Anime 19971 Machi Ichiban No Kechinbou

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: A Christmas Carol, The Number One Miser of the City

Japanese: 町一番のけちんぼう

Information

Type: TV Special

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Dec 24, 1978

Producers: Topcraft

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: None found, add some

Source: Novel

Genres: Drama, Supernatural

Themes: Historical, Music

Duration: 49 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 5.76¹ (scored by 206 users)

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Ranked: #10652²

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Popularity: #14750

Members: 675

Favorites: 0

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AniDB

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5.76

Ranked #10652Popularity #14750Members 675

TV Special

Synopsis

Based on the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Staff

Yamada, Katsuhisa

Episode Director

Dickens, Charles

Original Creator

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Reviews

May 27, 2022

shootermcshoot

Mixed Feelings

A very condensed version of the Dickens novel. It's occasionally re-run here in the U.S. along with all those old Rankin-Bass specials with the stop motion animation at around 1 in the morning long after they've replayed Elf or National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation for the 200th time. They don't run it every year, but definitely every couple of years. In fact, I thought it was just another Rankin-Bass animated cartoon, I didn't realize it was Japanese. It's a very average version of the story (Although the portion with Jacob Marley and the other ghosts is actually quite terrifying and that portion is sometimes cut from ...