Kaiju Booska

Kaiju Booska
Title card
GenreTokusatsu
Sitcom
Kaiju
Created byTsuburaya Productions
Developed byMasahiro Yamada
Shozo Uehara
Directed byJukichi Takemae
StarringKazue Takahashi
Haruyoshi Nakamura
ComposerKunio Miyauchi
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes47
Production
Running time24 minutes
Original release
NetworkNippon TV (Japan)
ReleaseNovember 9, 1966 (1966-11-09) 
September 27, 1967 (1967-09-27)

Kaiju Booska (快獣ブースカ, Kaijū Būsuka, lit. Cheerful Beast Booska) is a family tokusatsu television series, and the first to feature the friendly monster Booska. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the show aired on Nippon TV from November 9, 1966 to September 27, 1967, with a total of 47 episodes. There was a Booska revival in Japan from 1998 to 2000, when a new season of Booska was released called "Booska! Booska!" (in English).