Time Bokan Series: Itadakiman

At the prestigious Oshaka School, three gifted students are chosen to search the world for missing copper puzzle plates said to bring honor to the academy when assembled. The familiar trio of would-be villains overhears the mission and decides to steal the plates first, hoping at last to prove their own supposed connection to the legendary priest Sanzo.

The schemers recruit the clever Kuu-chan without realizing he can transform into the heroic Itadakiman. Wherever the hunt for a new plate leads, their attempts to manipulate local monsters and outsmart the chosen students inevitably bring Kuu-chan into action against them.