Hook Book Row
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" |
Composer(s) |
Keisuke Yamakawa Takayuki Hattori |
Country of origin | Japan |
Production | |
Running time | 10 minutes |
Production company(s) |
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 television program broadcast in Japan by NHK Educational TV.
Introduction
The show is variety show mixing puppets and people. The show includes interwoven stories surrounding a bookstore on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Characters
Kessaku Hirazumi (Kenichiro Tanimoto) works in the Hall named 'Hibi hanseido'. He is kind-hearted, loves music, although he is indecisive. He is a good friend of Shiori. He can play the guitar.
Shiori Novel (Fumiko Orikasa) is the heroine. She manages the network of the 'Hibi hanseido'. She is the granddaughter of Mokuji. She can be self-centered. She wants to take over 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 accordion.
The two Gossic Brothers named Goji and Datsuji (HIroyuki Amano) are identical twins. They operate the fan club for Shiori. They live in the big mansion. Goji can play sax, Datsuji can play percassion.
Lylic (Rinko Urashima) 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 Keisuke Yamakawa. Here are some of them.
- Let's go to the eahatorve
- 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 an rainbow
- Taiyaki is baked
- Be fine tomorrow
External links
- Official website (Japanese)