Characters

This is a list of every single character who appeared or was mentioned in the 1981-1982 anime series Superbook.

Christopher Peeper
Christopher "Chris" Peeper (Sho Asuka) - The main hero of the first series, the son of Professor Fred Peeper. Chris is depicted as a somewhat lazy boy who hates school and goes to sometimes ridiculous extremes to get out of doing housework or homework, which often puts him at odds with his father. However, through his adventures in the Superbook, his attitude slowly begins to improve.

Joy
Joy (Azusa Yamato) - Christopher's next-door neighbor and best friend. She is more conscientious than Chris when it comes to things like schoolwork. Joy is generally sweet-tempered but has a short fuse and angers easily when Chris teases her. In the first series, it is hinted at several times that she may have feelings for Chris, as she tends to show signs of jealousy whenever Chris looks fondly at a beautiful woman (such as Eve or Rebekah in their respective episodes). Her last name is never mentioned.

Uriah Peeper
Uriah Peeper or "Uri" for short (Yuu Asuka) - Chris's cousin, son of professor Fred Peeper's brother Kenneth "Ken" Peeper. He was not mentioned in the first series (he is not son of Mrs. Peeper's sister, who was said to give birth in the first series). With Gizmo, Uri travels back in time via the now-computerized Superbook to search ancient Israel for the missing Ruffles. His father appears only in the first and the last two episodes of the second series.

Fred Peeper
Professor Fred Peeper (Professor Asuka) - Christopher's father. An eccentric and absent-minded scientist, professor, and archaeologist.

Gizmo
Gizmo (Zenmaijikake) - The name of two characters depending on the season. In Season 1, he is an advanced toy robot which needs to be wound up regularly; he grows in size and activates only after being sent back in time. He is also a frequent source of comic relief, as he often tries to protect Chris and Joy from danger or help out in the Biblical stories, but with little or no success (for example, trying to put out a raging fire with his built-in squirt gun). In Season 2, it is not the same Gizmo, but a life-sized robot built by Uri's father; unlike his toy counterpart, he is always active both in the present as well as biblical time. He is also shown as a more competent protector and companion for Uri. Both Gizmos look exactly alike, only their voices are different.

Ruffles
Ruffles (Kikyomu) - Chris's small Yorkshire Terrier dog. In Season 1 she is a source of comic relief, and often (much to Chris's annoyance) inadvertently exposes some of his harebrained schemes (in "Muscleman", Chris lifted a small barbell one hundred times, and his father and Joy watched in awe until Ruffles demonstrated that she was able to pick up the barbell in her mouth, revealing the barbell to be a mere toy). In Season 2, she accidentally gets sent back into biblical times in the now-computerized Superbook, and Uri and Gizmo have to find her before Chris' parents learn what has happened.