Hatsumei Boy Kanipan


Hatsumei Boy Kanipan is a 1998 Japanese anime television series produced by NAS and TV Tokyo and animated by Studio Comet. It was immediately followed by a second season titled Chō Hatsumei Boy Kanipan. In late 2000, Saban Entertainment licensed the series to air on Fox Kids in September 2001 but it did not air for unknown reasons.

Plot

In the future, humans now live on the artificial planet Planet Sharaku, built by Dr. Taishi. The people living on this planet are highly technologically advanced. All inventors are required to have an inventor's license, the license has certain levels depending on the evaluation of the inventor.
The story revolves around the life of Kanipan, an inventor that wants to reach TAISHI level in inventor's degree together with his interface robot named Kid. While pursuing his dreams he encounters and confronts villains whom are against AI Robots. They terrorize the citizens by making the robots evil by installing a customized chip. Later on a robotic insect, which overrides the robot's system, is used.

Characters

;Kanipan
;Kid
;Angelica
;Milk
;Igor
;Nuts
;Pochi
;Ravioli
;Dr. Taishi

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Music

;Opening Theme
;Ending Theme