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''Polon The Star Child'' (星の子ポロン Hoshi no Ko Poron) was a sci-fi anime produced by Nihon Douga<ref>http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/N/N-_Miscellany/Nihon_D_ga/Hoshi_No_Ko_Poron/</ref> that aired from 1974 to 1975 in Japan. 260 episodes were made, at a length of around five minutes each, each having two shorts of at least two minutes long.<ref>http://myanimelist.net/anime/11213/Hoshi_no_Ko_Poron</ref> The titular character, Polon, is an alien child who comes to Earth and befriends several animals, almost totally (and naïvely) ignoring humanity.
''Polon The Star Child'' (星の子ポロン Hoshi no Ko Poron) was a sci-fi anime produced by Nihon Douga<ref>http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/N/N-_Miscellany/Nihon_D_ga/Hoshi_No_Ko_Poron/</ref> that aired from 1974 to 1975 in Japan. 260 episodes were made, at a length of around five minutes each, each having two shorts of at least two minutes long.<ref>http://myanimelist.net/anime/11213/Hoshi_no_Ko_Poron</ref> The titular character, Polon, is an alien child who comes to Earth and befriends several animals, almost totally (and naïvely) ignoring humanity.

Revision as of 16:51, 31 May 2016

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Status: Partially Found

Polon The Star Child (星の子ポロン Hoshi no Ko Poron) was a sci-fi anime produced by Nihon Douga[1] that aired from 1974 to 1975 in Japan. 260 episodes were made, at a length of around five minutes each, each having two shorts of at least two minutes long.[2] The titular character, Polon, is an alien child who comes to Earth and befriends several animals, almost totally (and naïvely) ignoring humanity.

Eyewitness accounts (on the Nico Video wiki page)[3] state that the anime used a lot of electronic music, and also comment on the short length of the episodes, some of which seem to have been one to two minute-long skits bookended by the opening and ending credits - which in this case, they are.

This show is often confused with the anime Chobin the Star Child (星の子 チョビン Hoshi no Ko Chobin), which aired only a year after Polon, and Chobin often comes up in searches when looking for information or footage on Polon.

The sole Polon video on YouTube


Going back to the Nico Video wiki, there seem to be a few previews and episodes available, but are possibly region-locked to those outside of Japan.

Outside of scant clips on the Internet, there are no listings for Polon on home video on Amazon.jp or any other shopping sites. Out of 260 episodes, the majority remain missing.

UPDATE 31/05/2016: I (Achoo) have found a YouTube under the name of "poronist" who is uploading episodes of "Hoshi no Ko Poron", the show covered in this article. The episodes and channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKIMXL0Sjp_b1LiDTlIIzaQ As of updating, there are only 10 episodes, a total of 20 two minute segments - with hopefully more to come.

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