The Drillimation Series (anime)

The Drillimation Anime (ドリメーションアニメ), or just simply The Drillimation Series, is a Japanese anime television series created and written by Hiroshi Takajima and is simply the collective term for six major anime series, all of which focus on the adventures of Susumu Hori and his many friends he makes as the series progressed.

The anime began airing in Japan in 1969 starting with the Angry German Kid anime and in North America in 1975 with a Drillimation anime produced specifically in North America called the GoGang. Sony Pictures obtained the North American license to the show in 2004, and it was dubbed in English. Long before the term "anime" was coined in North America, many Western fans of the series simply referred to the anime as The Drillimation Cartoon or The Drillimation Series: The Animated Series.

Characters

 * Main Article: List of Drillimation characters

Alexonia

 * ATS Two
 * ATS Kids
 * AHT Two

Argentina

 * The Big Channel (1990-1995)
 * Magic Kids (1995-2006)
 * Televisión Pública Argentina (2006-present)

Australia

 * ABC Me

Bangladesh

 * Channel i

Barokia

 * BBT Kids

Brazil

 * Rede Globo

Canada

 * Teletoon

Charlesland Republic

 * Seven/TSN
 * KidsLife

China

 * CCTV-14 (CCTV Children)
 * Dragon Television
 * Zhejiang Television
 * Xinjiang TV Chinese
 * Xinjiang TV Kazakh

Citoyens Republic

 * CNTV
 * CNTV Kids

Colombia

 * Citytv Bogotá
 * Caracol Televisión

Conlandia

 * EMN
 * EMN Yay!

Crazyria

 * Toonami
 * Nickelodeon
 * Boomerang

Croeya

 * CT2
 * CT Kidstoon

El Kadsre

 * ETVKK

Gau

 * SBC

Herzoland

 * Antena Televisi

Honduras

 * Telecadena 7 y 4

Hong Kong

 * TVB Jade (Cantonese)
 * TVB Pearl (English)

Huntaria

 * NTB

Iceland

 * RÚV

India

 * Pogo TV

Indonesia

 * Spacetoon
 * Space Shopping

Iraqi Kurdistan

 * Kurdsat

Ireland

 * RTE One

Island of Sally

 * SBC2 (2002-2008) (English, Sallyish and French)
 * Disney Channel (2012-2016) (Sallyish only)

Italy

 * Rai Uno

Japan

 * Fuji TV
 * TV Asahi
 * NHK Educational TV
 * Chiba TV
 * Television Kanagawa

Kazakhstan

 * Balapan

Latin America

 * Magic Kids (1995-2006)
 * Nickelodeon (1997-2008)
 * ZAZ (2009-2012)
 * Tiin (2013-present)

Mahri

 * 2k

Megassa

 * Kids WB (1999-2004)
 * Fox Kids (2002-2007, 2014-present)
 * Cartoon Network (1994-present)

Mowatan

 * Mowatanese Television

Mexico

 * Azteca Uno
 * Canal 5
 * Imagen Televisión
 * Multimedios Televisión
 * Canal Once

Middle East

 * Spacetoon
 * Space Power TV

Narthernee

 * Islevision

New Zealand

 * TVNZ 1

North El Kadsre

 * EYE TV1

Philippines

 * TV5
 * ABS-CBN
 * Studio 23
 * Yey!
 * HeroTV
 * ABS-CBN Sports and Action
 * Hero Zone block on Jeepney TV
 * GSTV
 * Kidzone

Piramca

 * Animax
 * Pira Kids

Pubog

 * Eight

Portugal

 * Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (SIC)
 * SIC K

Puerto Chango

 * Puerto Chango 2
 * Puerto Chango 5
 * Spacetoon

Qualicia

 * Sai TV
 * Sai+
 * Quavos!

Russia

 * STS
 * Channel One
 * NTV
 * Disney Channel Russia

Sakaria

 * Channel 5

Schelipoerys

 * Dois

Screencold and Line

 * SCL ETVKK

Sentan

 * STN 2

Singapore

 * ATV

South Korea

 * EBS1
 * Spacetoon
 * Tooniverse

Spain

 * Neox

Thailand

 * Channel 9 MCOT

Ukraine

 * 1+1
 * PLUSPLUS

United Kingdom

 * CBBC (2006-2009, 2014-present)
 * CITV (2009-2013)

United States

 * ABC
 * Cartoon Network
 * Disney XD
 * NBC
 * Syndication
 * This TV
 * TBD (in some markets)

Venezuela

 * Venevisión

Vicnora

 * TWO2

Vustrela

 * STP

YinYangia

 * XCT Toonz4Kidz (Chinese)
 * Animax (Japanese)
 * PixelTV (English)
 * Yey! (Filipino; YinYangia)

Yuru-charaia (Yurocharia)

 * YCTV

Development
Before the anime was brought to the United States, Drillimation approached Hanna-Barbera with an offer to dub the Angry German Kid anime into English. Hanna accepted Takajima's offer and Hanna-Barbara began looking for actors to voice the characters in the dub. Charles Martinet, who voiced Igor in the GoGang anime, chose to voice Leopold and Jake. Hanna-Barbera decided to broadcast the anime on Saturday mornings, presumably when children were home from school.