Dokonjō Gaeru

ど根性ガエル Dokonjō Gaeru or "The Gutsy Frog." La Rana Valiente in Mexico. I recently spent a week in Tokyo and watched this every morning. Really cute show with tons of appeal and great exaggerated poses. It was animated by TMS and I believe Miyazaki worked on it.

I haven't been able to find episodes online either to purchase or download. I ordered a dvd from Japan, but it turned out to be a second series from the 1980's and the drawings are really sloppy compared to the original, which ran from 1972 to 1974.

Can anyone help me find this?