Superbook (1981 TV series)

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Superbook
Cover of the first DVD volume
アニメ 親子劇場 (Anime Oyako Gekijō)
Genre	Christian
Anime television series
Directed by	Masakazu Higuchi
Produced by	Kenji Yoshida, Akira Inoue, Hyota Ezu
Written by	Akiyoshi Sakai
Music by	Masahito Maruyama
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Licensed by	NA: Christian Broadcasting Network
Original network	TV Tokyo (Japan) Syndication (United States)
Original run	October 9, 1981 (1981-10-09) – March 29, 1982 (1982-03-29)
Episodes	26
Anime television series
Superbook II: In Search for Ruffles and Return to the 20th Century パソコントラベル探偵団 (Pasokon toraberu tantei-dan)
Directed by	Masakazu Higuchi
Produced by	Kenji Yoshida
Written by	Masakazu Higuchi, Keiji Kubota, Haruya Yamazaki, Takao Koyama, Ryoko Takagi, other
Music by	Masayuki Chiyo
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Licensed by	NA: Christian Broadcasting Network
Original network	TV Tokyo (Japan) Syndication (United States)
Original run	April 4, 1983 (1983-04-04) – September 26, 1983 (1983-09-26)
Episodes	26

Superbook (スーパーブック, Sūpābukku), also known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre (アニメ 親子劇場, Anime Oyako Gekijō),^[1] is a Japanese Christian anime television series from 1981, initially produced at Tatsunoko Production and TV Tokyo in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States. The Japanese opening song is "The TimeBook Song" (タイムブークの歌, Taimu Būku no Uta) by Ryō Miyauchi and the Japanese ending song is "My Fun Friends" (ゆかいな仲間たち, Yukai na Nakama tachi) by Fusako Fujimoto. The English opening song is "Oh Superbook" by Stephan Peppos and the English ending song is "Su-su-super" by Stephan Peppos.

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 9, 1981, to March 29, 1982 in Japan, followed by a second season called Superbook II: In Search for Ruffles and Return to the 20th Century (パソコントラベル探偵団, Pasokon Toraberu Tanteidan; lit. Personal Computer Travel Detective Team) with 26 episodes from April 4 to September 26, 1983. The Japanese opening song is "Personal Computer Travel Detective Team (パソコントラベル探偵団, Pasokon Toraberu Tanteidan) by Ritsuko Ōwada. The Japanese ending song is "Lyndon Bell: Song of the Wind" (リンドンベル・風の唄, Rindon Beru ･ Fū no Uta) by Yumi Okuhata, and the English opening song is "Superbook II" by Stephan Peppos. Its instrumental version serves the ending theme. Between both series in the first run was the companion series The Flying House.