Jackie Chan's 1979 film The Fearless Hyena opened in Japan a year later under the name Crazy Monkey accompanied with an independent original animated piece by Monkey Punch set to the insert song Monkey Man featuring characters that look similar to the cast of Lupin Sansei.
Spring 1980
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Released as a TV special.
Based on Natsume Souseki's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books. The novel included autobiographical elements: Natsume once taught in Matsuyama, where Uranari comes to teach.
Animator Akio Sugino "cleaned up" Monkey Punch's designs.
Some sources credit Osamu Dezaki as the director's "assistant".
A shorter version of "Botchan" was…
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