Time Bokan Series: Itadakiman (1983): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1983, Time Bokan Series: Itadakiman is a sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure and animation series.

What it’s about. One day three intelligent children are called in by the principal and asked by Shakyamuni dwelling in his body to find missing puzzle copperplates scattered all over the world and complete the puzzle board to heighten honor of Oshaka School. The conversation, however, is overheard by the villain trio and they decide to forestall those selected youngsters. Then they happen to meet with a brilliant boy named koochan who appears handy and so they take him with them and attempt to take away puzzle copperplates from a goblin. At the same time they try to win the goblin over to their side and attack our heroes together. Being aware of the evil scheme, Koochan transforms himself into Itadakiman and fights bravely to drive the wicked trio away.

Who’s in it. Time Bokan Series: Itadakiman stars Kei Tomiyama as Narrator, Bin Shimada as サーゴ浄, Kazuya Tatekabe as トンメンタン and Tomohiro Nishimura as ハツ男, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Time Bokan Series: Itadakiman has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Time Bokan Series: Itadakiman page.

If you liked it. Fans of Time Bokan Series: Itadakiman tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.