Format
TV
Episodes
156
Episode Duration
5 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Fall 1974
Aired
1974-09-30 to 1975-03-29
Source
Original
Rating
G - All Ages
Genres
Adventure
Comedy
Kids
Studios
Tatsunoko Production
Producers
Licensors
Urikupen Kyuujo-tai (ウリクペン救助隊)
Four young animals, rabbit Seitaro Usagi, squirrel Risu, bear Kuma, and penguin Penguin (U-Ri-Ku-Pen), are part of a team of brave young animals that rescues others in peril. Other team members included a dog, a boar, a deer, a koala, a mouse, a seagull, and a lion. The animals would win a prize for completing a mission, as would the viewers, who were encouraged to write in and guess which of the creatures would save the world by each Friday (a single mission stretched over a week of TV). Created by Mitsuru Kaneko, this show was given a limited broadcast on some American local TV stations for the Japanese community. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)