Pyun Pyun Maru

 Pyun Pyun Maru- based on Ninja Awate-maru- from Toei ran for 26 episodes.

 

This kid would fit in with Naruto's orange tracksuit so well. The humor feels like Osomatsu-kun type comedy of the era. AND SHOUTOUT TO THESE TWO GAY NINJAS

King Kong and 001/7 Tom Thumb

King Kong: 001/7 Tom Thumb, or The King Kong show, is the first anime that was an outsourced  production for America- Rankin/Bass specifically. The series was produced by Toei for 26 episodes, and the first 10 episodes have been released in America on DVD, with some of the remaining episodes missing. Each episode consists of a a King Kong segment, a Tom Thumb segment, and another King Kong segment.

Our protagonist child Bobby finds King Kong and trains him like a very smart dog whose size varies drastically between scenes. The half minute dance segment in the middle of the first episode was jarring. Kong does fight a giant octopus and t-rex in the first episode if you're craving kaiju fights, and the second episode is a gentler version of the classic Kong on the Empire State Building.

Cheating at this entry, I watched only the first two Kong episodes and episodes 7 and 8 of Tom. Tom has a vintage, inspector gadget, bumbling hero with competent sidekick dynamic, simple and stylized characters in short save the world with bad jokes episodes. 

Kong may be fun for fans of the monkey himself, and if you enjoy classic 1960s spies and gadget series, Tom may be for you.

 

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.