Warera Gekkō-chō Chicchai Mono Club	7	Moonlight Town Tiny Things Club
8	Gekkō-chō no Uta	8	Ojarumaru, Kisuke
9	Denbo no Bunbun Fushi	9	Denbo (Narumi Satō), Ojarumaru, Kazuma
10	Sankyukkyu Dancing	10	Natsumi
11	Bokura no Sekai	11	Reiko Mizumachi
12	Ojarumaru Kyōsō Kyoku	12	Kumiko Mori
13	Katatsumuri	13	Manami Oku
14	Hatsukoi wa Minora Nai	14	Ojarumaru Sisters
15	Maro no Sanpo	15, 16	Chopiiin (15th series); Ojarumaru, Kazuma, Denbo (16th series)
16	Da!Da!!Da!!!	17	The Collectors
17	Wakaran	18	Zainichi Funk
18	Mihatenu Yume	19	Ojamens
19	Purin Sanka ~20th à la mode edition	20	TWEEDEES	A cover of Purin Sanka
20	Kono Michi Ashita e	21	Ken
21	Yada na～ Ii na～	22	Great King Enma (Tetsuo Komura), Bin-chan
22	Yume no Yume	23	Crazy Ken Band
23	Oja Fuwa Babyun	24	Fuwa-chan, Team Ojarumaru
24	Ito Okashi	25	Ringo Sheena
25	Sennen Traveler	26	Ikusaburo Yamazaki
26	Maru	27	Shizuka Kudo
27	Go! de Ojaru (Go!でおじゃる)	28	Hiromi Go
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Other media

Manga

A manga adaptation of the anime series, written and illustrated by Tatsuma Ejiri, was serialized in Shueisha's Saikyo Jump magazine from January 2012 to September 2014. The first and only tankōbon volume, which compiles select stories from the Saikyo Jump serialization, was published in Japan on July 4, 2014.

| OneLanguage = yes | Width = 74% | VolumeNumber = 1 | RelDate = July 4, 2014 | ISBN = 4088801474 | ChapterList =

• 1. "I am Ojarumaru"
• 2. "My Ojaru Livelihood"
• 3. "Sightseeing Moonlight Town"
• 4. "I'm Homesick"
• 5. "I Hate Baths and Water"
• 6. "Kin-chan is a Dinosaur Mania"
• 7. "My Cap is a Treasure Chest
• 8. "Kazuma Likes Rocks Very Much"
• 9. "Crazy for Komachi-chan"
• 10. "Iwashimizu-kun is Always Correct"
• 11. "Grandpa Tommy's Great Discovery"
• 12. "Kazuma, Afraid of Rocks
• Special Bonus: "Cafe Oko-Niko"

Video games

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Title	Developer	Publisher	Platform	Release date	Source
Ojarumaru	Bandai	Bandai	Sega Pico	1999
Ojarumaru 〜Mangan Jinja no Ennichi de ojaru!〜	MTO	MTO	Game Boy Color	June 30, 2000
Ojarumaru 〜Tsukiyo ga Ike no Takaramono〜	Success	Success	Game Boy Color	July 14, 2000
Typing Ojarumaru	Interchannel	Interchannel	Windows 95/98/Me/XP	2001
Ojarumaru: Kazu Asobi	E Frontier	E Frontier	Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP, Classic Mac OS, macOS	2002
Ojarumaru: Moji Asobi	E Frontier	E Frontier	Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP, Classic Mac OS, macOS	2002
Ojarumaru: Pasokon Yarou yo! Mouse de Jigsaw Puzzle	Dorasu	Dorasu	Windows 95/98/2000/Me
Ojarumaru: Gekkō-chō Sanpo de ojaru	MTO	MTO	Game Boy Advance	September 5, 2003
Ojarumaru: DS Ojaru to Okeiko Aiueo	D3 Publisher	D3 Publisher	Nintendo DS	December 20, 2007
Ojarumaru: Kaikai! Enma-Kai	Metro	Metro	au
Ojarumaru: Gattai no Oni	Metro	Metro	au
Ojarumaru: Ojarumaru Tennis	Metro	Metro	au		url=http://metro-japan.com/mobile/nhk_brew/03.html
Ojarumaru: Eboshi Collection	Metro	Metro	au
Ojarumaru: Ojarumaru no Hover Race	Metro	Metro	au
Ojarumaru: Chicchai Golf	Metro	Metro	au		url=http://metro-japan.com/mobile/nhk_brew/05.html
Ojarumaru: Nige tetamo	Metro	Metro	au
Ojarumaru: Logic Puzzle	Metro	Metro	au
Ojarumaru: Shutsudō! Chicchai Mono Club	Metro	Metro	au
Akihabara Ojaru de Kankō	Akihabara TMO, INC.	Akihabara TMO, INC.	iOS, Android	2011
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Notes

References

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1. "教育番組から名作アニメまで【こども番組特集】[From Educational Programs to Masterpiece Animation - Featured Children's Programs]". [[NHK]].
2. "おじゃる丸 これまでのおはなし [Ojarumaru: The story up to now]". [[NHK]].
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11. ''Ojarumaru'' 1st series episode 68 "Ojaru Oni ga Yama e Iku" (おじゃる 鬼が島へ行く)
12. ''Ojarumaru'' 3rd series episode 5 "Momoman" (モモマン)
13. ''Ojarumaru'' 7th series episode 86 "Momoman 2" (モモマン2)
14. ''Ojarumaru'' 2nd series episode 18 "Ojaderella" (おじゃデレラ)
15. ''Ojarumaru'' 10th series episode 13 "Ojakkyū-san" (おじゃ休さん)
16. ''Ojarumaru'' 10th series episode 63 "Ojagoku" (おじゃごくう)
17. ''Ojarumaru'' 10th series episode 28 "Keiji Ojarumbo" (刑事おじゃるンボ)
18. ''Ojarumaru'' 15th series episode 75 "Ojater Pan" (おじゃターパン)
19. ''Ojarumaru'' 18th series episode 38 "Ookami Shonen Ojarumaru" (おおかみ少年おじゃる "Wolf Boy Ojarumaru")
20. ''Ojarumaru'' 21st series episode 21 "Shingeki no Maro" (進撃のマロ)
21. ''Ojarumaru'' 21st series episode 32 "Makomako 7" (マコマコ7)
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