Title: Balloon girl Temple-chan (Fusen Shojo Tenpuru chan)

Type: Television Series

Airdates: October 1, 1977 - March 25, 1978

Series Run: 26 episodes

Episode Length: 30 minutes

Network: Fuji Television

Air time: 6:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M., Saturdays

Brought to U.S.: No

Information: Temple is a lovely little girl who is more fond of music than anything else. She happens to board a balloon one day, and is excited by her journey until she finds herself drifting away from her parents and home. She is in tears until she meets a drummer boy accompanied by animal friends who also play musical instruments. Joined by these new friends who play music to keep up her spirits, Temple sets out to find her way home.


Creator : Tatsunoko Productions Planning Room

Presented By: Tatsuo Yoshida

Planners: Jinzo Toriumi, Shigeru Yanagawa

Producer: Masatsugu Nagai

Chief Director: Seitaro Hara

Character Design: Akiko Shimamoto

Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura

Music: Nobuyoshi Koshibe

Temple-chan: Kumiko Takizawa

Tamutamu: Noriko Tsukase

Dora: Kenichi Ogata

Gappe: Kaneta Kimotsuki

Chuppi: Yoko Yano

Fuwatto: Yuko Hisamatsu

Narrator: Ikuko Tani