History Literature / Anpanman

* TemporaryLoveInterest: Baikinman has them quite a lot, and even if the character returns, he seems to forget what happened in the last episode. Or it was a very quick crush he got over. Of course, in a show like this which can still exist for 20 more years, they want to leave the possibilities for romance open to any character. It is plausible no one will get together eventually and [[{{Shipping}} one has to]] [[ShippingGoggles figure out alone]].

** The show mostly has 2-eleven minute episodes, but they would have a double length episode. As of 2022, there are 120-22 minute episodes.
** There were 3 episodes that were part of the show's episode numbering that were almost an hour long; "Missing Uncle Jam" (250), "Anpanman and Pirate Lobster" (398-399) and "Anpanman and the Black Christmas" (408). "Anpanman and Pirate Lobster" was actually a two-parter that was put together as one longer episode.

* [[Kimodameshi]]: Episode 627b "Anpanman and the Wolf Ghost" has Creampanda and some of the children going out at night in the forest to see how long they can last without being arfaid. They encountered Chibi Okami when they saw his glowing eyes and think he's the wold ghost of the forest.

* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: In some of the recent edutainment specials, it will end with the characters doing something to remind the aduiance what they should do (ie, wash your mouth and face before going out, different ways to say certain ways in both English and Japanese).

* TohokuRegionalAccent: Kamameshidon, complementing Tendonman's archaic Edo speech and Katsudonman's frequent Anglicisms.

** There were 3 episodes that were part of the show's episode numbering that were almost an hour long; "Missing Uncle Jam" (250), "Anpanman and Pirate Lobster" (398-399) and "Anpanman and the Black Christmas" (408). "Anpanman and Pirate Lobster" was actually a two-parter that was put togther as one longer episode.

At last count, he had well over 100, translating to three or four books per year during that span -- and that's not counting his ''other'' works. He also penned a monthly manga (1976-1982) and a Sunday newspaper comic strip (1990-1994, partially reproduced in 3 volumes with parallel English translation). The television series, called ''Soreike! Anpanman'' (それいけ！アンパンマン, "Go! Anpanman"), has been on the air in Japan since 1988 and has no sign of slowing down, with over 1,000 episodes, 25 theatrical films, and numerous {{Edutainment}} {{OVA}}s (as of 2013). The show has well over 1,500 characters and has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. Heavily merchandised, the ''Anpanman'' characters appear on virtually every imaginable children's product, including clothes, video games, toys and snack foods. Though famous in its country of origin and even having a museum (or several) of its own, the series is not well-known outside Asia and the Middle East, though that might be about to change with Creator/{{Tubi}}'s [[https://deadline.com/2020/06/tubi-unveils-new-library-content-including-lego-masters-garfield-anpanman-movies-more-at-virtual-newfront-1202966284/ release of six of the franchise's movies]].

** The show mostly has 2-eleven mintue episodes, but they would have a double length episode. As of 2022, there are 120-22 mintue episodes.

* GratuitousPrincess: The tv series and almost every movie has them, and they are almost all human(-looking).

** There were 3 episodes that were part of the show's episode numbering that were almost an hour long; "Missing Uncle Jam" (250), "Anpanman and Pirate Lobster" (398-399) and "Anpanman and Black Christmas" (408). "Anpanman and Pirate Lobster" was actually a two-parter that was put togther as one longer episode.

* Melonpanna (メロンパンナ): [[TheChick The lone female]] among the main heroes, whose head is melonpan. Her powers are not offensive like the males; instead, her "Mero-Mero Punch"[[note]]''"mero-mero" is an onomatopoeia meaning to swoon with love for something''[[/note]] causes her opponents to be filled (temporarily) with feelings of love.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7WnpI4Q33U Hindi dub intro]] is like this.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7WnpI4Q33U ) Hindi dub intro]] is like this.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7WnpI4Q33U | Hindi dub intro] is like this.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Invoked regarding the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50-Foot Whatevers]] Anpanman fights at the climaxes of the movies, being overpowered, unreasonable creatures that want nothing but to lay waste to the world. Since Anpanman ''must'' kill them, the writers make them either [[EmptyShell soulless husks with no personality]], or [[HateSink utter assholes with no redeemable traits]],, so the viewers won't question Anpanman's morals.

* SameContentDifferentRating: The ''Anpanman'' franchise is a G-rated franchise in Japan, but when the most of the films between 2005 to 2019 were dubbed into English an Latin America, some of the ratings were different. Some of the movies such as 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012 were rated as PG, despite those movie not having any changes. The 2014 film ''Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope'' was originally rated as this when it was released, but was changed to G after the rest of the films were put on Tubi. This also applies to the Latin American dubs, though the 2014 film "Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope is rated TV-PG as it was with the English dub.

** Dokinchan's age is vague due to how she has a younger sister Kokinchn, who can be at least elementary school.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Invoked regarding the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50-Foot Whatevers]] Anpanman fights at the climaxes of the movies, being overpowered, unreasonable creatures that want nothing but to lay waste to the world. Since Anpanman ''must'' kill them, the writers make them either [[FlatCharacter blank slates]] or [[HateSink pieces of shit]], so the viewers won't question Anpanman's morals: they're either [[EmptyShell soulless husks with no personality]], or [[HateSink utter assholes with no redeemable traits]], so you won't care if Anpanman kills them.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In the original ending of episode 322b "Shokupanman and Horrorman", Horrorman disguised as Shokupanman tries to get away by pretending to be Shokupanman's reflection until the jig is up. Baikinman wears a Shokupanman mask to trick the heroes until the real Shokupanman catches Baikinman and punches him to far away. Meanwhile, Dokinchan sees Horrorman and thinks it's Shokupanman until his makeup is off after eating the cake she made for the hero, and kicks Horrorman after discovering the truth. The children's book version of the changes this to just Horrorman running out ofthe bakery until the heroes find Horrorman taking off his disguise, Shokupanman punching Baikinman off to the sky and Horrorman apoligizing for his actions.

* WidgetSeries: Due to being based almost entirely on Japanese foodstuffs. It was [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs especially trippy]] in its early years, but it is now merely weird.