Tonde Burin is a Japanese magical girlmanga series written and illustrated by Taeko Ikeda. It is originally serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo magazine Ciao from August 1994 to September 1995, collecting into 3 tankōbon volumes. An anime series based on the manga was created by Nippon Animation and was broadcast on all MBS stations in Japan from September 3, 1994 through August 26, 1995. An English language-version titled Super Pig was produced by Saban Entertainment in 1997. This dub aired in New Zealand on TV2. From 1998 to 1999 the Saban dub aired in the Netherlands on Fox Kids with Dutch subtitles. Another English dub aired only in the Philippines under the title Super Boink; this dub kept all the original music.
Plot
Karin Kokubu is late for school one day when she comes across an apparently injured yellow pig. It turns out the pig wasn't injured but just hungry, and he gets back his health when he eats Karin's apple. When Karin gets to her school called Sei Ringo Gakuen, she discovers that the pig has stowed away in her backpack which causes her more trouble. Later, she meets the pig again and finds out he can talk and fly. The pig gives her a "Dream Tonpact" which she opens and a pig snout appears from it and attaches itself to her nose! She finds the pig again who explains that he is actually Prince Tonrariano the 3rd of the apple-shaped planet Buringo. He tells her how she can transform: by saying "Ba Bi Bu Be Burin!" she transforms into a superpowered pink piglet called Tonde Burin. This is not something Karin is happy about at all as she'd rather transform into a magical girl heroine like her idol the tokusatsu character "Cutey Chao". Tonrariāno tells her if she can collect 108 pearls by doing good deeds as Burin, she can do so. The pearl collection operates on karma meaning if Burin abuses her powers, she will lose pearls. Whenever someone is in danger, Karin becomes Tonde Burin to thwart the crisis and uses her new abilities to help other people in need.
Characters
Main characters
; Karin Kokubu / Kassie Carlen ; Tonrariano the 3rd / Iggy Pig
A "pilot" story titled Bibbidi Bobbidi Būrin!! appeared in the fall 1993 issue of Ciao DX. The manga series subsequently appeared in Ciao from the October 1994 issue through the September 1995 issue. The tankōbon, or collections, were released in three volumes by Shogakukan's Flower Comics label.
The anime aired on TVB Jade in Hong Kong and on TVBS and TTV in Taiwan. An English language-version titled Super Pig was produced by Saban Entertainment in 1997. This dub aired in New Zealand on TV2. From 1998 to 1999 the Saban dub aired in the Netherlands on Fox Kids with Dutch subtitles, from 2003 to 2004 a Dutch dub based on the Saban dub aired also on Fox Kids. In Poland a Polish dub based on the Saban dub aired on Fox Kids and TVN. In Italy an Italian dub based on the Saban dub aired on Fox Kids between 2001 and 2002. In South America, Germany, Brazil, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and Israel translated versions of the Saban dub also aired. Another English dub aired only in the Philippines under the title Super Boink; this dub kept all the original music.
