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Gulliver Boy
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空想科学世界ガリバーボーイ (Kūsô Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy)
Genre	Adventure Science Fiction
TV anime
Director	Toyo Ashida
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Fuji TV XHGC-TV, Unicable Etc...TV, Chilevisión
Original run	January 8, 1995 (1995-01-08) – December 24, 1995 (1995-12-24)
Episodes	50
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Imagination Science World Gulliver Boy (空想科学世界ガリバーボーイ, Kūsô Kagaku Sekai Garibābōi ^?) or simply Gulliver Boy is an anime based on a videogame. It was produced by Toei Animation and aired on Fuji TV from January 8, 1995 to December 12 of that year.

Characters

• Gulliver Toscanni

Protagonist of the series, a magician who must remain enclosed in the Yoke magic school to protect his friend Edison. When he returns to his country, Venice, he finds out that it is being attacked by Spain.

• Edison

Young scientific genius, Gulliver's friend.

• Misty

A girl, the friend of Gulliver, who saved him from the troops of Spain.

• Phoebe

A Dark fairy who takes a liking to Gulliver, and vows never to leave his side.

• King Yudo

King of Spain, deeply in love with Misty. He killed Gulliver's father, but when he was informed that there was a son, promised himself that he would kill the son, so they could be in paradise together.

• King of Venice

His kingdom is attacked by the army of Spain. He does not understand why Yudo is doing this, since there was previously peace between the two countries.

• Papa Toscanni

Raises Gulliver as his son. Yudo kills him, but before he dies he manages to confess to Gulliver that he is not his true father.

Voices and Dubbing

Original Japanese Version

Spanish Version (MEXICO / LATIN AMERICA)

• Company: Intertrack Mexico

Music

Ignite! Gulliver Boy

Ignite! Gulliver Boy (燃えろ!ガリバーボーイ, Moero! Garibābōi ^?) is a song by Jpop vocalist Kiyohiko Ozaki and serves as the opening theme to the anime Gulliver Boy. It was released Mercury Music Entertainment on February 25, 1995 in Japan only. The song was written by Yukinojo Mori, composed by Toshiaki Yamazaki, and arranged by Michihiko Ohta. Coupled with the song is the show's first closing theme "Kagami no Naka no Yūsha" which is also performed by Ozaki.^[1]

Track List

1. 燃えろ!ガリバーボーイ
   Moero! Garibābōi/Ignite! Gulliver Boy
2. 鏡の中の勇者
   Kagami no Naka no Yūsha/A Brave Man in the Mirror
3. 燃えろ!ガリバーボーイ(オリジナル・カラオケ)
   Moero! Garibābōi (Orijinaru Karaoke)/Ignite! Gulliver Boy (Original Karaoke)
4. 鏡の中の勇者(オリジナル・カラオケ)
   Kagami no Naka no Yūsha (Orijinaru Karaoke)/A Brave Man in the Mirror (Original Karaoke)

Aitai Kara

"Aitai Kara" (逢いたいから, Because I Want to Meet ^?) is a song by Jpop vocalist Misumi and serves as the second closing theme to the anime Gulliver Boy. It was released by Mercury Music Entertainment on September 25, 1995 in Japan only. The song was written by Takahiro Maeda with composition and arrangements by Masahiro Takatsuki. The song is coupled with another Misumi song called "Dreamer".^[2]

Track List

1. 逢いたいから
   Aitai Kara/Because I Want to Meet
2. Dreamer
3. 逢いたいから(オリジナル・カラオケ)
   Aitai Kara (Orijinaru Karaoke)/Because I Want to Meet (Original Karaoke)

Videogames

• Name: Imagination Science World Gulliver Boy (空想科学世界ガリバーボーイ, Kūsô Kagaku Sekai Garibābōi ^?)
• Developers: Hudson Soft (Sega Saturn, PC Engine); Bandai (Game Boy, SNES).
• Releases date:
  • April 28, 1995 (1995-04-28) Game Boy
  • May 26, 1995 (1995-05-26) PC Engine
  • March 22, 1996 (1996-03-22) Sega Saturn
  • June 28, 1996 (1996-06-28) SNES

All in Japan

• Genre: RPG, Puzzle (Game Boy)
• Players: One Player
• Plataforms: Game Boy, SNES, PC Engine, Sega Saturn
• Language: Japanese

References

1. ^ Yahoo Music page
2. ^ Yahoo Music page

External links

• Anime News Network
• rpgfan.com