Superbook, an oldtime Christian anime

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:35 pm

Ah yes, the notorious second series... I haven't really seen any of that. Thanks for answering the questions.

Gizmo... sheesh. A little creativity wouldn't hurt anybody, would it?

Postby **Ashley** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:47 pm

Aw, come on UC. Don't diss Gizmo. He was pretty cool for his day.

I remember watching superbook in chapel ever wednesday of third grade...wow...memories, sweet memories...

Postby **Solid Ronin** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 4:03 pm

uc pseudonym wrote:Gizmo... sheesh. A little creativity wouldn't hurt anybody, would it?

Ya never know

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 4:48 pm

Hey, I'm not knocking our robot buddy, just his name. Gizmo was actually the coolest character in the show (not counting Jesus...). On occasion he has lines that were relatively creative, for the time. And I actually hadn't heard:

Chris: We're in the middle of nowhere!
Gizmo: Illogical. One must be somewhere to be in the middle.

Postby **shooraijin** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 9:31 am

Bumped (for the other Superbook thread merge).

Postby **EKmisao** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:39 pm

Yeah, I liked Gizmo too. I actually liked Flying House more, especially the nice treatment for all those parables. And I so liked the Professor!

EK 8 )

Postby **Raiden no Kishi** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:32 pm

Ah yes. My first anime. I loved Gizmo. I had a video with a story about Saul of Tarsus' conversion and Jesus' betrayal. In the Saul/Paul episode, my favorite part was when there was a burning building, and Gizmo tried to put it out with his water gun. his line was really funny, I wonder if I can remember it..

Gizmo: I will put it out with my water gun. :squirt squirt:: Oh no, I'm dry. Help, save me!

I wish I had seen more of the series...

RnK

Postby **Street** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:07 pm

hmmm Well, just joined so sorry for reviving an Old Topic. But This is what drove me to this site. I remember this anime when I was a kid, I never got to see the flying house which i'd like. Well I have tracked down the VHS tapes but..... I don't really want VHS format. Are there ANY DVD's in planning? Who was the publishers of the VHS tapes? Hopefully I could email them or something. I been really wanting to get these on disc format.

Postby **Ssjjvash** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:24 pm

WOO-HOO!!!!!! a Superbook thread!!! I watched like every single episode a million times! lol, not really.

I liked the lil' kid, Uriah, and Gizmo of course. I think that's it anyway.

:thumbsup:

Postby **Bobtheduck** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 5:34 am

Superbook was my first anime, and I didn't even know what anime was... A lot of people that think anime is all porn would be shocked to know that superbook was anime...

I have looked, to no avail, for the show in Japanese... It's probably not gonna happen... CBN hold the rights to any version shown in the US, and Pat Robertson has no interest in nnime fans...

Postby **Bokushi_Ash** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 6:33 am

Hey I didn't know Superbook was an anime. I was only like 4 so I really don't remember all that much about it. I do remember Gizmo, but I don't think I liked him...
I didn't think the Japanese were into that sorta thing. I know that only about .07 (maybe more since I last checked *hopes*) so I can't imagine it being very popular there.

Postby **Street** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:01 am

the christian population in japan is about 1% it's really low.
In anycase, yeah I was surpised to learn it was an Anime because then that truly makes it the first anime I ever watched.

I didn't like the robot but i like the boy and the girl.

Postby **CAAOutkast** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:38 am

I've never seen 'Superbook',but I did catch 'The Flying House' on the Word Network It was too kiddy for my tastes. I do watch 'In The Begining' some times though. that show can be seen on EWTN.

Steve

Postby **lightningp** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:10 pm

In the Beginning is to me more "Shojo anime-ish" than Superbook. If you saw Superbook and Flying House they use the same anime style as Speed Racer.

But I saw a few eps of In the Beginning esp. the one showing the birth of Christ.

Two words...
Shojo Baby Jesus and Mary!

Now that is awesome!

I can't wait when they get into that Moses episode on there though...I like how he is styled as well.

My only complant of In The Beginning is they messed up the opening titles yet the left the end ones like it is. Chessy video edit software effects BAAAAAAAAAAAD!

Ok now I finished my rant, back to Superbook. The thing I liked was the first season of Superbook. When that second season with the better theme song and having computerized everything, they should has lost Uri, the little boy. He slowed everyone down and got everyone in trouble. Still I may make some SB fan art with the characters as adults. I envisioned the other boy, the main character since he has the hair I think I may model him from Cyborg 009. It may look cool though.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:12 am

That'd be very interesting to see.

Meanwhile, is In The Beginning a newer anime? I believe I've heard a moderate amount about it, but I can't place it in my mind.

Postby **Street** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 6:12 pm

http://www.breakthroughgaming.com/anime.shtml has made a petition to put both Superbook and Flying house on DVD. Although Petitions usually are rather worthless, I'd like for some people to sign it.

Postby **Fireproof** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:07 pm

I own the Easter tape, and my church has about five of the other tapes in its library. Good show, my first anime. Overall, a thumps up! If only I could get it on DVD. That would be sweet! :grin:

Postby **Neosevangel** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:08 am

I remember some of the Flying House.

Postby **wizard55** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:46 pm

I just had to register here when i found this thread! I recently started Watching The Flying House on EWTN in the mornings. its pretty neat for a old kids oriented bible anime..lol. I also tracked down 1 vhs tape of Superbook and I didnt like this anime very much but its o.k. I have been going The Flying House crazy, searching for as much information as I could and I am dieing to see the show in the original japanese subbed or raw, or a clip of the original opening or ending. I found this site. http://www.geocities.com/iwantmybook and the lady on here says she found a load of Flying House information but she hasnt updated and I dont know where to join her Superbook/Flying House mailing list. sorry for bringing this older topic back but Its great to see more flyinghouse/superbook fans out there and I just wanted to let people know if they find any japanese videos or clips or music of The Flying House or Superbook please please post it here! I would also love to see the original japanese script and how much was re-written of this. and I would love to see any edits made. long live superbook and the flying house! lol, I have added most of my information i have found to the flying house section at this site http://www.animenewsnetwork.com the rarest items i have found so far are a cd or something of Superbook on yahoo japan auctions, a japanese coloring book of The Flying House, and some vhs covers/artwork from The Flying House.

Postby **Blitzkrieg1701** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:29 am

I stumbled onto a copy fo the first Flying House Tape a month or two ago. Good times indeed. :jump:

I actually liked Flying House better than Superbook back in the day, mainly because it had more continuous story... and the whole sci-fi element of a time traveling house (what can I say? Even in preschool I was a geek)

As for In The Beginning, what I've seen of it was NOT very impressive. I appreciated the faithfulness the script showed to the original source, though. For example, not only did its David and Goliath episode include the oft-ignored eliment of David taking off Goliath's head (Well, the folks at the catholic channel did some very sloppy editing, but that just made it clearer that it was there), but that was actually only half of the show. It went straight into Saul's jelousy and downfall (not the forced happy note that most kid's addaptations stop at) That said, the production values were AWFUL. I mean, the art is only abut half a step above Duel Masters level. It doesn't help that the dub is honestly one of te worst I've EVER heard. I mean, teenage David had the speaking voice of a thirty year old, and the singing voice of a twelve year old.

I'm intrigued hearing you guys talking about a faithful anime adaptation of the Old Testament, though. I was taking a class of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles this summer and couldn't help thinking "Man, if someone did a show depicting all this as it's actually written insted of boiling it down to old sunday school lessons, it'd be awsome"

Postby **shadowblade** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:14 pm

I remember watching Superbook when I was little!

I have most of the series, I think I'm only missing a few tapes. Never heard of Flying House though.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:23 pm

Blitzkrieg1701 wrote:I'm intrigued hearing you guys talking about a faithful anime adaptation of the Old Testament, though. I was taking a class of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles this summer and couldn't help thinking "Man, if someone did a show depicting all this as it's actually written insted of boiling it down to old sunday school lessons, it'd be awsome"

As I said before, it would be very interesting to see the rating on it.

But (I hope that I do not repeat myself from nearly a year ago) I would be very interested in seeing such a thing. For that matter, if it was anime, why couldn't it actually have decent fight coreography? There is a great deal of violence in the Old Testament that would make for an interesting show, even if you were not Christian.

I am particularly thinking of Samson... can anyone say Xaio Xaio?

Postby **GhostontheNet** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:23 pm

Bobtheduck wrote:In my opinion... Maybe it's because the Old Testament makes for better action stories... So, for the NT stuff, they had to make up more to fill in Gaps and keep people's attention...

Although not quite related to this Anime (I wouldn't know about it, as I've only been a Christian a couple of years, and didn't have much knowledge of the Bible), I think the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles would make for a better movie if you fleshed out the other characters and scenes (first century Judea for example) using external sources like Jospephus and Philo. For example, besides the accounts of the events of the crucifiction of Christ, the only data you get about Pontius Pilate is a one-liner insult about his cruelty]"Moreover, I have it in my power to relate one act of ambition on his part, though I suffered an infinite number of evils when he was alive; but nevertheless the truth is considered dear, and much to be honoured by you. Pilate was one of the emperor's lieutenants, having been appointed governor of Judaea. He, not more with the object of doing honour to Tiberius than with that of vexing the multitude, dedicated some gilt shields in the palace of Herod, in the holy city; which had no form nor any other forbidden thing represented on them except some necessary inscription, which mentioned these two facts, the name of the person who had placed them there, and the person in whose honour they were so placed there. But when the multitude heard what had been done, and when the circumstance became notorious, then the people, putting forward the four sons of the king, who were in no respect inferior to the kings themselves, in fortune or in rank, and his other descendants, and those magistrates who were among them at the time, entreated him to alter and to rectify the innovation which he had committed in respect of the shields; and not to make any alteration in their national customs, which had hitherto been preserved without any interruption, without being in the least degree changed by any king of emperor. "But when he steadfastly refused this petition (for he was a man of a very inflexible disposition, and very merciless as well as very obstinate), they cried out: 'Do not cause a sedition; do not make war upon us; do not destroy the peace which exists. The honour of the emperor is not identical with dishonour to the ancient laws; let it not be to you a pretence for heaping insult on our nation. Tiberius is not desirous that any of our laws or customs shall be destroyed. And if you yourself say that he is, show us either some command from him, or some letter, or something of the kind, that we, who have been sent to you as ambassadors, may cease to trouble you, and may address our supplications to your master.' "But this last sentence exasperated him in the greatest possible degree, as he feared least they might in reality go on an embassy to the emperor, and might impeach him with respect to other particulars of his government, in respect of his corruption, and his acts of insolence, and his rapine, and his habit of insulting people, and his cruelty, and his continual murders of people untried and uncondemned, and his never ending, and gratuitous, and most grievous inhumanity. Therefore, being exceedingly angry, and being at all times a man of most ferocious passions, he was in great perplexity, neither venturing to take down what he had once set up, nor wishing to do any thing which could be acceptable to his subjects, and at the same time being sufficiently acquainted with the firmness of Tiberius on these points. And those who were in power in our nation, seeing this, and perceiving that he was inclined to change his mind as to what he had done, but that he was not willing to be thought to do so, wrote a most supplicatory letter to Tiberius. And he, when he had read it, what did he say of Pilate, and what threats did he utter against him! But it is beside our purpose at present to relate to you how very angry he was, although he was not very liable to sudden anger; since the facts speak for themselves; for immediately, without putting any thing off till the next day, he wrote a letter, reproaching and reviling him in the most bitter manner for his act of unprecedented audacity and wickedness, and commanding him immediately to take down the shields and to convey them away from the metropolis of Judaea to Caesarea, on the sea which had been named Caesarea Augusta, after his grandfather, in order that they might be set up in the temple of Augustus. And accordingly, they were set up in that edifice. And in this way he provided for two matters: both for the honour due to the emperor, and for the preservation of the ancient customs of the city.[/QUOTE] This would fit seemlessly in the Gospels, when they threaten Pilate's efforts to release Yeshua Christ with

John 19:12 wrote:From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar."

In other words, they will send an embassy to the already ticked off Tiberius stating that he refused to execute an opposer of Caesar who claimed to be king, and while they're at it they just might inform him of all his other abominable crimes and misjustices. I would have the Pilate that steals from the Temple treasury to "bring a current of water to Jerusalem", and when indignant but unarmed Jews protest this, he has them slaughtered by his pre-stationed soldiers armed with daggers (Josephus, Antiquities 18:3:2, notably just before his famous passage about Yeshua Christ in 18:3:3). I would also do something similar with the Herods, who play an even more prominent role in the Gospels. And on the flip side of the coin, you would have those of "the fourth philosophy" (to use Josephus' description), who "have an ininviolable attatchment to liberty; and say that God is to be their only Ruler and Lord" (Josephus, Antiquities 18:2:6), and to accomplish this ideal take to violent efforts at revolution. And through it all comes Rabbi Yeshua, a "prophet mighty in word and deed" (Luke 24:19), who enacts mighty works over nature and against the satan, and announces that at last that the kingdom of God, that anxiously waited hope of Israel, has arrived. Whose total message, although nonviolent and quite the opposite, has earned Him opposition from a number of fronts, often violent. And if the nation does not accept His way of peace and life, it will mean disaster for the nation both in this life and the next (Luke 19:41-44, Matthew 8:10-13 for example).

Postby **wizard55** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:34 pm

*pictures kungfu version of the bible*...cool!!! lol

here are some pictures of some japanese flying house merchandise I found listed on yahoo auctions and around the net.

- Some kind of Flying House coloring book
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/wizard55/flyinghouse.jpg

- A Flying House CD/Record
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/wizard55/flyinghousecd.jpg

- A flying house manga???
http://aby.hp.infoseek.co.jp/abook-tondera.jpg

- One of the The Flying House japanse vhs tapes I believe
http://wings.gospeljapan.com/cgi-bin/webshop/image/49340.jpg

*cries* I know places to get them The Flying House in Japanese its just dont know japanese so its like impossible for me to buy them..*cries again*
seriously, if anime can help find files online or be able to buy me a japanese vhs of the show and send it to me or something i would go crazy and worship you!! well, sorta..lol.

Postby **Blitzkrieg1701** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 11:09 am

Me, I'd love to have a little action figure version of S.I.R. or a toy version of the House itself. Oh, if only...

Postby **wizard55** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 8:02 pm

Blitzkrieg1701 wrote:Me, I'd love to have a little action figure version of S.I.R. or a toy version of the House itself. Oh, if only...

yeah that would be cool, lol. i guess this show wasnt popular enough for any american merchandise at all. heres some more stuff i have found of these series for you guys to look at.

Superbook English opening
http://www.soundamerica.com/sounds/themes/Cartoons/R-S/superbk1.wav

The Flying House English opening
http://www.soundamerica.com/sounds/themes/Cartoons/F/flyhous1.wav

Some kind of Flying House production sketch or soemthing??
http://www.alpha-net.ne.jp/users2/bebop/th.gif

Japanese Flying House Logo
http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~life-y/catalog/06-vtr/vtr100-100/tondera.jpg

superbook cd??
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/1140239501/imge/oyako_1981.jpg

Superbook japanese VHS
http://wings.gospeljapan.com/cgi-bin/webshop/image/49339.jpg

*goes off to search for more flying house/superbook info*

Postby **Key_blade** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 7:34 am

oooooh I remember watching those when I was real little!!!! :dance:

Actually, I think I still have a Superbook movie...somewheres....

Postby **Godly Paladin** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 7:54 am

It's sad...when my friends hear "anime" they think of Superbook... Needless to say my friends aren't anime fans.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:27 pm

Godly Paladin wrote:It's sad...when my friends hear "anime" they think of Superbook... Needless to say my friends aren't anime fans.

Well, at the very least you can give thanks that your situation could be far worse.

I agree with GhostontheNet, but I am personally still set on Old Testament stories being brought to an animated form due to generally higher levels of action. Ideologically, I would go with the New Testament.

Postby **Madeline** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 7:39 pm

SUPERBOOK!!! ^_______^ *hugs Superbook*
People say it's dumb now

But I haven't seen it in a LONG time so I wouldn't know...
All I have is vague memories of it...my mom taped it before I was born so I could watch it because she thought it was cool. My mom wouldn't let me watch Sailor Moon (go her! :jump:

) and we didn't have cable anyway so I watched that...ALOT...I remember one of the characters, I think...one of them had kind of spiky brown hair and a white shirt with red sleeves? Oh, wait, alot of them looked like that :sweat:

And that is where my love of anime came from. :grin:

I was destined to be an otaku! ^_________^

WOW, that music really brought back memories!!!

Ah, Chris wasn't wearing a red-ish shirt, he was wearing a blue jacket ^^;;
See wat a great memory I have! ._____.

Superbook, an oldtime Christian anime

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