Noboru Rokuda
Director
Dash Kappei (1981)
Season 1
The hero of the story is Kappei Sakamoto, a high school student with amazing athletic abilities who joins the basketball team of Seirin High School and quickly becomes one of the most skilled players. Kappei has one unusual handicap for a basketball player - his height; he stands not even one meter tall. His Achilles' heel is female undergarments; he has a particular interest in white panties, and is even more enthusiastic about joining the basketball team when he discovers that the team's female coach, Coach Natsu, wears white panties (although his inventive attempts to sneak a peek at said panties usually result in a physical beatdown from the hot-tempered coach). Eventually, Kappei's athletic prowess extends beyond basketball, and he tries out for - and excels at - every sport the school offers. In the first episode, Kappei meets and becomes enamored with Akane Aki, a sweet, pretty girl who is quite athletic herself (she later joins the school's ping-pong team) and signs on as assistant coach of Seirin's basketball team. Much to Kappei's delight, not only is Akane pretty, but she also wears white panties, and Kappei sets his sights on winning her heart. Kappei eventually moves in with Akane and her family after his parents (who are rarely around) leave for the United States. However, Kappei has an unusual rival for Akane's heart - Akane's dog, Seiichiro, who has often fantasized about marrying his owner and, resenting Kappei, immediately seeks to sabotage his relationship with Akane through various tricks. Seiichiro can also speak, although only Kappei can understand him.
Released Oct. 3, 1981
Episode 25 min
None+
Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Ecchi, Anime: Shounen, Anime: Sports, Comedy, Sport
Keywords: imdb.shounen, imdb.white-panties, imdb.basketball, imdb.based-on-manga, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.ecchi, imdb.panties + 16 more, imdb.high-school, imdb.shonen-anime-animation, imdb.little-person, imdb.assistant-coach, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.basketball-player, imdb.female-assistant-coach, imdb.dog, imdb.co-habitation, imdb.boy-and-girl-living-together, imdb.love-interest, imdb.dog-dislikes-owner-s-love-interest, imdb.girl-and-her-dog, imdb.athletic-girl, imdb.student-athlete, imdb.punctuation-in-title
Network: Fuji TV
S1E1 - The Basketball Star
Oct. 4, 1981, midnight
S1E2 - Secret Weapon Akane Shoot!
Oct. 11, 1981, midnight
S1E3 - Spark of Love? Between Dog and Human
Oct. 18, 1981, midnight
S1E4 - A system in order to win
Oct. 25, 1981, midnight
S1E5 - Sports Genius Kappei
Nov. 1, 1981, midnight
S1E6 - Air Basket of Fear!
Nov. 8, 1981, midnight
S1E7 - Seiichiro's Technique at Winning Romantic Love
Nov. 15, 1981, midnight
S1E8 - The Marathon
Nov. 22, 1981, midnight
S1E9 - Naismith Academy
Nov. 29, 1981, midnight
S1E10 - The Appearance of Rival Toudou-Kun!
Dec. 6, 1981, midnight
S1E11 - Kappei's impossible impossible cheating
Dec. 13, 1981, midnight
S1E12 - Daiba's Homicide Shoot!
Dec. 20, 1981, midnight
S1E13 - Eerie! Basketball Ghost vs Kappei
Dec. 27, 1981, midnight
S1E14 - Defeat the Thousand-Armed Goddess of Mercy Shot
Jan. 3, 1982, midnight
S1E15 - Super Secret Technique! Live National Broadcast
Jan. 10, 1982, midnight
S1E16 - Chairman Fuman's Magnificent Crime
Jan. 17, 1982, midnight
S1E17 - Menacing Amazoness Corps
Jan. 24, 1982, midnight
S1E18 - First Movie Appearance! I'm a Star
Jan. 31, 1982, midnight
S1E19 - Kappei's Tearful Intense Weight Loss Training
Feb. 7, 1982, midnight
S1E20 - Hot-Blooded Teacher Appears!
Feb. 14, 1982, midnight
S1E21 - Bird Human Kappei Flies in the Sky
Feb. 21, 1982, midnight
S1E22 - Kappei's Grandpa Makes His Appearance!
Feb. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E23 - The First and Probably the Last! Invitational Championship Tournament
March 7, 1982, midnight
S1E24 - Kappei Is a Remote Control Doll?
March 14, 1982, midnight
S1E25 - Terrifying! Kappei's Past
March 21, 1982, midnight
S1E26 - Odd!? Basketball Without Secret Techniques
March 28, 1982, midnight
S1E27 - Settling the Final Game with Supernatural Powers!
April 4, 1982, midnight
S1E28 - Kappei's Girls' Gymnastics Class
April 11, 1982, midnight
S1E29 - Kappei's Ultra Golf
April 18, 1982, midnight
S1E30 - Playing Ice Hockey for the First Time!
April 25, 1982, midnight
S1E31 - Coach Natsu's Love Fever
May 2, 1982, midnight
S1E32 - Kappei Fairy Tale! The Cinderello Story
May 9, 1982, midnight
S1E33 - A Genius? Kappei Advances to Ping Pong
May 16, 1982, midnight
S1E34 - Muscle Beauty Serika vs Kappei!
May 23, 1982, midnight
S1E35 - Duel! Kappei vs Hippo Gorilla
May 30, 1982, midnight
S1E36 - A Surprise! Akane Joins the Ping Pong Club
June 6, 1982, midnight
S1E37 - The New Ping Pong Club Strikes Back!
June 13, 1982, midnight
S1E38 - Uproar of Laughter! Kappei's Pro-Wrestling Ping Pong
June 20, 1982, midnight
S1E39 - Throbbing Ball vs the Great Four
June 27, 1982, midnight
S1E40 - Fiery Game! Kappei vs. Akane
July 4, 1982, midnight
S1E41 - Mystery? Kappei, the Electric Human
July 11, 1982, midnight
S1E42 - Final Showdown Against Hippo Gorilla
July 18, 1982, midnight
S1E43 - Joe Cocker Makes His First Appearance!
July 25, 1982, midnight
S1E44 - Cocker's Lost Treasure
Aug. 1, 1982, midnight
S1E45 - Terror! Big Bear!
Aug. 8, 1982, midnight
S1E46 - West Side Basketball
Aug. 15, 1982, midnight
S1E47 - Kappei's Space Opera!
Aug. 22, 1982, midnight
S1E48 - Kappei Returns to Aso!
Aug. 29, 1982, midnight
S1E49 - Kappei Sumo! Put Some Spirit into It!
Sept. 5, 1982, midnight
S1E50 - Forcefully Joining the Fencing Club
Sept. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E51 - A New Technique! Clothespins
Aug. 19, 1982, midnight
S1E52 - Grandma Kappepi's Intense Training!
Sept. 26, 1982, midnight
S1E53 - Revealing Kappei's Training Site!
Oct. 3, 1982, midnight
S1E54 - Chess Style Ranking Competition
Oct. 10, 1982, midnight
S1E55 - Invincible! The Jiggly Fencing Technique
Oct. 17, 1982, midnight
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S1E56 - The Werewolf Challenges Me!
Oct. 24, 1982, midnight
S1E57 - Sorcery! Akane's Metamorphosis
Oct. 31, 1982, midnight
S1E58 - Ridiculously Strong! Kappei Versus Robot
Nov. 7, 1982, midnight
S1E59 - Bankruptcy! Seirin High School Is in a Big Pinch
Nov. 14, 1982, midnight
S1E60 - Endurance Competition! Superman Race!
Nov. 21, 1982, midnight
S1E61 - Desperation! Big Unicycle Jump!
Nov. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E62 - Who Is the Winner!
Dec. 5, 1982, midnight
S1E63 - Panicking over the Deadly Death Match
Dec. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E64 - Goodbye, Fallen Heroes!
Dec. 19, 1982, midnight
S1E65 - Kappei Achieves Eternal Fame
Dec. 26, 1982, midnight
Network: Fuji TV
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: Oct. 3, 1981
Last Air Date: Dec. 26, 1982, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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