Monchhichis (TV series)
| Monchhichis | |
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| Genre | |
| Based on | Monchhichis by Yoshiharu Washino |
| Directed by | |
| Voices of |
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| Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Opening theme | "Monchhichis" |
| Ending theme | "Monchhichis" (Instrumental) |
| Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producers |
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| Editor | Gil Iverson |
| Running time | 22 minutes approx. |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 10 – December 3, 1983 |
Monchhichis is an American animated series based on the stuffed toy line of dolls, released by the Japanese company Sekiguchi Corporation. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, it premiered on ABC on September 10, 1983 as part of The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show, replacing Pac-Man (which had by then been given its own half-hour time slot) from the previous season.
The series aired as part of a package show with The Little Rascals and Richie Rich through the end of 1983, but as early as January 7, 1984, because of lower-than-anticipated ratings, the package show was split up into two separate half-hour shows - Monchhchis moved to 8:00 a.m. ET, switching slots with The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (which aired initially at 11:30 a.m. ET), the latter of which would move to 9:00 a.m. ET and The Little Rascals and Richie Rich remained in the 8:30 a.m. ET slot, as a downgraded package series The Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show for the remainder of the 1983-84 season.
The half-hour episodes were later re-aired as part of the USA Cartoon Express during the late 1980s.