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The Flying House

1982 • Tatsunoko Production

Format
TV
Aired
1982
Episodes
52
Status
Finished
Studio
Tatsunoko Production
Genres
Adventure · Science fiction
5,131anime in the catalog
0copies listed for sale
Synopsis

The series began in the middle of a game of hide and seek, as a young boy named Justin Casey (Gen) finishes counting and begins searching for his friends Angela (usually called "Angie") and Corkey Roberts (Kanna and Tsukubo Natsuyama). As he searched for the brother and sister in the wooded area, a storm occurred all of a sudden. Justin managed to sneak up on the two before the rain started pouring, forcing them to run for cover. They would eventually find a house in the wooded area, previously unseen according to Justin. At first glance it appeared nobody was home after entering the house, until they discovered a robot named Solar Ion Robot (Kadenchin), or the acronym SIR. They would soon meet the owner of the house, Professor Humphrey Bumble (Dr. Tokio Taimu), who introduced the children to his greatest creation, a time machine. Professor Bumble's attempt at recreating Benjamin Franklin's famous lightning experiment with the use of a kite flying outside the house to get the machine working only led up to SIR's temporary change in personality before sending the entire house on course for the past. The children never realized how long the journey back home would be due to Professor Bumble's misguidance and errors in time travel, but in the meantime they witnessed and participated (with little or no consequences) in numerous events in the Bible's New Testament, from John the Baptist's birth to the rise of the Apostle Paul."

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The Flying House was produced by Tatsunoko Production in 1982, emerging during a period of prolific international co-production between the Japanese studio and Christian broadcasting organizations. The series was designed as a companion to Superbook, utilizing a similar time-travel narrative device to introduce younger audiences to stories from the Bible. By framing historical events through the perspective of modern-day children who accidentally activate a time-traveling house, the series sought to make religious educational content more accessible and engaging to a global television market.

The series reflects the distinct, polished aesthetic characteristic of Tatsunoko's work in the early 1980s, balancing episodic adventure with instructional storytelling. The character designs and animation style were overseen by the studio’s internal team, known for their ability to blend science fiction motifs with traditional narrative structures. While intended primarily for religious television syndication, the show gained a cult following due to its earnest tone and the recognizable quality of its animation, which helped it maintain a lasting presence in international television markets for decades.

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