Kaminari Boy Pikkari★bee

Kaminari Boy Pikkari★bee ran for 53 episodes from Children's Corner, based on the manga from Tsunezō Murotani, best known for educational manga. It was released on DVD in Japan in 2005.

A little oni boy with a magical top hat joins a family and causes mischief. The humor is reminiscent of Akatsuka's works as fast paced over the top slapstick comedy. What is original here is an old woman with a naginata who I love dearly. 

The dvd quality is.... low but for such an old show that did not seem to have the cultural impact of some of its peers.I do wonder if Pikkaribee was at all an inspiration for Ten from Urusei Yatsura, or if I'm just lumping all small oni boys together.

We do still have racist caricature of island natives, who really seem to be the punching bag of this era. If you can get past that, Pikkari*Bee is a fun older Showa comedy great for fans of child driven silly comedies.