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|image=[[File:Gengu.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:Gengu.png|200px]]
|caption=Artwork of '''Gengu''' from ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''
|caption=Artwork of '''Gangu''' from ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''
|debut=[[Un-Reality TV]]
|debut=[[Un-Reality TV]]
|last=[[Fright to the Finish]]
|last=[[Fright to the Finish]]
|role=Supporting character
|role=Supporting character
|similar=[[Tuggle]], [[Gus]]
|similar=[[Tuggle]], [[Gus]]
|voice=Maddie Blaustein (English)<br>Mizuki Saitoh (Japanese)
|voice=David Lapkin (English)<br>Mizuki Saitoh (Japanese)
}}
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'''Gengu''' is a [[Cappy (anime)|Cappy]] and resident of [[Cappy Town]] in the anime series ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''. Gengu is an exceptionally portly Cappy who runs the toy store in the town. In addition to receiving toys from external shipments, he is also capable of making them himself.
'''Gangu'''<ref>Spelling taken from [https://www.instagram.com/p/CUmk4dUIF2I/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet this script sheet]</ref> is a [[Cappy (anime)|Cappy]] and resident of [[Cappy Town]] in the anime series ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''. Gangu is an exceptionally portly Cappy who runs the toy store in the town. In addition to receiving toys from external shipments, he is also capable of making them himself.


Gengu is recognizable by his short and stout physique, along with his orange overalls and accented cap. Through the series, he is not shown to be particularly clever, but he is always helpful and cares about his customers. In his first starring role in the episode [[Kirby's Pet Peeve]], he attempts to make a replacement [[Electronic Pet]] for [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]] after the original is lost at no charge, but ultimately decides against presenting it to Kirby, since nothing he could make would be a suitable replacement. In [[Snack Attack - Part I]], he gets an idea to collaborate with [[Tuggle]] to repurpose their poorly-selling merchandise by combining them together into a hit product. This is later used against the two when [[Night Mare Enterprises]] sends their own monstrous version of that same product to their doorstep.
Gangu is recognizable by his short and stout physique, along with his orange overalls and accented cap. Through the series, he is not shown to be particularly clever, but he is always helpful and cares about his customers. In his first starring role in the episode [[Kirby's Pet Peeve]], he attempts to make a replacement [[Electronic Pet]] for [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]] after the original is lost at no charge, but ultimately decides against presenting it to Kirby, since nothing he could make would be a suitable replacement. In [[Snack Attack - Part I]], he gets an idea to collaborate with [[Tuggle]] to repurpose their poorly-selling merchandise by combining them together into a hit product. This is later used against the two when [[Night Mare Enterprises]] sends their own monstrous version of that same product to their doorstep.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
The following is a complete list of all of Gengu's appearances in ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'', along with other information regarding his role in each episode:
{{main|Gangu/filmography}}
 
Gangu appears in a majority of episodes in ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'', though his role is very often incidental. For a full list of Gangu's episode appearances along with details of his role in each one, see [[Gangu/filmography|his filmography]] page.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellpadding="2"
!colspan=5|Gengu's appearances in ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' &nbsp;
|-
!Episode
!Image
!Role
!Selected quote
!Notes
|-
|[[Un-Reality TV]]
|{{center|[[File:E6 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|<small>(hypnotized)</small> ''"Kirby must go away..."''
|
|-
|[[Curio's Curious Discovery]]
|{{center|[[File:E8 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Secondary character
|''"Oh yeah? Well look what I got! It's a poster made of rock, and it's monogrammed!"''
|
|-
|[[Hail to the Chief]]
|{{center|[[File:E10 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Secondary character
|''"What's so bad about directing traffic?"''
|
|-
|[[Cappy New Year]]
|{{center|[[File:E13 Gengu.png]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[The Pillow Case]]
|{{center|[[File:E14 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|<small>(hypnotized)</small> ''"Must destroy Kirby!"''
|
|-
|[[Kirby's Pet Peeve]]
|{{center|[[File:E15 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Primary character
|''"I wanted to make Kirby another pet, but nothin' can replace the friend he lost."''
|This marks Gengu's first leading role.
|-
|[[The Thing About the Ring]]
|{{center|[[File:E17 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Hey! That's my stuff!"''
|
|-
|[[Here Comes the Son]]
|{{center|[[File:E19 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Uhh...I haven't seen him today!"''
|
|-
|[[A Princess in Dis-Dress]]
|{{center|[[File:E21 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"That's no fair!"''
|
|-
|[[The Empty Nest Mess]]
|{{center|[[File:E23 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Hey! Who's that?"''
|
|-
|[[Ninja Binge]]
|{{center|[[File:E24 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Welcome to Gengu's ninja supply store, carrying all the hottest ninja gear! Ninja apparel, and genuine imitation scrolls!"''
|
|-
|[[Escargoon Rules]]
|{{center|[[File:E25 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[Labor Daze]]
|{{center|[[File:E28 Gengu.png]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[A Spice Odyssey]]
|{{center|[[File:E29 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Did ya like it?"''
|
|-
|[[Abusement Park]]
|{{center|[[File:E31 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"It's party time!"''
|
|-
|[[Junk Jam]]
|{{center|[[File:E33 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[The Kirby Derby - Part I]]
|{{center|[[File:E35 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Secondary character
|''"That's right, Tuff! This go-kart may look like a toy, but with a little modification we can turn it into-"'' <small>*gets interrupted*</small>
|
|-
|[[The Kirby Derby - Part II]]
|{{center|[[File:E36 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[Watermelon Felon]]
|{{center|[[File:E37 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[A Novel Approach]]
|{{center|[[File:E38 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|*indistinguishable from crowd*
|
|-
|[[Escar-Gone]]
|{{center|[[File:E39 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Escargoon!"''
|
|-
|[[Monster Management]]
|{{center|[[File:E40 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"What's with you guys?!"''
|Appears only in the Japanese version, so his line is translated from that version.
|-
|[[Prediction Predicament - Part I]]
|{{center|[[File:E41 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"We've been askin' for this park for three whole years!"''
|
|-
|[[Prediction Predicament - Part II]]
|{{center|[[File:E42 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Yeah, there it is right now!"''
|
|-
|[[Sheepwrecked]]
|{{center|[[File:E43 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"She must be jokin'!"''
|
|-
|[[Scare Tactics - Part I]]
|{{center|[[File:E45 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"It might be the fake ghosts we built lured real ghosts out of their hidin' places!"''
|
|-
|[[Pink-Collar Blues]]
|{{center|[[File:E47 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"You want us to help you give 'em all tickets?"''
|
|-
|[[Tourist Trap]]
|{{center|[[File:E48 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"They're tourists, Mayor!"''
|
|-
|[[Cartoon Buffoon]]
|{{center|[[File:E49 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Cameras all set up, sir!"''
|
|-
|[[Don't Bank on It]]
|{{center|[[File:E50 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|<small>*laughs*</small> ''"No way!"''
|
|-
|[[Kirby Takes the Cake]]
|{{center|[[File:E51 Gengu.png|80px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[Snack Attack - Part I]]
|{{center|[[File:E52 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Primary character
|''"Your credit's no good here, Your Majesty! Your I.O.U.s always end up B.A.D.!"''
|
|-
|[[Snack Attack - Part II]]
|{{center|[[File:E53 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[One Crazy Knight]]
|{{center|[[File:E54 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[Sweet and Sour Puss]]
|{{center|[[File:E55 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Then why don't we just do some testin'? Let's see what it takes to set off his temper! Here!"''
|
|-
|[[A Half-Baked Battle]]
|{{center|[[File:E57 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"That pie fight really took the cake!"''
|
|-
|[[eNeMeE Elementary]]
|{{center|[[File:E58 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"We were wonderin'."''
|
|-
|[[The Meal Moocher]]
|{{center|[[File:E59 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Well, guess I better get cookin'."''
|
|-
|[[Fitness Fiend]]
|{{center|[[File:E61 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"How do we know the King's in the castle? Maybe he snuck{{sic}} off!"''
|
|-
|[[Mabel Turns the Tables]]
|{{center|[[File:E62 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Didn't Mabel tell you you were gonna own a fine restaurant some day?"''
|
|-
|[[Something to Sneeze At]]
|{{center|[[File:E63 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|*coughs*
|
|-
||[[The Kirby Quiz]]
|{{center|[[File:E64 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[The Chill Factor]]
|{{center|[[File:E66 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[The School Scam]]
|{{center|[[File:E67 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|*sighs*
|
|-
|[[Delivery Dilemma]]
|{{center|[[File:E68 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Now I won't have to close my store at lunch time!"''
|
|-
|[[Buccaneer Birdy]]
|{{center|[[File:E70 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"I agree!"''
|
|-
|[[A Whale of a Tale]]
|{{center|[[File:E71 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[Waddle While You Work]]
|{{center|[[File:E72 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"My store's runnin' like a well-oiled machine and I owe it to the Waddle Dees!"''
|
|-
|[[Dedede's Raw Deal]]
|{{center|[[File:E73 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"I'll have the tuna!"''
|
|-
|[[Fossil Fools - Part I]]
|{{center|[[File:E75 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Or maybe they just ran out of food to eat!"''
|
|-
|[[Fossil Fools - Part II]]
|{{center|[[File:E76 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Kawasaki's right!"''
|
|-
|[[Dedede's Monsterpiece]]
|{{center|[[File:E77 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Come on! Let's paint!"''
|
|-
|[[Goin' Bonkers]]
|{{center|[[File:E79 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"That gorilla's mad at 'im for something!"''
|
|-
|[[Power Ploy]]
|{{center|[[File:E80 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Secondary character
|''"It's Pump-Up D! This stuff's more powerful than rocket fuel!"''
|
|-
|[[A Trashy Tale]]
|{{center|[[File:E81 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Yeah! Your food's clean, it just tastes like garbage!"''
|
|-
|[[Cooking Up Trouble]]
|{{center|[[File:E82 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Teach us!"''
|
|-
|[[Teacher's Threat]]
|{{center|[[File:E83 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[A Sunsational Puzzle]]
|{{center|[[File:E85 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"How long was he out in the Sun for?"''
|
|-
|[[Waste Management]]
|{{center|[[File:E87 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[Tooned Out]]
|{{center|[[File:E89 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"I got an idea! It's about a robotic space ranger who defends the galaxy from bad guys, but at the end of the show, he finds out he's really just a toy!"''
|
|-
|[[Born to Be Mild - Part I]]
|{{center|[[File:E90 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Secondary character
|''"Soon as I rebuild my wreck, I'll go after 'em!"''
|
|-
|[[Born to Be Mild - Part II]]
|{{center|[[File:E91 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Secondary character
|''"Gus!"''
|
|-
|[[D'Preciation Day]]
|{{center|[[File:E93 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Maybe we should give this diss-thing a try!"''
|
|-
|[[Cowardly Creature]]
|{{center|[[File:E94 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Looks like a plush toy with way too much plush!"''
|
|-
|[[Frog Wild]]
|{{center|[[File:E95 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|Appears only in the Japanese version.
|-
|[[Air-Ride-in-Style - Part I]]
|{{center|[[File:E96 Gengu.png]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|-
|[[Cappy Town Down]]
|{{center|[[File:E98 Gengu.png|100px]]}}
|Tertiary character
|''"Yeah, this is all your fault, Kirby!"''
|
|-
|[[Fright to the Finish]]
|{{center|[[File:E100 Gengu.png]]}}
|Tertiary character
|(no dialogue)
|
|}
 
==Trivia==
*Gengu's voice actors in both versions of the show also voice [[Tuggle]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Gengu's Toy Store.png|External shot of Gengu's toy store
Gengu's Toy Store.png|External shot of Gangu's toy store
E15 Scene 3.png|Gengu opening up a new shipment in his store
E15 Scene 3.png|Gangu opening up a new shipment in his store
E15 Scene 17.png|King Dedede confronting Gengu after hours
E15 Scene 17.png|King Dedede confronting Gangu after hours
E35 Scene 12.png|Gengu working on Tuff's go-kart for a race
E35 Scene 12.png|Gangu working on Tuff's go-kart for a race
E52 Scene 10.png|Gengu and Tuggle gloating to Tiff about the success of the idea she gave them
E52 Scene 10.png|Gangu and Tuggle gloating to Tiff about the success of the idea she gave them
KRBaY height character sheet 2.png|Animator sheet comparing heights of principal characters (Kirby alongside the [[Cappy Town]] villagers)
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=ガング
|jaR=gangu
|jaM=Gangu<br><small>Gangu's name is a formal, unusual but accepted ''onyomi'' reading of the kanji compound word 玩具, which is almost always instead written and read as おもちゃ (omocha). The word simply means "toy".</small>
}}
{{ref}}


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Latest revision as of 06:03, 28 October 2023

Gangu
Gengu.png
Artwork of Gangu from Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Details
First episode Un-Reality TV
Last episode Fright to the Finish
Main role Supporting character
Similar characters Tuggle, Gus
Voice actor(s) David Lapkin (English)
Mizuki Saitoh (Japanese)
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Gangu[1] is a Cappy and resident of Cappy Town in the anime series Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. Gangu is an exceptionally portly Cappy who runs the toy store in the town. In addition to receiving toys from external shipments, he is also capable of making them himself.

Gangu is recognizable by his short and stout physique, along with his orange overalls and accented cap. Through the series, he is not shown to be particularly clever, but he is always helpful and cares about his customers. In his first starring role in the episode Kirby's Pet Peeve, he attempts to make a replacement Electronic Pet for Kirby after the original is lost at no charge, but ultimately decides against presenting it to Kirby, since nothing he could make would be a suitable replacement. In Snack Attack - Part I, he gets an idea to collaborate with Tuggle to repurpose their poorly-selling merchandise by combining them together into a hit product. This is later used against the two when Night Mare Enterprises sends their own monstrous version of that same product to their doorstep.

Filmography[edit]

Main article: Gangu/filmography

Gangu appears in a majority of episodes in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, though his role is very often incidental. For a full list of Gangu's episode appearances along with details of his role in each one, see his filmography page.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ガング
gangu
Gangu
Gangu's name is a formal, unusual but accepted onyomi reading of the kanji compound word 玩具, which is almost always instead written and read as おもちゃ (omocha). The word simply means "toy".


References

  1. Spelling taken from this script sheet