Spongebob teams up with NHK for more Japanese screentime this summer!

The top ranking animated show for children in the USA, five years in a row, SpongeBob Squarepants is now joining the NHK line up Sunday evenings starting July 2007.

As according to the deal made by Wowmax Media, this summer NHK Educational will run 13 episodes of the show featuring the sponge himself, his pet snail Gary, his starfishy bud Patrick , and his squirrel friend, Sandy.
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