Goldfish Warning!

• Name — Goldfish Warning! • Ja Kanji — きんぎょ注意報！ • Ja Romaji — Kingyo Chūihō! • Genre — Comedy

• Type — Manga • Author — Neko Nekobe • Publisher — Kodansha • Magazine — Nakayoshi • First — February 1989 • Last — June 1993 • Volumes — 8

• Type — TV series • Director — Junichi Sato • Writer — Keiko Maruo • Music — Takanori Arisawa • Studio — Toei Animation • Network — ANN (TV Asahi) • First — January 12, 1991 • Last — February 29, 1992 • Episodes — 54 (108 segments)

• Type — Film • Director — Junichi Sato • Writer — Keiko Maruo • Music — Takanori Arisawa • Studio — Toei Animation • Released — April 25, 1992 • Runtime — 21 minutes

• Type — Manga • Title — Goldfish Warning! Gaiden Ushi Ushi World • Author — Neko Nekobe • Publisher — Kodansha • Magazine — Nakayoshi • First — September 1993 • Last — November 1993

• Type — Manga • Title — Goldfish Warning! Returns • Author — Neko Nekobe • Publisher — Kodansha • Magazine — Nakayoshi Goldfish Warning! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Neko Nekobe which ran in Nakayoshi. A 54-episode anime television series aired on TV Asahi from January 12, 1991, through February 29, 1992. Each episode of the anime contained two 11-minute stories, often unconnected with each other. A short film was released in 1992. The anime was made into an anime comic format with six episodes per volume. The first volume was released on July 25, 1991. After the end of the series, most of the anime's staff moved on to Sailor Moon (which would succeed this series in its timeslot), including director Junichi Sato and music composer Takanori Arisawa. Many references to Goldfish Warning! are made in Sailor Moons first season. A complete DVD set of the series was released on March 24, 2005.

The manga tells the story about 14-year-old girl named Chitose Fujinomiya, who was formerly rich girl, but is currently an orphan who was kicked out of her super-elite school, Tokai no Gakuen (City's Academy), and is shunned by her former friends. She is sent to a rural public school, Inaka no Chugakkō (Country's Jr. High School), where very needy students and even pigs, oxen and chickens are students. The only possession Chitose has left is a pink goldfish named Gyopi, given to her by her beloved father, and is very valuable. Her family's attorney attempts to steal Gyopi, but is foiled by Chitose's new schoolmates, namely Wapiko, a simple girl who can outrun almost anything and is well-liked in school. As it turns out, Chitose isn't poor; the attorney was merely hiding her inheritance for himself. Instead of going back to her former elite school, she buys the rural school and attempts to transform it into a refined school to compete with her former school but the students of the rural school don't want the school changed.

• Principal • Kōhei Miyauchi • One of the chibi-characters, he is the principal of Shin-Inaka no Chugakko who has an unknown tentacle, and can talk with snail. • Mizoguchi • Toshio Kobayashi • One of the chibi-characters, Mizoguchi is Wapiko's class teacher, who thinks that his class is lawless. • Kozato • Shin-Inaka no Chugakko's music educator. • Tanakayama • Hirohiko Kakegawa • One of the chibi-characters, a former Fujinomiya family's attorney, currently Yurika's handyman, he wants to swindle Chitose's property but always fails, and spends the whole time for Yurika's order. • Chitose's Mom • Rihoko Yoshida • Chitose's mom apparently leaves to Switzerland for healing, but constantly visits Shin-Inaka Chugakko with souvenirs from Shizuoka Prefecture or Nagoya area, and causes a trouble.

• Gyopi • Minori Matsushima • Gyopi is a talking pink goldfish, which is in possession of Chitose's family, and has worth several hundred million yen. Gyopi could even fly to the sky. • Mīko • Asami Seto • One of cats raised in Shin-Inaka no Chugakko. • Ina-chan • Tomoko Naka • One of the talking pigs raised in Shin-Inaka no Chugakko. • Ushiko • Mayumi Seto • One of talking female cows raised in Shin-Inaka no Chugakko. • Ushio • Toshio Kobayashi • One of the talking male cows raised in Shin-Inaka no Chugakko, Ushio is a boyfriend of Ushiko. • Furyō-ushi • Hirohiko Kakegawa • One of the talking male cows, he is a bad boy with a scar and likes Yakisoba-pan. • Ushimi • Eriko Hara • One of the talking female cows, Ushimi is a madonna of male cows and loves Shuichi. • Same-san • Naoki Tatsuta • Gyopi's best friend and a talking shark raised in Shin-Inaka no Chugakko's school pool, Same-san only eats potato chips. • Gyopo • Rei Sakuma • Gyopi's girlfriend which appears in the film, Gyopo is a talking yellow goldfish who is sold for a hundred yen by Tanakayama.

• Opening theme • Wapiko Genki Yohou performed by Junko Uchida • Ending themes • Super Kingyou performed by Junko Uchida • Gyopi Dance performed by Junko Uchida

There were three Goldfish Warning! video games released in Japan: two titles for the Game Boy, and another for the Super Famicom. Goldfish Warning! characters also appear in a few other games such as Panic in Nakayoshi World. • Kingyo Chūihō! Wapiko no Waku Waku Stamp Rally!, Game Boy (1991), published by Yutaka • Kingyo Chūihō! 2 Gyopichan o Sagase!, Game Boy (1992), developed by KID • Kingyo Chūihō! Tobidase! Game Gakuen, Super Famicom (1994), published by Jaleco