by The final episode ends in the middle of a battle.
In 2024, it has been decided that previously aired anime works will be re-animated one after another. For example, a new anime version of Takahashi Rumiko’s masterpiece ” Ranma 1/2 ” will begin airing in October 2024, and it has also been announced that CLAMP’s “Magic Knight Rayearth” and Aoyama Gosho’s “YAIBA” will also be re-animated.
This “wave of re-animation” is sweeping. Many fans wish this work would be revived. There are also many opinions on social media hoping for the re-animation of works that they recommend. Among them are popular titles that once graced “Weekly Shonen Jump.” For example, many voices call for “Fengshen Engi” (written by Fujisaki Ryu) to be re-animated.
The original story is about the master of a Taoist priest in the world of immortals, Taigong Wang, who carries out a plan to seal away evil immortals called the Houshin Plan, and the story has been highly praised for its adaptation of the Chinese classic “Houshin Engi.” It has been animated twice, first as “Senkaiden Houshin Engi” in 1999 and then as a remake in 2018 as “Hakyuu Houshin Engi.”
The first work ended midway through the original story and had many changes, and the second work also had major changes to the story and cut characters, so neither was well received by viewers. Fans have said, “It seemed rushed, so I want the anime to be faithful to the original,” and “I’ll watch it if they take a year to do it.” There are also voices calling for a re-animation of “Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo” (written by Sawai Yoshio ), which has become famous as one of the most representative comedy manga of the Heisei era.
The story is set in the year 300X. It is a comedy manga about Bobobobo-bobo, Beauty, and Don Patch, who use the Nose Hair Shinken technique to fight against the “hair hunt” carried out by Emperor Tsuru Tsurullina IV of the Margarita Empire, who rules the Earth. The anime version aired from 2003 to 2005, just like the original, featuring robust characters and intense gags.
As a result, a survey of elementary and junior high school students and parents regarding television programs conducted by the Japan PTA National Council ranked it at the top of the worst programs people did not want their children to watch in 2004 and 2005. As a result, the show, which was broadcast in prime time on a national network, was moved to a local time slot about six months after it began, and from April 2005, it was broadcast only by TV Asahi. Eventually, all sponsors drop out, and the final episode, drawn in a battle with the enemy, ends in the middle of the story.
In a way, it was a free-spirited ending that was typical of “Bo-bobo,” but fans seemed unsatisfied. There are still voices saying, “It’s fine if it’s a late-night slot, but please draw it faithfully to the end according to the original,” and “The world of ‘Bo-bobo’ should match this Reiwa era.” A certain number of fans are looking forward to a re-animation. Speaking of Jump anime that ended without being able to fully depict the original, the famous “Hell Teacher Nube” (story by Makura Sho/art by Okano Tsuyoshi) is another example that fits the bill. It began serialization in Jump in 1993, and the anime version aired from 1996 to 1997.
The story is about the main character, elementary school teacher “Nube,” also known as “Nueno Meisuke,” who protects his students from monsters and ghosts that attack them. The anime version ended before the original story was completed. As expected, there seem to be many people who want to see the final story of “Nube” in animation, with comments such as “I want to see Nube and Yukime get married” and “I want the episode with Mary to be recreated with today’s video technology.”
On the other hand, there are also concerns that since there are many sexy scenes featuring female characters, “it may be difficult to re-animate it in terms of modern compliance.” Whether or not compliance issues can be avoided may be an issue in re-animating “Nube.”
