GON, THE STONE-AGE BOY (Hajime ningen Gon)

Creator: Shunji Sonoyama

Originally broadcast about 30 years ago as Gyatoruzu. NHK (Japan Brodcasting Corp.) began showing a new version of the show, GON, THE STONE-AGE BOY on one of its broadcast satellite stations in 1996. This cartoon is sometimes rebroadcast on NHK Educational Television.

Through the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and in the twenty-first century, a wide audience has watched this cartoon show.

The setting for this show is the Stone Age in which people and animals live together in peace and harmony. Gon is a curious, mischievous young boy full of energy. He is surrounded by his friends and family, including his mother, father, his girlfriend Piko, and his best friend, a gorilla named Dotechin. Every day is full of adventure and excitement.

(Gon visual)  
GON, THE STONE-AGE BOY © SONOYAMA KIKAKU / PIERROT