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Chibi Maruko-chan's 1,000th Episode to Air in February
posted on by Egan Loo
The family television anime series Momoko Sakura is celebrating the occasion by scripting the 1,000th anime episode herself. (The manga celebrated its 25th anniversary last year.) "Watashi no Umareta Hi" (The Day I Was Born) will be a one-hour special about the birth of the title schoolgirl.
Kadokawa Magazines' The Television Web site posted two images from the episode.
Anime episode counts differ, depending on how the numbers are tallied; another Kadokawa publication, Newtype, will list the February 12 episode as No. 845 since it is part of the second Chibi Maruko-chan anime series that premiered in 1995. The first series ran from 1990 to 1992.
Naruto Shippūden will then run on February 9.
Source: The Television Web
Image © Nippon Animation
Update: The longest-running American animated television series, The Simpsons, will mark its 500th episode next month.
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