About ten years after the Second World War, a group of juvenile offenders are sent to the Shounan Special Reform School, a kind of juvenile detention center, to deal with the atrocities and injustices they experienced in the war.
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| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Shapes | 1972-09-05 | 15 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 1 | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1979-10-26 | 15 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 2 | How | 1979-10-29 | 15 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 1 | How Do You: Throw | 1980-10-16 | 15 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 2 | Aesops Fables: Disobedient Donkey | 1980-11-24 | 15 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 3 | Aesops Fables: Hare & Tortoise | 1980-11-26 | 15 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 4 | Aesops Fables: The Fox and the Grapes | 1980-12-01 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 1 | Counting 1 | 1981-10-12 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 2 | Counting 2 | 1981-10-14 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 3 | Right | 1981-10-19 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 31 | The Whiners | 1982-01-25 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 32 | The Know-It-Alls | 1982-01-27 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 33 | The Moodies | 1982-02-01 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 34 | Bossy Boots | 1982-02-03 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 35 | Can I | 1982-02-08 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 36 | Must I | 1982-02-10 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 37 | Tricks and Jokes | 1982-02-10 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 38 | Magic | 1982-02-17 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 39 | Juggling and Balancing | 1982-02-17 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 40 | Clowns and Clowning | 1982-02-24 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 41 | Who Saw It | 1982-03-01 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 42 | Who Heard It | 1982-03-03 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 43 | Living Together 1 | 1982-03-08 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 44 | Living Together 2 | 1982-03-10 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 45 | Disguising Your Face | 1982-03-15 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 47 | High in the Sky | 1982-03-22 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 48 | Under the Sea | 1982-03-24 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 49 | In the Ground | 1982-03-29 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 51 | Sardines in a Tin | 1982-04-05 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 52 | Room to Spread | 1982-04-07 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 53 | Fit and Healthy 1 | 1982-04-12 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 57 | Mystery Bag | 1982-04-26 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 58 | Vanishing Box | 1982-04-28 | 15 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 60 | George Won't Ask | 1982-05-05 | 15 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 1 | Blowing | 1983-01-07 | 15 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 2 | Pumping | 1983-01-14 | 15 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 3 | Getting Up Out of Bed | 1983-01-21 | 15 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 4 | Going to Bed | 1983-01-28 | 15 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 5 | Giving | 1983-02-04 | 15 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 6 | Receiving | 1983-02-11 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 1 | Visitors | 1984-01-06 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 2 | Let's Make a Musical | 1984-01-13 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 3 | Geoffrey's Not Well | 1984-01-20 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 4 | Wild Animals | 1984-01-27 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 5 | Lost My Voice | 1984-02-03 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 6 | Bicycles | 1984-02-10 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 7 | Above and Below | 1984-02-17 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 8 | Giants | 1984-02-24 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 9 | Waiting | 1984-03-02 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 10 | Clouds | 1984-03-09 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 11 | Lost My Hearing | 1984-03-16 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 12 | Having a Good Time | 1984-03-23 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 13 | Stars | 1984-03-30 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 14 | Not Enough to Go Round | 1984-04-06 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 15 | Having a Bad Time | 1984-04-13 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 16 | Cooking | 1984-04-27 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 17 | Furniture | 1984-04-17 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 18 | What I Would Like to Be | 1984-05-11 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 32 | Bungle's High and Mighty Day | 1984-08-17 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 34 | Hot Day | 1984-09-07 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 39 | Zippy's Cover-Up Job | 1984-10-12 | 15 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 44 | George's Secret Wish | 1984-12-07 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 1 | I Like Being Me | 1985-01-04 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | Looking Back: Remember When | 1985-01-11 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 3 | Money | 1985-01-18 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 4 | Why Worry | 1985-01-25 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 5 | Music 6 | 1985-02-01 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 6 | The Saver | 1985-02-08 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 7 | Fruits | 1985-02-15 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 8 | Paste and Wax | 1985-02-22 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 47 | The Singing Lesson | 1985-12-06 | 15 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 48 | Zippy is Tongue Tied | 1985-12-13 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 1 | Puff and Blow | 1986-01-10 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 2 | Packaging | 1986-01-17 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 3 | Feet | 1986-01-24 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 4 | Communication 1 | 1986-01-31 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 5 | Wool | 1986-02-07 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 6 | General Farm: Eggs | 1986-02-14 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 7 | Discovery | 1986-02-21 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 8 | Bungle's Pretend Friend | 1986-02-28 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 9 | Puzzles and Games | 1986-03-06 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 10 | Sounds | 1986-03-14 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 11 | King for a Day | 1986-03-21 | 15 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 12 | The Show-Offs | 1986-04-04 | 15 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 1 | Keeping the Peace | 1987-01-09 | 15 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 2 | Creativity | 1987-01-16 | 15 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 3 | Highwayman | 1987-01-23 | 15 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 4 | How? | 1987-01-30 | 15 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 5 | Machines | 1987-02-06 | 15 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 6 | Family Ties | 1987-02-13 | 15 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 26 | Ugly Duckling | 1987-07-17 | 15 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 37 | Sensitivity | 1987-09-29 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 1 | Noah's Ark | 1988-01-05 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 2 | Water | 1988-01-12 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 3 | Counting On | 1988-01-19 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 4 | Counting Back | 1988-01-26 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 5 | Sharing Out | 1988-02-02 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 6 | Social Behaviour: Self | 1988-02-09 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 7 | Social Behaviour: Others | 1988-02-16 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 8 | Social Behaviour: Group | 1988-02-23 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 9 | Music A | 1988-03-01 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 10 | Music B | 1988-03-08 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 11 | Music C | 1988-03-22 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 12 | Learning About Ourselves: Physical Differences | 1988-03-29 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 13 | Emotions | 1988-04-05 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 14 | Learning About Ourselves: Interaction | 1988-04-12 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 15 | Wide and Narrow | 1988-04-19 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 16 | Large and Small | 1988-04-26 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 29 | Zippy's in Love | 1988-07-26 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 30 | Lions and Tigers | 1988-08-02 | 15 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 51 | Sympathy | 1989-01-27 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 1 | Family Get Together | 1989-09-08 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 2 | Bungling Bungle | 1989-09-15 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 3 | Rejected/Neglected | 1989-09-22 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 4 | Family in the Garden | 1989-09-29 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 5 | Geoffrey Babysits | 1989-10-06 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 6 | Neighbours | 1989-10-13 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 7 | Misbehaving | 1989-10-20 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 8 | Zipman and Bobbin | 1989-10-27 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 9 | Zippy Wants to Be a Comedian | 1989-11-03 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 10 | Worried/Weary | 1989-11-10 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 11 | Our Common Land | 1989-11-17 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 12 | Time/Space | 1989-11-24 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 13 | Night Out | 1989-12-01 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 15 | Same/Different | 1989-12-15 | 15 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 17 | Super Bungle | 1990-01-12 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 1 | Planting Seeds | 1990-08-31 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 2 | Friends | 1990-09-07 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 3 | The Wall | 1990-09-14 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 4 | Keeping Tidy | 1990-09-21 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 5 | Changes | 1990-09-28 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 6 | Things Aren't Always What They Seem | 1990-10-05 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 7 | How Does Your Garden Grow | 1990-10-12 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 8 | Streets | 1990-10-19 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 9 | Kitchen Art | 1990-10-26 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 10 | Sports Day 2 | 1990-11-02 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 11 | Safari Park | 1990-11-09 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 12 | Shops | 1990-11-16 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 13 | Going Places | 1990-11-23 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 14 | Why Did You Do That? | 1990-11-30 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 15 | Time | 1990-12-07 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 16 | New for Old | 1990-12-14 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 17 | Chitter Chatter | 1990-12-21 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 18 | A Lazy Day | 1991-01-11 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 19 | Exercise is Fun | 1991-01-25 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 20 | Playing the Game | 1991-02-01 | 15 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 21 | Who Done It | 1991-02-08 | 15 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 7 | I'm the King of the Castle | 1991-10-25 | 15 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 12 | Zippy Sets Them Up | 1991-11-29 | 15 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 14 | Snow | 1991-12-13 | 15 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 15 | Treasure Hunt | 1991-12-20 | 15 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 16 | The Zippybread Man | 1991-12-10 | 15 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 19 | Getting Organised | 1992-01-31 | 15 min |
| Season 21 | Episode 1 | At the End of the Rainbow | 1992-12-24 | 15 min |
| Sound | Masato | Theme Song Performance |
| Writing | Hideo Takayashiki | Series Composition |
| Visual Effects | Ai Kikuchi | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yoshinori Horikawa | Color Designer |
| Sound | Yu Takami | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Hiroshi Koujina | Series Director |
