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Bobby's Girl

Bobby's Girl

19855.50h 44m

Overview

Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to write her back.

Directed by Toshio Hirata
Written by Yoshio Kataoka, Fumio Ishimori
Produced by Yasuteru Iwase, Masao Maruyama
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Top Cast

Hironobu Nomura

Hironobu Nomura

Akihiko "Bobby" Nomura (voice)

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Hiromi Murata

Sakumi Nakahara (voice)

Jinpachi Nezu

Jinpachi Nezu

Mr. Kida (voice)

Nobuo Tsukamoto

Nobuo Tsukamoto

Tamotsu Nomura (voice)

Mayumi Shimizu

Mayumi Shimizu

Keiko Nomura (voice)

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Sachio Kubota (voice)

Themes & Keywords

sibling relationshipromancecoming of agemotor sportbased on short storyanimefather son conflict

About Bobby's Girl

Bobby's Girl is a animation, drama film released in 1985 exploring themes of sibling relationship, romance, coming of age, motor sport, based on short story, anime. Directed by Toshio Hirata, it stars Hironobu Nomura, Hiromi Murata, Jinpachi Nezu. Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to write her back.

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