OHAYOU! SPANK Good Morning! Spank

AKA: Claire et Tipoune (French), Hallo! Kurt (German)

Author: Shizue Takanashi, Junichi Yukimuro

Director: Shigetsuru Yoshida

Script Writer: Yoshimi Shinozaki, Hiroshi Kaneko, Masaaki Sakurai

Character Design: Takao Kohzai

Backgrounds: Noboru Tatsuike

Music: Kohji Makaino

Company: TMS

Year: 1981/82

Charas:
Claire the young girl
Spank the little dog

Story: Claire's dad has been lost at sea for several months. Her Mum works as a fashion designer in Paris but Claire wants to stay with her uncle in Japan in case her dad suddenly reappears. Spank is Claire's little dog. He is very friendly and funny, he has all sort of friends and likes to "communicate" with others.

Type: humour / TV series

Number of Episodes: 63 TV eps

We have: Quite a few episodes in German

What we thought: Ohayo Spank is one of my all time favourites. It is funny and full of charm. It's not action packed, it's just full of people and there pets trying to interact with friends and family. It always cracks me up!