He was against the idea of the show being aimed towards children and instead wanted it to be aimed towards teenagers, but this did not end up happening. Rodney Greenblat, the art director for the PaRappa games, was asked to design new characters who would appear in the anime. The series was a joint production effort between Fuji TV, SME Visual Works, and J.C.Staff. These include Matt Major, PJ's friend from Club Fun, Paula Fox, Sunny's friend who was rivals with Katy, Pinto, PaRappa's little sister, and Gaster and Groober, a villainous duo who cause all sorts of mischief.ĭuring the production of PaRappa the Rapper 2, Sony wanted to develop a PaRappa anime aimed at children in order to boost merchandise sales. Along with various characters who make returning appearances from the video games, the anime introduces several new characters who are exclusive to the TV series. The series focuses on PaRappa, a cute and happy dog who enjoys music and dancing and often spends time with his friends PJ Berri, Katy Kat, and his love interest, Sunny Funny. Episodes 29 and 30 aired together as a 1-hour special. The series was produced by J.C.Staff and aired in Japan on Fuji TV between April 2001 and January 2002, running for thirty episodes. PaRappa the Rapper ( パラッパラッパー, PaRappa Rappā) is a 2001 Japanese anime television series based on NanaOn-Sha's PaRappa the Rapper video game series created by Masaya Matsuura and Rodney Greenblat.
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