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| 01 | "Out to Sea, To Adventure!"
Transliteration: "Bōkenda umi e deyou!" (Japanese: 冒険だ海へ出よう!) | April 7, 1975 (1975-04-07) |
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Tired of going hungry and being hunted, Gamba and Bōbo head to the harbor. Chūta, a wounded mouse has escaped from the notorious Noroi and only Gamba is willing to help him get back to Dreamer Island. Later he is joined by Bōbo, Yoisho, Gakusha, Shijin and Ikasama. |
| 02 | "Gamba Goes Nuts Onboard"
Transliteration: "Ganba, Fune de dai abare" (Japanese: ガンバ、船で大暴れ) | April 14, 1975 (1975-04-14) |
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Gamba and Bōbo have trouble adjusting to the ship's rocking and become seasick. Chūta briefs the mouse crew about the carnage at the claws of the Noroi Clan, decimating his people that he needed to find the bravest of mice to combat the evil clan. |
| 03 | "Mission: Save Chūta!"
Transliteration: "Chūta o sukue! Dai sakusen" (Japanese: 忠太を救え! 大作戦) | April 21, 1975 (1975-04-21) |
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With Chūta's condition worsening, Gamba and Bōbo with help from Ikasama procure some antibiotics, battling with an angry mouse gang and avoiding a vicious cat on the way. The three mice barely make it back to the departing ship, but Chūta is shortly cured. |
| 04 | "Battered by a Storm"
Transliteration: "Arashi ni yara rete mettameta" (Japanese: 嵐にやられてメッタメタ) | April 28, 1975 (1975-04-28) |
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After the mice rescue Chūta from a cage trap, the ship soon gets caught in a storm. With the ship rapidly sinking, the mice are forced to jump overboard and swim away. Bobo is separated from the others, but they find him in a crate of apples. |
| 05 | "What Awaits on Battleship Island?"
Transliteration: "Nani ga tobidasu? Gunkantō" (Japanese: なにが飛び出す? 軍艦島) | May 5, 1975 (1975-05-05) |
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Gamba and his friends are stranded on a rusty battleship with a Grouper guarding the only food source. After an exhausting day, Gamba lures the grouper away to the seagulls, allowing the mice to eat and finish Gakusha's new submarine invention. |
| 06 | "Fun, Fun Diving"
Transliteration: "Tanoshī tanoshī sensuikan" (Japanese: たのしいたのしい潜水艦) | May 12, 1975 (1975-05-12) |
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While the submarine heads south, Yoisho tells the mice about his deadly encounter with Noroi, which cost him his right eye and was rescued by Gakusha. After a run in with a whale, the mice are shipwrecked on a rock spire. They swim their way to a nearby island. |
| 07 | "Scary, Scary Black Shadow"
Transliteration: "Bukimi na bukimi na kuroi kage" (Japanese: ぶきみなぶきみな黒い影) | May 19, 1975 (1975-05-19) |
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As the mice begin to settle on the island, they are attacked by a shadow creature. The squirrels Creek and Iena tell them about the black fox Zakuri. Seeing the squirrels' situation similar to Chūta's, the mice decide to combat Zakuri. |
| 08 | "Bōbo's First Love"
Transliteration: "Bōbo ga hajimete koi o shita" (Japanese: ボーボが初めて恋をした) | May 26, 1975 (1975-05-26) |
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After the mice narrowly escape Zakuri's trap, Creek is angered that the mice's actions have gotten two squirrels killed by Zakuri. Bōbo has developed a crush on Iena, but after she is taken by Zakuri, the mice and squirrels are determined to deal with Zakuri for good. |
| 09 | "Difficult Battle With the Black Fox"
Transliteration: "Kuro gitsune to no kurushī tatakai" (Japanese: 黒ギツネとの苦しい戦い) | June 2, 1975 (1975-06-02) |
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The mice and squirrels pursue Zakuri, but they lose him. Ikasama learns the location of Zakuri's lair. As Bōbo lures Zakuri away, Creek rescues Iena. During a chase, Zakuri fatally wounds Creek, but he retaliates by skewering the black fox dead with a sharp stick. |
| 10 | "Seven Split Boards Going Their Separate Ways"
Transliteration: "Kajitte wakareta nanatsu no ikada" (Japanese: かじって別れた七つのイカダ) | June 9, 1975 (1975-06-09) |
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The mice are relaxing in the ocean, until an oil tanker runs into them, losing Gamba who gets paralysed from a sprained tail. After a brief fight, the mice decide to look for Gamba by themselves. Gamba is rescued by a dolphin and the mice happily reunite at Tengu Rock. |
| 11 | "After Toragorō, The Swindler!"
Transliteration: "Petenshi Toragorō o oe!" (Japanese: ぺてん師トラゴローを追え!) | June 16, 1975 (1975-06-16) |
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The mice are joined by a mouse named Toragorō, who wants to rejoin his family. Toragorō almost gets the mice killed, but then discovers that his family left him behind. Seeing how depressed he is, the mice forgive him and renew his ambition to look for his loved ones. |
| 12 | "A Party, A Fight, An Uproar"
Transliteration: "Matsurida kenkada ōsōdō" (Japanese: 祭りだ 喧嘩だ 大騒動) | June 23, 1975 (1975-06-23) |
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The mice enter a town and are soon in the middle of a human festival. They all have fun except for Chūta, who wishes to return home. Chūta and Shijin are cornered by stray dogs, but their friends send the pack right into a crowd of humans. |
| 13 | "Special Training!! Operation Moo-moo"
Transliteration: "Tokkun!! Mōmō dai sakusen" (Japanese: 特訓!!モーモー大作戦) | June 30, 1975 (1975-06-30) |
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The mice have a hard climb up the hills. In a field, they practice they fighting and stealth skills on a cow, with Gamba ultimately defeating it. Gamba lets his pride get to his head and puts himself and some of his friends in danger. |
| 14 | "Attack of a Pack of Hunting Dogs"
Transliteration: "Osoikakaru ryōken no mure" (Japanese: 襲いかかる猟犬の群れ) | July 7, 1975 (1975-07-07) |
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After surviving a tornado, Gamba and his friends are met by a lost young rabbit Pyon. They are pursued by a hunter and his dogs and Pyon is captured. The mice rescue Pyon and bring him home, before resuming their journey. |
| 15 | "Gamba Kidnapped by an Eagle"
Transliteration: "Taka ni sarawa reta Ganba" (Japanese: 鷹にさらわれたガンバ) | July 14, 1975 (1975-07-14) |
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After the mice scale Crow's Peak, Gamba is captured by an eagle. Gamba escapes, but sustains weakening injuries. A lonely mountaineer helps him to recuperate, allowing Gamba to continue his climb. |
| 16 | "Climbing Formidable Crow Peak!"
Transliteration: "Ma no karasu-dake o nobore!" (Japanese: 魔のカラス岳を登れ!) | July 21, 1975 (1975-07-21) |
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Bobo, Ikasama and Chuta are attacked by a murder of crows, while Yoisho, Shijin and Gakusha are caught in an avalanche. Gamba comes to their rescue. Reunited, the seven mice finally reach the top of Crow's Peak. |
| 17 | "Run, Run, For the Weasel is Near"
Transliteration: "Hashire, hashire, Noroi wa chikai" (Japanese: 走れ走れノロイは近い) | July 28, 1975 (1975-07-28) |
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On their descent from Crow's peak, the mice take it in turns to be group leader. When Bobo gets caught by a speeding train, they learn to work together and are able to rescue him and reach the coast. |
| 18 | "Curious, Fat Mice"
Transliteration: "Kimyōna futotta nezumi-tachi" (Japanese: 奇妙なふとったネズミたち) | August 4, 1975 (1975-08-04) |
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The mice get some grain from a takakura, which is inhabited by large mice, who are revealed to be hiding in fear from Noroi. The large mice regain their courage when their leader Ichirou kills a ferocious cat to save Gamba. |
| 19 | "Streaked Shearwater Sinking in Darkness"
Transliteration: "Yami ni hisomu oomizunagi tori" (Japanese: 闇に潜むオオミズナギ鳥) | August 11, 1975 (1975-08-11) |
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The mice are unable to cross the treacherous sea currents. They are met by seabirds led by Tsuburi, who were attacked by the weasels not so long ago. Aided by the seabirds, Gamba and his friends parachute on to Dreamer Island. |
| 20 | "We Saw a White Weasel!"
Transliteration: "Shiro itachi Noroi o mita!" (Japanese: 白イタチノロイを見た!) | August 18, 1975 (1975-08-18) |
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The mice traverse around Dreamer Island, but are ambushed by killer weasels. Noroi calls off the weasels. Chuta's family is nowhere to be found and Noroi confronts the mice. Gamba and his friends barely make their escape. |
| 21 | "13 Eyes Wet With Tears"
Transliteration: "Namida ni nureta 13 no hitomi" (Japanese: 涙にぬれた13の瞳) | August 25, 1975 (1975-08-25) |
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Noroi ambushes mice again. As they venture down a hole, Chuta is finally reunited with his family. The mouse colony make preparations for the weasels' imminent attack. Gamba gets hurt protecting Shioji from weasels, but the mice drive them away with sulfur. |
| 22 | "Friends from Across the Sea"
Transliteration: "Umi o watatte kita nakama" (Japanese: 海を渡って来た仲間) | September 1, 1975 (1975-09-01) |
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Gamba sets off with Bobo, Yoisho and Gakusha. With aid from Ichirou's group, they get rice supplies. They receive further aid from a large addition of mouse survivors. Despite Noroi's interventions, they are able to get the supplies to the crater. |
| 23 | "Traitor Amid the Fortress"
Transliteration: "Uragiri no toride" (Japanese: 裏切りの砦) | September 8, 1975 (1975-09-08) |
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As an abundance of mice take shelter in the fortress, the rice supply is destroyed and Ichirou falls to his death. It turns out Taichi is being forced to undermine the mice since Noroi is subjecting his little brother Junta to torture. |
| 24 | "The Whisper of the White Demon"
Transliteration: "Shiroi akumano sasayaki" (Japanese: 白い悪魔のささやき) | September 15, 1975 (1975-09-15) |
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The mouse population is forced to evacuate and they relocate to a sea cove. Noroi attempts to bait the mice into turning themselves over, but Taichi sacrifices himself to bring the mice back to their senses. |
| 25 | "Hell's Grotto"
Transliteration: "Jigoku no iwaana" (Japanese: 地獄の岩穴) | September 22, 1975 (1975-09-22) |
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While attempting to gather food Gamba, Yoisho and the Elder mouse are ambushed by weasels but are rescued by Tsuburi, who provides all the mice with food. Shortly the weasels launch an attack. The battle is won, but the Elder is fatally wounded. Gakasha realises that tonight is the time the waters of the sea are calm. |
| 26 | "The Great Sprial: Our Final Battle"
Transliteration: "Saigonotatakai dai uzumaki" (Japanese: 最後の戦い大うずまき) | September 29, 1975 (1975-09-29) |
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The mice swim across the sea to the safety of a far island. Gamba and his friends distract the weasels, while Chuta looks for Tsuburi. Tsuburi and the seabirds rescue the mice, while the weasels all perish in whirlpools. Noroi survives and attempts one last attack on the mice, but Gamba and his friends bite him to death. Chuta remains with his family, while Gamba sets sail back to Tokyo with his friends. |
