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TV Anime (94 eps) Shin-Ei Animation TV Asahi
Comedy
Adventure
Fall 1980



The Monster Kid

Kaibutsu-kun

The monster Taro Kaibutsu is the spirited yet naive prince of Monster Land. Worried about his future, his father, the Great Monster King, sends him to the human world to grow. Taro is accompanied by fellow monsters Dracula, Werewolf and Franken who help him battle various assassins from the rebel Demonish clan. One day, a human boy named Hiroshi stumbles upon their monster mansion and an unlikely friendship is formed...

OP: Yukai Tsukai Kaibutsu-kun by Masako Nozawa
ED: We're a Monster Trio by Hiroshi Tsutsui

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