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Published: 2006-10-26 09:09:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 3867; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 1513
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Description Here's a rendition of "Hoshi no Ko Chobin" (Chobin the Star Child) from 1974.

I watched this when I was very young and absolutely loved it for some reason. The poor guy was looking for his mother (I remember feeling sad about this, too), while some badguy would send these eyeball bats after him. Don't know if I got it right, but if the bats failed, the badguy would pluck their wings off. I seem to recall a vat or pot of eyeball bats? And maybe the floor was littered with wings? in a cave... Oh, and Chobin's fabulous star watch... I wish I could've learned more about this (as well as other details of the show), but I guess it's too obscure. Wanted to know if there were any powers associated with the star watch.

When I was 5 or 6, or maybe younger, my mother and grandmother saw a art contest on t.v. for Chobin. I mailed one in, too, but my artwork wasn't one of the many showcased on t.v. after the cartoon show that one day .

This was another miracle title find over the net. Somehow, some guy was looking for the same title, too, and had the same overall description of the show. And thank the heavens, someone knew the title! hehe
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Comments: 14

mrmouha [2019-08-28 09:47:06 +0000 UTC]

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multi-comics [2012-03-19 17:33:34 +0000 UTC]

omg! chobin, awesome childhood memories. i used to see this in IRan's national tv cartoon hour, it was my favorite when i was a kid.

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FindingOx In reply to multi-comics [2012-03-26 20:33:32 +0000 UTC]

thx for stopping by and the fave!

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multi-comics In reply to FindingOx [2012-03-27 08:04:57 +0000 UTC]

sure it awakened a lot of old memories.

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Sanae78 [2008-03-19 21:44:51 +0000 UTC]

Nice drawing ... I remember this anime and its main character, I have even called one of my cats Chobin.

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FindingOx In reply to Sanae78 [2008-03-20 04:23:58 +0000 UTC]

wow, interesting story! thx for your nice comment and fave!

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maoweb [2007-03-06 21:34:26 +0000 UTC]

owwowo i remember that cartoon
i was totally crazy 4 this

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FindingOx In reply to maoweb [2007-03-08 08:25:15 +0000 UTC]

hehe, thx for dropping by and commenting!

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rollchan1985 [2007-02-23 03:00:24 +0000 UTC]

Did you know that Hoshi no Ko Chobin is made by Shotaro Ishinomori (GoRanger and Kamen Rider creator)?.If you look at the style of the art,it resembles Ishinomori's style.What country/state did you see Chobin because Chobin was never really shown much in the USA,mostly in the European and Asian countries.

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FindingOx In reply to rollchan1985 [2007-02-23 12:22:40 +0000 UTC]

really? same creator? didn't know that...

I saw Chobin here in the US, via a tv station that broadcasted Japanese programs. I believe I saw both Chobin and GoRanger on that same station.

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FindingOx [2006-10-26 22:09:38 +0000 UTC]

omg, great! Thanks for that! It's always good to have the episode titles when you can't watch them, just to take a guess at the story progression. Thanks for the overall plot, too

The going back to the roots continues...

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ryuzo In reply to FindingOx [2006-10-30 15:02:00 +0000 UTC]

Yeah no prob! Glad I could help. I didn't check any English websites so I was kinda worried that somebody had already done the translation, hehe.

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FindingOx In reply to ryuzo [2006-10-31 08:51:53 +0000 UTC]

The ones I saw, they didn't, so it's good that you did

I actually saw this on Taiwan t.v. when I went back in '99, but it was hard to watch with the terrible Taiwan animation dubbing.

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ryuzo [2006-10-26 14:05:09 +0000 UTC]

Nice art and nice description. I vaguely remember that star watch and the eyeball bats for some reason...

Ok I found the backstory on Wikipedia Japan. Chobin's home planet Fairy Star was usurped by the evil tyrant Burunga, and prince Chobin escaped with his mother. During the escape, he was separated with his mother and ended up on the planet Tonkara Forest. There he meets and stays at the house of a girl named Ruri. He makes friends with the animals of the forest, and begins his search for his mother and his quest to return the star tear (which he received from his father) to his homeplanet of Fairy Star to destroy Burunga and return Fairy Star to peace.

Hehe! And I found the titles to each of the story episodes (translated from Japanese).
1. I am a Prince!!
2. The Secret of Fairy Star
3. The Prince is a Good Boy
4. I Lost my Star Tear!
5. An Amazing (Heartwarming?) Present
6. Knock Down the Tree of Nightmares!
7. Ambush Hill
8. A Difficult Souvenir
9. The King of Tonkara Forest
10. A New Friend
11. I Can Fly! (unclear if it is by his own power or with a vehicle)
12. The Egg in the Middle of the Tempest
13. Mother's Lullaby
14. Tonkara Forest is Set on Fire!
15. My Opposite (Inside out?) Friend, Kumaso
16. The Mysterious Capsule
17. The Prince Jumps Out (unclear how)
18. An Ancient Monster Arises!
19. Chase the Radar Bat!
20. Tonkara Forest is Flooded
21. Mother, Don't Disappear (Don't Go Away?)
22. Brother Danuki, Are You Friend or Foe?
23. It's Hot, It's Cold, It's a Panic
24. I Found Burunga's Base Camp!
25. The Mysterious Boy that Came From a Star (unclear which star)
26. Goodbye Tonkara Forest

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