On Sunday, January 30, "Chibi Maruko-chan" will present a one-hour special featuring a new drawing of that divine episode! The ranking of the divine episodes will also be announced!

Nippon Animation's anime "Chibi Maruko-chan" is currently presenting "-35th Anniversary of the Original Story! On Sunday, January 30, "Maru-chan Goes to the Southern Island" will be broadcast as a one-hour special.

Momoko Sakura started her serialization in "Ribon" in 1986. In 2021, the 35th anniversary of the serialization, "Maru-chan Minami no Shima ni Ikiru" will be broadcast from February to June 2021 to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the start of the serialization! We are looking for your favorite "divine episode"! The program's homepage solicited favorite stories about the original "Chibi Maruko-chan" under the title "Your favorite 'divine times'!

⇒The selected "divine episodes" of the anime "Chibi Maruko-chan" will be newly drawn and directed and broadcast from December 5! There were also episodes that made people cry, such as "I love you, Tama-chan!

On January 16 (Sun.), "Maruko, scared of cockroaches" will be aired, and on January 23 (Sun.), "Maboroshi no 'Tsuchinoko Kabushiki Kaisha'" will be aired. The volume "Maboroshi no 'Tsuchinoko Kabushiki Kaisha'" is scheduled to air on January 23 (Sun.).

On January 30 (Sun.), the first and second parts of the classic "Maru-chan Goes to the South Island" will be broadcast in a one-hour special! We will also announce the ranking of the "divine episodes" as voted by the fans. Don't miss this exciting one-hour special.

Synopsis
Maru-chan Goes to the Southern Island (Part 1)
Grandpa won a special prize at a lottery in the shopping arcade. The prize is an invitation to an island in the south. As it happens, everyone in the family is unable to go, so Maruko is lucky enough to be invited.
She was thrilled to join the adults at the airport. And then, the plane flies above the clouds..!

Maru-chan Goes to the South Island" (Part 2)
Blue sky. The wide ocean. Everything is fun for Maruko. Maruko makes friends with a girl she meets on a southern island, Pussadee, who takes her to various places on the island. Every day is like a dream....

＜Highlights
Maruko and Pusadi leave their usual place, Kiyomizu, and go to a southern island. A heart-pounding journey, encounters with many people, and days with Pousadi.... The story is full of laughter, tears, and warmth.
Let's enjoy the beautiful sea, starry skies, and adventures of Maruko and her friends together.

Comment from Mai Takano, producer
We will be presenting the last episode of this project, "Maru-chan Goes to the Southern Islands," as a one-hour special! While it is still difficult to casually go abroad, we hope that you will join Maruko on her trip to the southern islands. I am sure that you will find something that you can feel only now! We hope you and your family will enjoy it!
*Original text is in Japanese only.

Broadcast Date
Sunday, January 30, 2022, 18:00-19:00, one-hour special

Summary of the program
Anime "Chibi Maruko-chan
Broadcast: Every Sunday 18:00-18:30

<Cast
Maruko (voice: TARAKO)
Father (voice: Yara Yusaku)
Mother (voice: Ichiryuusai Sadatomo)
Grandpa (voice: SHIMADA Satoshi)
Grandma (voice: Yuko Sasaki)
Big sister (voice: Machiko Toyoshima)
Narrator（Voice：Kyoya Kimura)
Others

＜Staff＞
Original Story : Momoko Sakura
Script/Production Cooperation : Hiroko Tada (Sakura Production)
Producer : Mai Takano (Fuji Television Network), Nobuaki Tanaka (Nippon Animation)
Director: Jun Takagi (Nippon Animation)
Production: Fuji Television Network, Nippon Animation

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