Ge-Ge-Ge no Kitaro is an anime (animated cartoon, like Mickey Mouse, etc.) which focuses on events in the life of a little boy with one eye who lives in monster land. His father is an eyeball, his girlfriend is the daughter of cats (who turns feral at times), his friends include a walking wall, a flying scroll of paper, and so on. And he seems to be the one called on whenever disaster or trouble strikes. He was on when I first came to Japan over 20 years ago, and I watched the shows to help learn Japanese. The 6th series is showing on early morning TV (Saturdays at 6:30 AM).
So the show was about how competition can create havoc, but working together is better. As long as there are enough Golden Apples for everyone to get one (aka non-zero-sum game), it's a nice little theme. And a fun show.
For those who are interested, you can see some of the characters at
http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/kitaro/ which is in Japanese. There is an English language description at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge_Ge_Ge_no_Kitaro (odd, they say it is the 5th series, but the show claims the 6th?)
