TV series
Do Your Best Genki
1980–1981, Japanese, on Fuji TV. Created by Yû Koyama.
Do Your Best Genki is a sports manga by Yū Koyama about Horiguchi Genki, a boy who is raised by a single father, and who wants to be a boxer like him. It was adapted as an anime television series by Toei Animation. The manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1977.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 35
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Status
- Ended in 1981
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Latest episode
S1 E35: Episode 35
Aired 11 March 1981
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Yû KoyamaCreator
- Toshiko FujitaGenki Horiguchi (voice) · 35 ep
- Katsuji MoriKenji Seki (voice) · 35 ep
- Makio InoueHideki Horiguchi (voice) · 35 ep
- Kazuko SugiyamaYuko Ashikawa (voice) · 35 ep
- Shuichi IkedaEiji Mishima (voice) · 35 ep
- Keiko HanTomoko Ishida (voice) · 35 ep
- Hiroshi OtakeCoach Nagano (voice) · 35 ep
- Toru FuruyaTakashi Kazan (voice) · 35 ep
- Hiroshi MasuokaShozo Tanuma (voice) · 35 ep
- Ichiro NagaiKisaburo Tanuma (voice) · 35 ep
- Sumie SakaiAiko Tanuma (voice) · 35 ep
Details
- First aired
- 16 July 1980
- Last aired
- 11 March 1981
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Original title
- がんばれ元気
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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What Do Your Best Genki is based on
Do Your Best Genki is adapted from a manga.
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Do Your Best Genki has 1 season and 35 episodes, about 25 minutes each.
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Yes. Do Your Best Genki ended in 1981, so you can watch the whole story.
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Who created Do Your Best Genki?
Do Your Best Genki was created by Yû Koyama and stars Toshiko Fujita, Katsuji Mori, Makio Inoue.
What is Do Your Best Genki based on?
Do Your Best Genki is adapted from a manga.