Hakushon Daimao

Hakushon Daimaō (also known as The Genie Family) is an old comedy anime made by Tatsunoko Productions (known in the west for Speed Racer). It ran from October 5, 1969, to September 27, 1970, and it lasted 52 episodes.

It tells the story about a modern-day Japanese boy called Kan-chan who finds an ancient bottle that contains a genie (the titular Hakushon Daimaō) who is brought out and grants a wish to everyone who sneezes nearby. Unfortunately, Daimaō is very dopey, and combined with Kan-chan's occasional selfishness, Hilarity Ensues. Yup, for once, it does actually ensue.

It got an English dub by Saban called Bob in a Bottle, but unfortunately it never caught on, and this series is now incredibly obscure in the West. It's still very popular in Japan, though. Another English dub was made, but aired on Cartoon Network's Asian feed in the late 90's.

The main character appeared in the Japanese version of Tatsunokovs Capcom, but unfortunately, he had to be removed from the international version due to licensing issues.

This show provides examples of:

 * A Boy and His Wish-Granting Sneeze Genie
 * Bratty Half Pint: Daimaō's daughter Akubi, who lives with her father in the bottle.
 * The Ditz: Daimaō.
 * Fat Idiot: Also Daimaō.
 * Gag Series: Ostensibly.
 * Genie in A Bottle
 * Hey Its That Voice: Kan-chan was voiced by Sazae San (Midori Kato).
 * Speaking of which, Sazae's son, Tara-chan, voiced Akubi.
 * Jerkass: The bulldog that loves to pick on Kan-chan.
 * Literal Genie: Daimaō is this sometimes, but other times he just outright messes up.
 * Jackass Genie: Akubi does this deliberately to mess with people.
 * Spin Off: Akubi got two, one in 2001 and the other one in 2006, called Yobarete, Tobidete! Akubi-chan and Akubi Girl respectively, they both had remarkably similar premises about Akubi brefiending a young girl, though the second had a romantic subplot the first one didn't have.
 * Spin Offspring: Sort of.
 * Sudden Downer Ending | Drama Bomb Finale:
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Daimaō loves Salisbury steak.