Geragera Boes Monogatari (Ox Tales)

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Gera Gera Booth Monogatari, Geragera Bus Monogatari, Chuckling Bus Story of Boes, Funny Farm Madness, Ollie Ollie Oxen, Story of the Geragera Bus

Japanese: げらげらブース物語

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Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 52

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 7, 1987 to Mar 29, 1988

Premiered: Spring 1987

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 19:00 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, Saban Entertainment

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Telescreen

Source: Other

Genre: Comedy

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 7.00¹ (scored by 901 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #4352²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #11918

Members: 1,891

Favorites: 11

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Synopsis

Farm life has never been this wacky. Where else could you find a turtle with a built in TV under his shell, a bald lion, an elephant whose trunk doubles as a garden hose and an inflatable octopus. All run by a good-natured ox named Olly.

(Source: ANN)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Boes

Main

Kamiya, Akira
Japanese

Igor

Supporting

Edward

Supporting

Sammy

Supporting

Turtleson, Jack

Supporting

Suzuoki, Hirotaka
Japanese

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Staff

Sasagawa, Hiroshi

Director

Watanabe, Jun

Sound Director

Wyner, Tom

Script

Koorogi '73

Theme Song Performance

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Opening Theme

"Kimi no Freedom (君のフリーダム)" by Waffle

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Ending Theme

"Joke de Mou Dash (ジョークDE猛ダッシュ)" by Koorogi '73

Reviews

Jun 26, 2015

Haneken2086

Mixed Feelings

There isn’t really anything too amazing or outstanding about this show. It’s a basic “talking animal” cartoon, where an ox named Ollie keeps a farm going with the mixed help and interference from his fellow animal friends.

However, the show is good and solid fun: the jokes are easy to understand and laugh at. And it has a unique multicultural background: it was based on a Dutch comic, animated by a Japanese company (director Hiroshi Sasagawa is the genius behind the classic animes SPEED RACER and VOLTRON) and is dubbed in English by a veteran voice cast from Saban Entertainment (the studio behind POWER RANGERS). ...