The Fuccons
2002–2005 Japanese television comedy series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fuccons (/ˈfuːˌkɒns/), known as Oh! Mikey (オー!マイキー, Ō! Maikī) in Japan, is a Japanese sketch comedy series created by Yoshimasa Ishibashi. It features the Fuccons, a family of American expatriates living in Japan, with characters played by mannequins filmed at various locations in real-time.
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Kanji | オー!マイキー |
Genre | Black comedy,[1] surreal comedy[2] |
Created by | Yoshimasa Ishibashi |
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Composer | Tetsujiro Suita |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 104 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 3 minutes[1][3] |
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Network | TV Tokyo |
Release | January 6, 2002 (2002-01-06) – July 11, 2005 (2005-07-11) |
The Fuccons first aired as recurring sketches titled The Fuccon Family (フーコン・ファミリー, Fūkon Famirī) on the Japanese sketch comedy series Vermilion Pleasure Night in 2000, which was also produced by Ishibashi. In January 2002, the series moved to its own late-night time slot and was broadcast until 2005 for a total of eight seasons. Throughout its broadcast, a 2003 film titled Wah! Mikey Returns was released in theaters. Following its release, four more series was released direct-to-video as well as the 2007 theatrical film Oh! Mikey Fever.
Both The Fuccon Family and The Fuccons were screened at various film festivals overseas, where news of the series was spread on the Internet through word-of-mouth, gaining a cult following. ADV Films licensed the first four seasons for North American distribution with an English dub, which was later broadcast on Anime Network and G4 as part of G4's Late Night Peepshow.