Superbook, also known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre, is an anime television series initially produced by Tatsunoko Productions in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States and more recently solely produced by CBN for global distribution and broadcast. The series chronicled the events of the Bible's Old and New Testaments in its 52 episode run. The first 26 episodes aired from October 1, 1981 to March 29, 1982. The series returned as Superbook II with 26 episodes to air from April 4, 1983 to September 26, 1983. Between both series in the first run was the companion series The Flying House. The Christian Broadcasting Network is currently producing a new Superbook series and has released fourteen episodes.

Cast

Katsue Miwa

Azusa Yamato

Hiroshi Masuoka

Zenmai Jikake

Fumio Matsuoka

Professor Asuka

Masako Sugaya

Tottori Ryo

R

Runa Akiyama

Yuu Asuka

Eiji Maruyama

God

Koji Totani

Time Book

Chiyoko Kawashima

Rebecca

Kohei Miyauchi

Abraham

Minoru Yada

Noah

Yoku Shioya

Jacob

Yoshiko Matsuo

Isaac

Peter Fernandez

H

Hal Studer

Ray Owens

B

Billie Lou Watt

S

Sonia Owens

A

Asami Mukaidono

Sho Asuka

T

Takako Tsutsui

Azusa Yamato

Seasons

52 episodes

Season 11981 · 26 episodes

Season 21983 · 26 episodes