The Genie Family

The Genie Family (ハクション大魔王) is an anime series made by Tatsunoko Productions. It features the adventures of a family of Genies. It was shown in Europe, North America & Australia under the name "Bob in a Bottle" and in Latin America under the name "Yam Yam y el Genio".

An old bottle has found its way to a modern family. A Genie and his daughter Akubi reside inside the bottle. It is owned by a child named Kan. What he is unaware of when he finds the bottle is that whenever anyone sneezes, the Genie is brought out and must grant the wish of whoever sneezed. His daughter must do the same when anyone yawns. Getting these wishes granted may not be a good thing though; the Genie is extremely clumsy and usually messes up whatever wish he grants. Akubi is more capable than her father, but she's mischievous and likes to twist the words and meaning of anyone's wishes so that something bad usually comes of it.

Cast

 * Hakushon Daimaō - Tōru Ōhira
 * Akubi - Takako Sasuga
 * Taidaimaō - Ichirō Nagai
 * Shakkuri-sensei - Hisako Kyōda
 * Kan-chan - Midori Katō
 * Papa - Isamu Tanonaka
 * Mama - Mitsuko Asō
 * Gejigon - Kazuya Tatekabe
 * Yuriko-chan - Minori Matsushima
 * Burukō - Taro Sagami
 * Sorekara-ojisan - Kinya Aikawa

Spinoffs
The Hakushon Daimaō franchise made a comeback in the 2000s with two animated spinoff series produced by Tatsunoko and directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa, featuring Hakushon Daimaō's daughter Akubi-chan as the central character. ''Yobarete, Tobidete! Akubi-chan'' (26 episodes, 2001-2002) features Akubi (now voiced by Asuka Tanii) befriending a shy young girl named Koron Nemuta (voiced by Sakura Nogawa), who has a habit of yawning (thus summoning Akubi forth from her bottle) whenever she is embarrassed. Akubi returned in 2006's Akubi Girl (also 26 episodes), in which Akubi befriends first-grader Ruru-chan and attempts to help grant the girl's wish of becoming close friends with Itoshi-kun, the classmate on whom Ruru has a secret crush.

Other appearances
A statue of Hakushon Daimaō can be seen in the first episode of the 2008 series of Yatterman.

Hakushon Daimaō is featured in the Japanese version of the fighting game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes. Due to licensing issues, the character was removed from the Western release and Japanese re-release, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars.