Harimogu Harley

Japanese Animation (1995-1999) (629 items)
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Harimogu Harley (はりもぐハーリー, Harimogu Hārī, Hedgehog Harley) (also known as Harley Spiny) is a kids anime created by Takashi Murakami and animated by Image K and Studio Junio (Now known as SynergySP) that was originally created to be NHK's answer to the anime series Shimajiro.

Much like Yadamon, Nintama Rantaro (Season 2 onwards) and Ojarumaru, the anime was a series of 10-minute shorts that aired every weekday on NHK (Outside of NHK, this would be 3 segments in one episode). Much like Shounen Ashibe and Crayon Shin-chan, it was actually a seinen/adult manga turned into an anime primarily aimed at children.

The anime originally aired from August 5, 1996, to June 27, 1997, and was cancelled after 2 seasons and 140 episodes due to Image K going bankrupt (Season 1 (Episodes 1–80) aired from August 5, 1996, to November 22, 1996, Season 2 (Episodes 81–140) aired from April 7, 1997, to June 27, 1997). As of February 2018, this anime has now been dubbed in Chinese, Cantonese, Korean and Spanish.