Zenmai Zamurai

Zenmai Zamurai (ぜんまいざむらい) is a Japanese children's anime created by Momoko Maruyama and Ryōtarō Kuwamoto (m&k). It aired daily in the mornings and afternoons on NHK Educational TV in Japan. The series focuses on the main title character, Zenmai Zamurai, who lives in a small Japanese village known as Karakuri Oedo (からくり大江戸). Zenmai helps protect his friends and save his village against evil. The settings for the series mostly takes place during the Edo period of Japan over 200 years ago. Two short features were shown in the mornings and afternoons both five minutes long.