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The Flying House | |
トンデラハウスの大冒険 (Tondera Hausu no Daibōken) | |
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Genre | Christian Animation |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Masakazu Higuchi and Mineo Fuji |
Studio | Tatsunoko Productions |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | April 5, 1982 – March 28, 1983 |
Episodes | 52 |
The Flying House, known in Japan as Tondera Hausu no Daibōken (トンデラハウスの大冒険, Adventures of the Flying House), is a Christian anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions broadcast between April 1982 and March 1983 on TV Tokyo, [1] and distributed by the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States. [2] In 2010, the Christian Broadcasting Network made the 52 episodes available for viewing online. [3]
At the same time, CBN and Tatsunoko also produced a related series, Superbook. [2]
In the Philippines, reruns of the show were broadcast on GMA Network in 1992 ZOE TV in 2000s and on ABS-CBN in 2015. The episodes are currently broadcast on Pop Life TV via digital free-to-air television BEAM TV. It was also broadcast on the Australian Christian Channel in Australia. It also aired on TBN UK & Ireland in United Kingdom and Ireland.
The series begins at the middle of a game of hide and seek, as a young boy named Justin Casey (Gen Adachi) finishes counting and begins searching for his friends, Angela "Angie" Roberts and her little brother Corwyn "Corky" Roberts (Kanna and Tsukubo Natsuyama). As he searches for Angie and Corky in a wooded area, a thunderstorm occurs. Justin manages to sneak up on the two before the rain starts pouring, forcing them to run for cover. They eventually find a spacecraft type house in the wooded area, previously unseen according to Justin. At first glance it appears that nobody is home, until they discover a clown-battery type android named Solar Ion Robot (Kadenchin), or S.I.R. for short. They soon meet the owner of the house, Professor Humphrey Bumble (Dr. Tokio Taimu), who introduces the children to his greatest creation, a half rocket, half house one of a kind time machine named The Flying House. Professor Bumble's attempt at recreating Benjamin Franklin's famous lightning experiment with the use of a bat looking kite flying outside the house to get the machine working leads to a temporary change in S.I.R.'s personality from being nice to mean and he goes berserk, before sending The Flying House in course to the past. Justin, Angie, Corky, and S.I.R. realize how long the journey back home will take due to Professor Bumble's misguidance and errors in time travel, but in the meantime they witness and participate (with little or no consequences) in numerous events of the Bible's New Testament, from the birth of John the Baptist to the rise of the Paul the Apostle. Eventually, they make it home exactly the same way they traveled into the past in the first place. S.I.R. gets a knock in the head which, again, makes him go from being nice to mean and go berserk and he attacks The Flying House. Ironically, S.I.R.'s berserkiness fixes it in such a way that it finally sends the whole crew back to their own time period, and the show ends, with S.I.R. changed back from being mean to nice by the end of the trip.
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Blast Off For the Past" | 1982 | |
The Flying House transports the group from the 20th century to 1st century
Judaea. The kids witness the
birth of
John the Baptist. | ||||
2 | 2 | "Star-Spangled Night" | 1982 | |
3 | 3 | "Lost and Found in Time" | 1982 | |
At the
Temple in
Jerusalem, the kids witness the
finding of the lost 12-year-old Jesus by
Mary and
Joseph. | ||||
4 | 4 | "Voice in the Wilderness" | 1982 | |
On the
Jordan River, the kids witness the
baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. | ||||
5 | 5 | "Speak of the Devil" | 1982 | |
In the wilderness, the kids witness the
temptation of Jesus. | ||||
6 | 6 | "All That Glitters" | 1982 | |
7 | 7 | "Military Secrets" | 1982 | |
In Capernaum, the kids witness Jesus
healing the centurion's servant. | ||||
8 | 8 | "The Prize That Was Won and Lost" | 1982 | |
In
Machaerus, the kids witness the
execution and death of John the Baptist. | ||||
9 | 9 | "Another Life" | 1982 | |
In Capernaum, the kids witness Jesus
raising Jairus' daughter from dead to life. | ||||
10 | 10 | "The Runaway" | 1982 | |
At the
Sea of Galilee, the kids witness Jesus
feeding the 5,000 people by multiplying five loaves and two fishes. | ||||
11 | 11 | "Neighbors" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of
the Good Samaritan and
the Unforgiving Servant. | ||||
12 | 12 | "Poor Little Rich Men" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of
the Rich Fool and
the Prodigal Son. | ||||
13 | 13 | "The Greatest" | 1982 | |
The kids witness the
Twelve Apostles arguing who among them is the greatest. | ||||
14 | 14 | "Back From the Grave" | 1982 | |
In
Bethany, the kids witness
Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary and Jesus raising Martha's and Mary's brother
Lazarus from dead to life. | ||||
15 | 15 | "Real Treasure" | 1982 | |
16 | 16 | "What If...?" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of
the Unprofitable Servant and
the Wise and the Foolish Builders. | ||||
17 | 17 | "The Lost Sheep" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of the
Good Shepherd and the
Workers in the Vineyard. | ||||
18 | 18 | "Sour Grapes" | 1982 | |
In Cana, the kids witness the first miracle of Jesus turning water into wine during a
wedding. | ||||
19 | 19 | "Dog Gone" | 1982 | |
In the region of
Tyre and
Sidon, the kids witness Jesus
healing the Syrophoenician woman's daughter. | ||||
20 | 20 | "Little Orphan Anna" | 1982 | |
At the Temple in Jerusalem, the kids witness Jesus telling the lesson about the
poor widow's offering. | ||||
21 | 21 | "A Word to the Wise" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of the
Unjust Judge and the
Wedding Feast. | ||||
22 | 22 | "Judgement Day" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of the
Rich man and Lazarus and
the Unjust Steward. | ||||
23 | 23 | "Possessed" | 1982 | |
In the region of the Gerasenes, the kids witness Jesus
healing the Gadarene Demoniac. | ||||
24 | 24 | "Over the Hill" | 1982 | |
The kids witness Jesus
cleansing ten lepers. | ||||
25 | 25 | "True Friends" | 1982 | |
In
Capernaum, the kids witness Jesus
healing a paralytic. | ||||
26 | 26 | "Devil's Gate" | 1982 | |
In
Nain, the kids witness Jesus
raising the widow's son from dead to life. |
The Flying House was available on VHS by Tyndale; all 52 episodes were released over 26 VHS cassettes. A DVD volume of The Flying House was released by Vision Video in 2006, featuring the first four episodes. In 2010, the Christian Broadcasting Network made the 52 episodes available for viewing online. [3] The series also airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and its children's subchannel Smile.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (February 2021) |
The Flying House | |
トンデラハウスの大冒険 (Tondera Hausu no Daibōken) | |
---|---|
Genre | Christian Animation |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Masakazu Higuchi and Mineo Fuji |
Studio | Tatsunoko Productions |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | April 5, 1982 – March 28, 1983 |
Episodes | 52 |
The Flying House, known in Japan as Tondera Hausu no Daibōken (トンデラハウスの大冒険, Adventures of the Flying House), is a Christian anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions broadcast between April 1982 and March 1983 on TV Tokyo, [1] and distributed by the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States. [2] In 2010, the Christian Broadcasting Network made the 52 episodes available for viewing online. [3]
At the same time, CBN and Tatsunoko also produced a related series, Superbook. [2]
In the Philippines, reruns of the show were broadcast on GMA Network in 1992 ZOE TV in 2000s and on ABS-CBN in 2015. The episodes are currently broadcast on Pop Life TV via digital free-to-air television BEAM TV. It was also broadcast on the Australian Christian Channel in Australia. It also aired on TBN UK & Ireland in United Kingdom and Ireland.
The series begins at the middle of a game of hide and seek, as a young boy named Justin Casey (Gen Adachi) finishes counting and begins searching for his friends, Angela "Angie" Roberts and her little brother Corwyn "Corky" Roberts (Kanna and Tsukubo Natsuyama). As he searches for Angie and Corky in a wooded area, a thunderstorm occurs. Justin manages to sneak up on the two before the rain starts pouring, forcing them to run for cover. They eventually find a spacecraft type house in the wooded area, previously unseen according to Justin. At first glance it appears that nobody is home, until they discover a clown-battery type android named Solar Ion Robot (Kadenchin), or S.I.R. for short. They soon meet the owner of the house, Professor Humphrey Bumble (Dr. Tokio Taimu), who introduces the children to his greatest creation, a half rocket, half house one of a kind time machine named The Flying House. Professor Bumble's attempt at recreating Benjamin Franklin's famous lightning experiment with the use of a bat looking kite flying outside the house to get the machine working leads to a temporary change in S.I.R.'s personality from being nice to mean and he goes berserk, before sending The Flying House in course to the past. Justin, Angie, Corky, and S.I.R. realize how long the journey back home will take due to Professor Bumble's misguidance and errors in time travel, but in the meantime they witness and participate (with little or no consequences) in numerous events of the Bible's New Testament, from the birth of John the Baptist to the rise of the Paul the Apostle. Eventually, they make it home exactly the same way they traveled into the past in the first place. S.I.R. gets a knock in the head which, again, makes him go from being nice to mean and go berserk and he attacks The Flying House. Ironically, S.I.R.'s berserkiness fixes it in such a way that it finally sends the whole crew back to their own time period, and the show ends, with S.I.R. changed back from being mean to nice by the end of the trip.
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Blast Off For the Past" | 1982 | |
The Flying House transports the group from the 20th century to 1st century
Judaea. The kids witness the
birth of
John the Baptist. | ||||
2 | 2 | "Star-Spangled Night" | 1982 | |
3 | 3 | "Lost and Found in Time" | 1982 | |
At the
Temple in
Jerusalem, the kids witness the
finding of the lost 12-year-old Jesus by
Mary and
Joseph. | ||||
4 | 4 | "Voice in the Wilderness" | 1982 | |
On the
Jordan River, the kids witness the
baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. | ||||
5 | 5 | "Speak of the Devil" | 1982 | |
In the wilderness, the kids witness the
temptation of Jesus. | ||||
6 | 6 | "All That Glitters" | 1982 | |
7 | 7 | "Military Secrets" | 1982 | |
In Capernaum, the kids witness Jesus
healing the centurion's servant. | ||||
8 | 8 | "The Prize That Was Won and Lost" | 1982 | |
In
Machaerus, the kids witness the
execution and death of John the Baptist. | ||||
9 | 9 | "Another Life" | 1982 | |
In Capernaum, the kids witness Jesus
raising Jairus' daughter from dead to life. | ||||
10 | 10 | "The Runaway" | 1982 | |
At the
Sea of Galilee, the kids witness Jesus
feeding the 5,000 people by multiplying five loaves and two fishes. | ||||
11 | 11 | "Neighbors" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of
the Good Samaritan and
the Unforgiving Servant. | ||||
12 | 12 | "Poor Little Rich Men" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of
the Rich Fool and
the Prodigal Son. | ||||
13 | 13 | "The Greatest" | 1982 | |
The kids witness the
Twelve Apostles arguing who among them is the greatest. | ||||
14 | 14 | "Back From the Grave" | 1982 | |
In
Bethany, the kids witness
Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary and Jesus raising Martha's and Mary's brother
Lazarus from dead to life. | ||||
15 | 15 | "Real Treasure" | 1982 | |
16 | 16 | "What If...?" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of
the Unprofitable Servant and
the Wise and the Foolish Builders. | ||||
17 | 17 | "The Lost Sheep" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of the
Good Shepherd and the
Workers in the Vineyard. | ||||
18 | 18 | "Sour Grapes" | 1982 | |
In Cana, the kids witness the first miracle of Jesus turning water into wine during a
wedding. | ||||
19 | 19 | "Dog Gone" | 1982 | |
In the region of
Tyre and
Sidon, the kids witness Jesus
healing the Syrophoenician woman's daughter. | ||||
20 | 20 | "Little Orphan Anna" | 1982 | |
At the Temple in Jerusalem, the kids witness Jesus telling the lesson about the
poor widow's offering. | ||||
21 | 21 | "A Word to the Wise" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of the
Unjust Judge and the
Wedding Feast. | ||||
22 | 22 | "Judgement Day" | 1982 | |
The kids listen to Jesus telling the parables of the
Rich man and Lazarus and
the Unjust Steward. | ||||
23 | 23 | "Possessed" | 1982 | |
In the region of the Gerasenes, the kids witness Jesus
healing the Gadarene Demoniac. | ||||
24 | 24 | "Over the Hill" | 1982 | |
The kids witness Jesus
cleansing ten lepers. | ||||
25 | 25 | "True Friends" | 1982 | |
In
Capernaum, the kids witness Jesus
healing a paralytic. | ||||
26 | 26 | "Devil's Gate" | 1982 | |
In
Nain, the kids witness Jesus
raising the widow's son from dead to life. |
The Flying House was available on VHS by Tyndale; all 52 episodes were released over 26 VHS cassettes. A DVD volume of The Flying House was released by Vision Video in 2006, featuring the first four episodes. In 2010, the Christian Broadcasting Network made the 52 episodes available for viewing online. [3] The series also airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and its children's subchannel Smile.