S01E01 Birth of Super Girl Buurin
Karin Kokubu rescues a yellow piglet on her way to school. The piglet turns out to be the prince of an alien planet, though, and turns her into the super-pig Buurin- but she'd rather be...
Super Pig
Overview
One fateful day, Karin, a junior-high student, found what she thought was an injured piglet. However, the piglet was just exhausted from hunger. After the piglet regained his health by eating Karin's apple, he revealed that he is a prince, Tonrariano III, from a planet called Booringo. Tonrariano wanted to reward Karin for helping him and so he transformed her into a pig with superpowers. Karin was not at all pleased with the gift because she wanted to become a pretty superheroine like "Cutey Chao" (a parody of Cutey Honey), not Super Pig. Reluctantly, she became more interested in her role as Super Pig when she found out that she can turn into someone like "Cutey Chao" if she can collect 108 pearls through doing good deeds for other people.
Episodes
S01E02 Shoot of Love and Youth
Karin's school is having an important soccer match with a rival school, one known for their unfair tricks. Koichi, the star player of her school's team, is going to be the victim of these tricks...
S01E03 Smash of Tears and Friendship
Karin and her best friend Masami have a falling-out during tennis practice. Having a hard time making up, Karin decides to use Buurin to repair their relationship.
S01E04 A Youth Betting on the Ring
A local park is hosting a female pro-wrestling tournament. Among the wrestlers is an amateur, Buutan, who dresses up like Buurin to fight.
S01E05 Tug-of-war Friendship
Karin's school's athletic meet is hosting a very special event: a tug-of-war match where all of the first-year students compete with Buurin. Koichi is having trouble organizing the event, though.
S01E06 Discovery! The Clay Buurin Figure
On a history field trip, Karin finds an ancient clay figure that looks a lot like Buurin. It leads her to some ruins that give some insight into Buurin's history.
S01E07 The Scarred Heroine
A real bank robber interrupts a live show starring Cutey Chao, Karin's favorite heroine. Buurin must stop him quickly.
S01E08 Operation Diet!
Karin has been eating a lot lately, but after a comment from Koichi she decides to go on a diet. She goes too far, though, and gets weaker and weaker- this soon starts affecting Buurin's...
S01E09 Circuit Warriors
The race circuit that Keiko Kuroha's family owns is hosting a solar car race. Karin and some of her friends enter a Buurin-shaped car in the race, driven by Ms. Tateshi. When the weather takes...
S01E10 The Flaming Journalist's Soul
Shinichiro Kokobu, editor-in-chief of the Akebono Times (and Karin's father), is on the hunt for a big scoop. He has a new target that he's doing some investigative journalism on- Buurin!
S01E11 Aim at the best couple!
The school's cultural festival includes a 'best couple' contest. Lured in by the promise of a romantic meal for the winning couple, Karin tries to win with Koichi.
S01E12 Ultra boy KASHIWAGI Hiroumi!
Kashiwagi has been really into the supernatural lately, and things are dialed up a notch when a series of coincidences leads him to believe that he has supernatural powers of his own.
S01E13 Mission to swear to the Galaxy
As Karin prepares for a big test, she finds out that Ton has a test as well. If Buurin doesn't collect 50 pearls by the deadline, Ton won't be able to become king of Buuringo.
S01E14 Applause and cheers of theatre
Koichi's making a movie, and he and the others have a perfect pick for the lead actress: Buurin!
S01E15 Please protect our environment
Kaoru, disheartened by littering citizens who won't change their ways, decides to take the task of picking up garbage into her own hands. Buurin ends up helping her.
S01E16 The Unforgettable Christmas
Karin is looking forward to giving Koichi a gift at a Christmas party. He says he can't come, though. Karin is suspicious- he says the reason is that he has a date with Buurin!
S01E17 The Girl Loves Fortune-Telling
Karin comes across an opportunity to see if her future is with Koichi.
S01E18 New year's homesick story
There's a big New Years' party at Karin's place! All seems well, but Ton is shut in Karin's room, missing his home planet.
S01E19 Love danced in silvery white storm
Karin and Koichi get to go (with the rest of their class) to a ski camp. Mr. Arashiyama seems nervous and soon enough Karin finds out he wants to profess his love to Ms. Tateshi.
S01E20 Giant plant Keiko appeared!!
There's a cool plant in the school (and it's named after Keiko). Trouble arises when the plant grows out of control and Buurin must defeat it.
S01E21 Love and anguish of carouse
Karin faces complicated feelings towards Koichi and wonders who he likes.
S01E22 Ton-Chan's short story of love
Ton is in love, and not with someone back on his home planet, either.
S01E23 Duty and Challenge on February 14
It's valentines' day, and. Buurin is helping a local sweets shop to deliver chocolates around town. As orders pile up, she worries she won't even have time to give chocolate to Koichi before the day...
S01E24 Love beyond the sacred cross
Karin's father waits for a natural phenomenon to occur.
S01E25 Karin grants mother's wish
Karin has to choose a doll for Girl's day. She's conflicted about which to choose, though.
S01E27 Shock! Buurin is shrunken!?
Buurin needs to recharge, but has to rescue a puppy and stays transformed for a bit too long, then faces the consequences.
S01E28 Young love Rhapsody
Karin's younger brother has a girlfriend, Hitomi. All is fine until Karin finds out Hitomi has a familiar older brother, one who stood against Koichi's soccer team a while back...
S01E31 Student Council's Election
Nobody seems to want to run for student council president this year... until Keiko Kuroha steps up to the challenge and throws the entire school into election spirit.
S01E32 The love story of late blooming cherry tree
Jimmy Matsumoto has a turbulent history with the annual cherry trees.
S01E33 The Common Cold
The cold is going through town again, and this time Karin (and by extension, Buurin) gets it. It begins to interfere with Buurin's superheroine activities.
S01E34 Friendship is represented through carp streamer
Koichi's soccer team faces a big game, but there's some conflict between the players. Mr. Arashiyama says that carp streamers could bring them back together, though.
S01E35 Takuma's secret identity
Two ninjas working for Takuma's family kidnap Karin and take her to Kyoto, where her friends shortly follow. Takuma believes that Karin is in love with him.
S01E36 Legend of the goddess dancing in the countryside
Karin gets to help out with rice planting, but it seems tough.
S01E37 Kouchi develops a crush on Buurin
Koichi has written a love letter to Buurin. Karin, determined to make Koichi fall in love with her as herself instead, tries to prevent Buurin and Koichi from ever meeting again.
S01E38 Opening a forbidden entrance
Jimmy sees Buuringo in the sky and, while trying to investigate, falls into another dimension, creating a series of strange circumstances.
S01E39 Mystery of the hidden family crest
Everywhere Buurin appears, one strange mark can be found. Karin and Ton head to Kyoto in order to investigate the connection between the mark and the Mushanokoji family.
S01E40 A girl who missed becoming the protagonist
Kashiwagi's grandmother had the chance to become Buurin as well a long time ago.
S01E41 Tenacious Man Jimmy Matsumoto!
Jimmy's investigations reach their end and he has a theory: Karin and Buurin are the same person! Karin must convince him that he's wrong, somehow.
S01E42 Buurin vs Buurin
Just as Jimmy is about to confirm his theory, another Buurin appears! This new Buurin is fast, strong, and smart- no one seems to know who she is, and to prove herself as the one...
S01E43 Ghost stories · Midsummer-night's mistake
Karin and friends spend a night in the gym basement. Mr. Arashiyama and Karin both have something to hide, so they fake supernatural happenings.
S01E44 The Lost Dream Tonpact
Keiko Kuroha has found a strange compact. As it turns out, it's the very same compact that Karin uses to transform into Buurin!
S01E45 Flashback's promise
Karin finally gets the chance to (temporarily) transform into Cutey Chao! In a strange twist of fate, though, Buurin is needed, and so she has to transform back.
S01E46 Goodbye creeping footsteps
Ton and Karin might have to break up their friendship as Karin moves in on her goal of 108 pearls.
S01E47 Creepy Discovery at Keiko's pavilion
Keiko is having a dinner party at her massive, luxurious mansion. It turns out, though, that her parents only come home once a year.
S01E48 When the flower garden of evil laughs
An entrance in a basement leads to another world.
S01E49 Crisis!!! Sei Ringo Academy is attacked
Monsters from Keiko's mansion have broken into the outside world, and they're attacking the school. Karin can't find time to transform into Buurin and fears she'll have to do it in front of the others,...
S01E50 The Inability to transform back into Karin
Karin decides to reveal she's Buurin and transform to save the city, but doing this will mean she can never transform back into Karin.
S01E51 Karin's and Buurin's Future
Apparently there need to be 7 Buurins to use the 7 talismans... but there's just one. Karin needs the strength of all of her friends to save the world.
Cast
Yuri Shiratori
Karin Kokubu
Yoshiharu Yamada
Hiromi Kashiwagi
Rica Matsumoto
Keiko Kuroha
Tsutomu Kashiwakura
Takuma Mushanokouji
Yuriko Fuchizaki
Tonrariaano III
Junko Asami
Kaoru Hidaka
Wataru Takagi
Jimmy Matsumoto
Cho
Bank Robber
Akira Ishida
Kouichi Mizuno
Chie Sato
Masami Yamakawa
