TBS Vintage Japan Ponpoko Monogatari Best Selection [DVD+CD]

[Machine Translation] Miraculous Discovery of Japan's First Purely Domestic TV Movie! 61 years of treasured films! Carefully restored and digitally mastered to bring back to life 12 carefully selected episodes on DVD + soundtrack CD in a 2-disc luxury collector's edition! The original transformation heroes' painful action drama starring Kurumi Kobato, the beautiful girl star, and written by Yasunori Kawauchi of "Gekko Mask" fame! --Ponko and Ponkichi, two clever and considerate little tanuki siblings, have been reborn as human beings, thanks to God's blessing. Ponko is a mischievous princess of Hakumyo Castle in the northern part of Japan, and Ponkichi is a cheerful boy who is found by a good-natured fishmonger and his wife. Ponkichi, who was adopted by a shogun's retainer as a result of helping others, is entrusted with a secret letter from the shogunate and sets off for the north. The time is the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and on the road swirling with wind and clouds, ninjas, bandits, ronin, and ghost monks stand in the way, and even the righteous demon-masked bodhisattva appears! The Ninjas, Bandits, Ronin, and Yokai Monks block their way, and the righteous Onimen Bosatsu (Onimen Bodhisattva) also makes an appearance! Pompoko Monogatari" contains episodes 1, 6, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 39, 50, 66 (12 episodes) out of 73 episodes. Gorgeous 28-page booklet includes: Ponko and Ponkichi's miraculous reunion after 61 years / Discovery of "Pompoko Monogatari" / Discoveries from TV ancient history - the story of Ponkichi and Pompoko / Pompoko and Ponkichi: The Miraculous Reunion of Ponko and Ponkichi / Discovery of "Pompoko Monogatari" / Unearthed Objects from TV Ancient History: Digital Restoration of Original Films / Pompoko Monogatari as "The Origin of Television": Interview with Famous TV Creators / Complete Episode List / Staff and Cast List / Beautiful Stare Kurumi Kobato Photo Gallery / Soundtrack CD Includes: Pompoko Theme Song / Donguri in the Mountain / Hatsume Hatsume of Hakumyojo Ponpoko Theme Song / Donguri Chan in the Mountain / Hatsuhime-sama in Hakumyo-jo / Ukiyo Furufuru Fudosha / Sorekarete Harge, Yatte Harge / Sora wa Hareta yo Nihon Hareware / Tabi wa Michidakari yo Se ha Jinjo / Maigo no Maigo no Hachikai yo / Hakumyo-jo is already near / Total 9 songs included.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video footage

日本初純国産テレビ映画第一号作品が奇跡の発見! 61年の時を経た秘蔵フィルム! 丁寧な修復とデジタルマスタリングにより蘇った厳選12話DVD+サントラCDの2枚組豪華愛蔵版! 美少女スター・小鳩くるみ主演、『月光仮面』の川内康範 脚本の豪華布陣による元祖変身ヒーロー痛快活劇! ――なかよくお利巧で感心な子だぬきの兄妹、ぽん子とぽん吉は、神さまのお眼鏡にかなって人間に生まれ変わりました。ぽん子は北の国白妙城のやんちゃなお姫さま、ぽん吉は人のいい魚屋夫婦のもとに拾われて元気な少年として育ちます。兄に会いたい姫は従者を引き連れ江戸へ旅立ち、人助けが縁で幕臣の養子となったぽん吉は佐幕の密書を託され北へ旅立ちます。時は幕末、風雲渦巻く街道では、忍者、山賊、浪人、妖怪坊主が行く手を阻み、正義の鬼面菩薩も登場! "必殺技たぬきの超能力"を駆使しますが、果たしてたぬき兄妹の運命は!? ■DVD内容: 「ぽんぽこ物語」全73話より、第1話、6話、15話、16話、17話、18話、19話、20話、24話、39話、50話、66話を厳選収録 (12話収録)。■豪華28Pブックレット内容: ぽん子・ぽん吉、61年ぶりの奇跡の再会/『ぽんぽこ物語』の発見!/テレビ古代史からの出土品～原盤フィルムをデジタル復元する～/「テレビの原点」としての『ぽんぽこ物語』～著名なテレビ制作者たちに聞く～/全話リスト/スタッフ・キャストリスト/美少女スタア小鳩くるみ写真館 ■サントラCD収録曲: ぽんぽこテーマソング/お山のどんぐりちゃん/白妙城の初姫様/浮世ふるふる風車/それ急げ、やれ急げ/空は晴れたよ日本晴れ/旅は道連れ世は人情/まいごのまいごの八回よ/白妙城はもう近い 全9曲収録。

特典映像: 爆報! THEフライデー特別版! 小鳩くるみ『ぽんぽこ物語』を見る」、ぽん子ぽん吉61年ぶり奇跡の再会!