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2	''Taiko no Tatsujin: Clay Anime'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a [[StopMotion claymation]] anime based on the ''VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin'' video game series. It consists of various short (at 4 minutes per episode) stories featuring Don, Katsu and other ''Taiko no Tatsujin'' characters.
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4	The anime was broadcast on Creator/KidsStation between 2005-2006 for a total of 26 episodes. While it spent a long period of time in KeepCirculatingTheTapes territory, the official ''Taiko no Tatsujin'' [[https://www.youtube.com/@taikonotatsujin YouTube channel]] began releasing an HD remaster of the series with English subtitles in 2022.
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6	!!''Taiko no Tatsujin: Clay Anime'' provides examples of the following tropes:
7	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The other Mechadons built by Mechadon are Mechadon Cosmo, Gaia, Marine and... Deli, rulers of the skies, earth, seas and food respectively.
8	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The anime hails from the early days of the franchise when the characters' portrayals hadn't settled into the form they would later take in the modern series, so remnants like Don and Katsu being much more mischievous and immature, Mechadon wanting to TakeOverTheWorld, and even the twins getting called Don and Katsu rather than [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname only by their nicknames]] are still present here.
9	* CombiningMecha: Episode 10 has Mechadon build 4 copies of himself to combine with them into one of these.
10	* DropTheWashtub: One of the pranks Don plays on Katsu in Episode 13. Similarly, Katsu drops a giant blackboard eraser on Don.
11	* FireBreathingDiner: Katsu breathes fire after eating spicy curry in Episode 8.
12	* InflatingBodyGag: In Episode 13, Don pranks Katsu by sneaking up to him while he's sleeping and inflating him with an air pump until he pops.

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