Hook Book Row
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Hook Book Row | |
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Genre | Kids |
Opening theme | "Hook Book Row" |
Ending theme | "Omoide Shoten" "Monogatari wa Tszuiteru" "Mashiro Page ni Nani Egakō" "Akogare Azukuruma" "Sora Iro I Love You" "Hyōshi no Mukou wa Wonderland" |
Composers | Takayuki Hattori |
Country of origin | Japan |
Production | |
Running time | 10 minutes |
Production companies | NHK Enterprises Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | NHK E-TV NHK World Premium TV Japan (North America) Syndication (United States) |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
Original release | March 28, 2011 April 1, 2016 | –
External links | |
Website |
Hook Book Row (フックブックロー, Fukku Bukku Rō) was a Japanese children's television program broadcast by NHK Educational TV from 2011 to 2016.
Introduction[]
The show includes both puppets and people. The show is consisted of interwoven stories surrounding a bookstore on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Characters[]
Kessaku Hirazumi () works in a Hall named 'Hibi hanseido'. He is a kind-hearted friend of Shiori. He loves music and can play the guitar.
Shiori Novel (Fumiko Orikasa) is the main heroine in the story. She manages the network of the 'Hibi hanseido'. She is the granddaughter of Mokuji. She can be self-centered. She wants to take over running the store someday. She can play the flute.
Mokuji Novel (Ryusei Nakao) is the master of 'Hibi hanseido' whose nickname is Mokujy. He owns the old book section. He loves the store. He is an old-fashioned, energetic 70-year-old man with plenty of curiosity. He can play the accordion.
The two Brothers named Goji and Datsuji (Hiroyuki Amano) are identical twins. They operate the fan club for Shiori. They live in a big mansion. Goji can play sax, Datsuji can play percussion.
Lylic () is a gray cat who can speak to Kessaku and sings. She always goes to the cats' meeting.
Original songs[]
The show features original songs, written by Takayuki Hattori and . Here are some of them.
- "Let's go to the Ihatov"
- "I feel good from this morning"
- "The lost children in the picture book forest"
- "The memorial bookstore"
- "Clown's tear is konpeitou"
- "Goodbye, teddy bear"
- "The cat knows everything"
- "I wanna be a rainbow"
- "Taiyaki is baked"
- "Be fine tomorrow"
External links[]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Japanese children's television series
- Japanese television shows featuring puppetry
- NHK original programming
- Television series by Sony Pictures Television
- 2011 Japanese television series debuts
- 2016 Japanese television series endings