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Monster Booska (TV 1966-1967)

Monster Booska Air date November 9, 1966 - September 27, 1967 Producer(s) Koji Morita, Yozo Nagai Music by Kunio Miyauchi Production companies Nippon TV, Toho, Tsuburaya Productions Channel(s) Nippon TV Genre(s) Tokusatsu, comedy Episodes 47

Monster Booska (快獣 (かいじゅう)ブースカ,   Kaijū Būsuka, lit. "Booska, the Friendly Beast") is a Japanese black-and-white tokusatsu kaiju comedy series co-produced by Nippon TV, Tsuburaya Productions, and Toho. It aired on Nippon TV from November 9, 1966 to September 27, 1967, for a total of 47 episodes.

Plot

10-year-old boy genius Daisaku Tonda attempts to transform his pet iguana Booska into a monster akin to Godzilla using his invented substance "kuropara." However, Booska instead becomes a friendly, human-sized, ramen-eating teddy bear-like monster who is strengthened by the element "Booskanium" stored in the Boo-Crown atop his head. Before long, Booska befriends several human children living in his neighborhood, whom he goes on adventures with and protects from various evildoers with the assistance of Tonda.

Booska later gains a "brother" in the form of the monster Chamegon, who Tonda creates for him using atoms from an alien organism and a squirrel.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Director of special effects	Air date
1	"The Birth of Booska"	Jukichi Takemae	Masahiro Yamada	Toru Matoba	11/09/1966
2	"Booska on the Move"	Kazuho Mitsuta	Keisuke Fujikawa		11/16/1966
3	"Booska vs. Paaska"		Shinichi Sekizawa		11/23/1966
4	"Booska Goes to the Moon"	Jukichi Takemae	Shinichi Ichikawa		11/30/1966
5	"Booska's Great Guide"	Kazuho Mitsuta	Tetsuo Kinjo		12/07/1966
6	"Baseball Ruckus"		Keisuke Fujikawa		12/14/1966
7	"Beat the Spy!"	Jukichi Takemae	Shinichi Ichikawa		12/21/1966
8	"Rocket Riot"		Masahiro Yamada		12/28/1966
9	"Booska's Big Adventure"	Kazuho Mitsuta	Arihiko Morita, Shinichi Ichikawa		01/04/1967
10	"Protect That Plaza!"	Jukichi Takemae	Koichi Yamano, Keisuke Fujikawa		01/11/1967
11	"The Boo-Alley School"		Masahiro Yamada		01/18/1967
12	"Booska and the Seven Magicians"	Kazuho Mitsuta	Shinichi Ichikawa		01/25/1967
13	"The Mach Booska"		Tetsuhiro Kawasaki		02/01/1967
14	"Booska Dances"	Jukichi Takemae	Keisuke Fujikawa		02/08/1967
15	"Let's Go Barasa!"		Yoichi Mitsui		02/15/1967
16	"Blow Away the Ice Age!"		Shinichi Ichikawa		02/22/1967
17	"The Boo-Crown and Crown Contradiction"	Kazuho Mitsuta	Keisuke Fujikawa		03/01/1967
18	"This One, Booska! No. 110"		Tetsuo Kinjo		03/08/1967
19	"Leave It to Booska"	Jukichi Takemae	Keisuke Fujikawa		03/15/1967
20	"A Flying Saucer Arrived!"		Shozo Uehara		03/22/1967
21	"Assault on the Ultra Manju"		Yoichi Mitsui		03/29/1967
22	"Beware the Explosion!"	Kazuho Mitsuta	Shozo Uehara, Shinichi Ichikawa		04/05/1967
23	"The War of Badges"	Toshitsugu Suzuki	Shinichi Ichikawa		04/12/1967
24	"I'm the First Prize"	Kazuho Mitsuta	Masahiro Yamada, Shozo Uehara		04/19/1967
25	"The Dream Got Eaten!"	Toshitsugu Suzuki	Yoichi Mitsui	Junkichi Oki	04/26/1967
26	"The Birth of Chamegon"	Kazuho Mitsuta	Keisuke Fujikawa	Toru Matoba	05/03/1967
27	"Booska vs. Chamegon!"				05/10/1967
28	"It's from Outer Space"	Jukichi Takemae	Shozo Uehara	Junkichi Oki	05/17/1967
29	"Explore with the Underground Tank"	Toshitsugu Suzuki		Sadamasa Arikawa	05/24/1967
30	"Watch Out for the Speed Gun!"	Kazuo Kimata	Keisuke Fujikawa	Junkichi Oki	05/31/1967
31	"The Flying Amusement Park"	Kazuho Mitsuta	Shinichi Ichikawa	Sadamasa Arikawa	06/07/1967
32	"A Nice Day for Monsters"	Tetsuhiro Kawasaki	Shinichi Ichikawa, Shozo Uehara	Junkichi Oki	06/14/1967
33	"The Mysterious Dombula Island"	Kazuo Kimata	Shinichi Ichikawa	Toru Matoba	06/21/1967
34	"The Bakedanuki of Dombula Island"				06/28/1967
35	"Let's Go to the Galaxy!"	Kazuho Mitsuta		Junkichi Oki	07/05/1967
36	"Dance! Flamingo"	Semaji Nonagase	Shozo Uehara, Shinichi Ichikawa	Sadamasa Arikawa	07/12/1967
37	"Nainai Temple is a Surprise!"	Tetsuhiro Kawasaki	Keisuke Fujikawa	Junkichi Oki	07/19/1967
38	"The Sea is Calling"	Semaji Nonagase	Shozo Uehara, Shinichi Ichikawa	Sadamasa Arikawa	07/26/1967
39	"Hundred-Ton Whirlwind, Wasshoi!"	Tetsuhiro Kawasaki	Katsuya Ono, Shozo Uehara	Junkichi Oki	08/02/1967
40	"The Great Water Parade"	Toshitsugu Suzuki	Shinichi Ichikawa		08/09/1967
41	"The King of the Universe"		Keisuke Fujikawa		08/16/1967
42	"Object X Kororin"		Shozo Uehara	Toru Matoba	08/23/1967
43	"Attack the Magic Ball!"	Kazuo Kimata	Masahiro Yamada, Shozo Uehara	Junkichi Oki	08/30/1967
44	"The Baby Typhoon"		Keisuke Fujikawa		09/06/1967
45	"The Magic Hat"	Toshitsugu Suzuki	Shinichi Ichikawa	Toru Matoba	09/13/1967
46	"The Flying Concert Hall"	Tetsuhiro Kawasaki	Yoichi Mitsui		09/20/1967
47	"Farewell, Booska"	Semaji Nonagase	Shinichi Ichikawa, Shozo Uehara		09/27/1967

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Supervised by   Eiji Tsuburaya
• Directed by   Jukichi Takemae, Kazuho Mitsuta, Toshitsugu Suzuki, Kazuo Kimata, Tetsuhiro Kawasaki, Semaji Nonagase
• Written by   Masahiro Yamada, Keisuke Fujikawa, Shinichi Sekizawa, Shinichi Ichikawa, Tetsuo Kinjo, Arihiko Morita, Koichi Yamano, Tetsuhiro Kawasaki, Yoichi Mitsui, Shozo Uehara, Katsuya Ono
• Planned by   Toshiaki Ichikawa
• Produced by   Koji Morita, Yozo Nagai
• Music by   Kunio Miyauchi
• Theme song "Monster Booska"
  • Performed by   Kazue Takahashi, Misuzu Children's Choir
  • Written by   Mitsushi Funabashi
  • Composed by   Kunio Miyauchi
• Cinematography by   Fumio Tajima, Yoshihiro Mori, Kazuo Sagawa, Daijiro Ogawa
• Edited by   Reiko Kaneko, Akio Ogura
• Production design by   Hikosaburo Takayama, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Tatsuro Fukada
• Special effects production design by   Tohl Narita
• First assistant directors   Hideji Matsuoi, Toshiaki Usami, Shohei Tojo, Takashi Ohira
• Directors of special effects   Toru Matoba, Junkichi Oki (as Jun Oki), Sadamasa Arikawa

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Tomohiro Miyamoto   as   Daisaku Tonda
• Kenbo Kaminarimon   as   Mechataro (as Kenjiro Yoshino)
• Setsutoshi Watanabe   as   Jirokichi
• Junko Nakahara   as   Miko
• Sanpei Godai   as   Chorokichi (as Yoshiyuki Fujie)
• Yo Nakajima   as   Hiroshi
• Tetsuya Sekita   as   Zorome
• Hideki Sodeyama   as   Gonta
• Hiroshi Sano   as   Ichiro
• Michiko Kondo   as   Chiko
• Nekohachi Edoya III   as   Einosuke Tonda
• Kazuko Hata   as   Hachiko Tonda
• Shozo Inagaki   as   Yumeo Yumeno
• Seigo Fukuoka   as   Matsuo "Tonkachi" Umeki
• Chikao Otsuka   as   Mr. Kiyama
• Kazue Takahashi   as   Booska (voice)
• Junko Hori   as   Chamegon (voice)
• Haruyoshi Nakamura, Yukihiro Kiyono, Kunio Suzuki   as   Booska
• Tetsuo Yamamura, Teruo Aragaki   as   Chamegon

Appearances

Monsters and aliens Booska Chamegon Alien organism Venusian Imolla Human Kong Glacier Witch White Wall Demon Electronic Brain God Mysterious plant Tsukumogami Alien Pumpkin Mimi Thunder Child Kappa Alien Chame Kororin Godzilla (stock footage)

Weapons and vehicles Human cannon Paaska cannon Daisaku Daisaku's armored car Mach Booska Daisaku's flying saucer Miniature tank Tonbiller Underground Tank Speed Gun Stop Gun Magic mallet

Alternate titles

• Booska, the Friendly Beast (literal Japanese title)
• Booska (alternate English title)

Video releases

Bandai Visual DVD (2001)

• Region: 2
• Discs: 8
• Audio: Japanese (Mono)
• Subtitles: Japanese

Bandai Visual DVD (2013)

• Region: 2
• Discs: 11
• Audio: Japanese (Mono)
• Subtitles: Japanese

Trivia

• Stock footage of Godzilla from the 1954 film appears in episode 1, "The Birth of Booska", when Daisaku Tonda tells his friends about what he intends to turn his pet into. Godzilla was initially planned to make an official appearance in the series.
• Ryuji Honda, son of eight-time Godzilla series director Ishiro Honda, was among the production crew of Monster Booska, his first foray into television.
• Several actors who played in Toho's Godzilla films have cameos in the series, including Hideyo Amamoto (who plays an estate employee in episode 10), Masaaki Tachibana (who plays a thief in episode 32), Ikio Sawamura (who plays Tsuru's grandfather in episode 36), and Shoichi Hirose (plays a military commander in episode 29, tanuki bandit in episodes 33-34, and Samekichi in episode 38).
• An episode entitled "Booska is Currently Hospitalized" was written by Shukei Nagasaka and was scheduled as the ninth entry in Monster Booska, but was canceled midway through production.
• The show's titular monster became Tsuburaya Productions' most popular creation outside of the Ultraman franchise. Three decades after its release, Tsuburaya reintroduced Booska to modern audiences in the series Booska! Booska!! (TV 1999-2000).

References

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Bibliography

• Ragone, August (6 May 2014). Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters (paperback ed.). Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-1-4521-3539-7.
• Higgins, Kyle; Groom, Matthew (10 March 2021). "Lord of the Giants". The Rise Of Ultraman. 1. Marvel Comics. ISBN 9781302936846.
• Ryfle, Steve; Godzizewski, Ed (3 October 2017). Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819577412.

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Booska

Booska Species Mutated iguana First appearance Latest appearance Monster Booska episode 1, "The Birth of Booska" Ultraman R/B episode 17 "Everyone is friends"

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