Kotencotenco Explained

Kotencotenco
Ja Kanji:こてんこてんこ
Ja Romaji:Kotencotenco - Kotenco and Matenco
Genre:Comedy, fantasy
Type:manga
Author:Atsuko Ueno
Publisher:Kodansha
Demographic:Children
Magazine:Tanoshi Yōchien
Type:tv series
Director:Susumu Kudo
Studio:IMOVE
Network:TV Tokyo, Animax
First:6 October 2005
Last:28 September 2006
Episodes:104

is a Japanese manga and anime series for young children by Atsuko Ueno. The anime was produced by NAS and TV Tokyo. Kotencotenko replaces the previous anime series: Onmyou Taisenki on the TV Tokyo Thursdays 06:00pm – 06:30pm slot.

Story

Kotencotenco is a gag strip anime for especially younger children. Featuring the flourishes of the Prince of Heaven Kingdom, Kotenco. It's up to him and his friends, Pick-chan and Nappa to stop The Baron, Urusainu, and Nekoumori from stealing the heavenly stars for their boss, The Great Demon King Agu, who wants to take over Heaven Kingdom. Kotenco is normally very kind, but will transform into Matenco, his trouble-making counterpart when in bad spirit. Matenco is transformed back into Kotenco when Pick-chan calls upon The Queen to replace Matenco's halo.

Characters

Heaven Kingdom

Kotenco's 6 older brothers

Fairy Kingdom

Ground Kingdom

Database

Opening/Ending themes

Episodes

Video game

A minigame collection called was made by Dorasu for the Nintendo DS and released on 29 March 2007 in Japan.

CDs

3 CDs were released in 2005 and 2006. 2 featured the 1st and 2nd intros and outros, along with karaoke tracks. The 3rd CD was released as a soundtrack / drama CD, featuring background music from the anime, and 3 stories.

Traffic Safety OVA

A traffic safety OVA called meant to teach young children about traffic safety, and was released before the anime's broadcast.

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