(104 episodes)
What’s it about ?
This is a show for very young kids about a weird boy, his family and friends.
The episodes are five-minutes long, and must have been broadcast several times a week, given that 104 of them were pumped out in under 10 months.
Characters
Hero Hero, our hero, is an elementary school kid who’s a bit absent-minded, and has talking nosehairs. Often he jumps and flies around for a bit.
His dad is pretty much of the same mold. Mom is obsessed with her appearance, and puts on tons of makeup for her job at the supermarket. They also have a “dog” (or whatever Pup Pup is).
Bari Bari is a “delinquent” friend of Hero Hero’s who’s even tamer than you can imagine. But he looks so cutely rebellious on his tiny bike !
Kira Kira is another friend of his ; she’s mostly there to be baffled by his antics.
Production Values
This is very rough and crudely animated, but it does have some charm in its energy.
Overall Impression
I’m way too old for this ; it’s clearly targeted at a much younger audience, who’ll appreciate the manic dialogue and the slow outlining of the concepts much more than me.
It’s mildly interesting as a footnote to see what kind of shows were produced in 2000 for 5-year-olds, but 5 minutes of it were well enough for me. (And anyway, it’s not like anyone bothered to fansub more than one episode.)
