Captain Kuppa

Captain Kuppa
砂漠の海賊！ キャプテンクッパ (Sabaku no Kaizoku! Kyaputen Kuppa)
Genre	Action, Adventure, Science-fiction
Anime television series
Directed by	Kōichi Mashimo
Produced by	Ken Suekawa
Music by	Hayato Matsuo
Studio	Bee Train
Licensed by	^NA Enoki Films
Network	NHK
Original run	August 13, 2001 – February 11, 2002
Episodes	26

Captain Kuppa: Desert Pirate (砂漠の海賊！ キャプテンクッパ Sabaku no Kaizoku! Kyaputen Kuppa, "The Desert Pirate! Captain Kuppa") is a 26-episode anime series that aired from 2001 to 2002.

Produced by Bee Train,^[1] it was licensed in English by Enoki Films.^[2] The anime aired on NHK satellite 2 on August 13, 2001.^[1] In 2002 Enoki Films announced on its website that it had licensed the series.^[3]

Characters

• Kuppa (クッパ) - The main character, Kuppa is an 11-year-old boy.
• Yukke (ユッケ) - A 14-year-old girl, Yukke is Kuppa's sister
• Samgetan (サムゲタン Samugetan) - The object of Yukke's affections
• Bibmba (ビビンバ Bibinba) - He heads a crime organization called Pulcogi.
• Dram (ドラム Doramu) - Kuppa's assistant robot.
• Jet (ジェット Jetto) - Yukke's assistant robot.

References

1. "New Anime coming to Japan." Anime News Network. August 12, 2001. Retrieved on March 26, 2014.
2. "CAPTAIN KUPPA Desert Pirate." Enoki Films. Retrieved on March 26, 2014.
3. "Enoki Films updates Licenses." Anime News Network. August 14, 2002. Retrieved on March 26, 2014.

External links

• Captain Kuppa (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Captain Kuppa at Enoki Films
• (Japanese) "Captain Kuppa" at Bee Train