The 2nd series, Superbook II: In Search for Ruffles and Return to the 20th Century ( Pasokon Travel Tanteidan), takes place 2 years after the 1st series, where Superbook falls onto a computer, giving anybody the ability to see into the past from Christopher's home via the monitor.

The 1st series, Superbook ( Anime Oyako Gekijo), begins at the home of a young boy named Christopher 'Chris' Peeper, who discovers the ancient Bible named Superbook that can speak and send him, his friend Joy (Azusa Yamato) and his clockwork toy figure named Gizmo the Crusader Robot back in time during the events of the Old and New Testaments. Together, they are considered to be the most successful animated collaborative Japanese and American media franchises.

The Christian Broadcasting Network produced a computer animated reboot starting on September 1, 2011, which has had 5 seasons and 68 episodes so far. Between both series in the first run was the companion series The Flying House.

Personal Computer Travel Detective Team) with 26 episodes from April 4, 1983, to September 26, 1983. The first 26 episodes aired from October 1, 1981, to March 25, 1982, followed by a second season called Superbook II: In Search for Ruffles and Return to the 20th Century ( パソコントラベル探偵団, Pasokon Toraberu Tanteidan, lit.

The original series chronicled the events of the Bible's Old and New Testaments in its 52-episode run. Superbook ( スーパーブック, Sūpābukku), also known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre ( アニメ親子劇場, Anime Oyako Gekijō), is a Christian anime television series from the early 1980s, initially produced at Tatsunoko Productions and TV Tokyo in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States, and rebooted in 2011 by CBN with Asia-Pacific region animation studios along with locally based partners like Tokyo MX and Word of Life Press Ministries in Japan.

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