Furandâsu no inu (1975)

Country of Origin: Japan
Date(s) of Broadcast: 5 January 1975 - 28 December 1975
Number of Seasons:
Total Number of Episodes: 52
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Fuji TV / Nippon Animation / Zuiyo Pictures
Executive Producer: Kôichi Motohashi
Producers: Junzô Nakajima, Shigeto Takahashi, Takaji Matsudo

SCRIPT
Scripts: Akira Matsushima, Michio Satô, Ryûzô Nakanishi, Shun-ichi Yukimuro, Takayuki Kase, Toyohiro Andô, Tsunehisa Ito, Yoshiaki Yoshida, Yukiko Takayama
Short Story: A Dog of Flanders by Marie Louisa De La Ramée

DIRECTION
Director: Yoshio Kuroda

ANIMATION
Animation Directors: Akiyoshi Hane, Shun'ichi Sakai, Toshiyasu Okada, Yasuji Mori
Key Animation: Hayao Miyazaki (episode 15)
Animators: Akemi Ôta, Hayao Miyazaki, Johji Manabe, Kazuo Iimura, Michiyo Sakurai, Noboru Takano, Noriseki Yonekawa, Sugawara Masako, Takahashi Nobuya, Tsukasa Tannai
Character Designer: Yasuji Mori
Background Art: Kôichi Kudô, Norio Kubota, Shôhei Kawamoto, Takamura Mukuo
Layouts: Shun'ichi Sakai

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Keishichi Kuroki

MUSIC
Music: Takeo Watanabe
Songs; Kumiko Oosugi (Yoake no Michi; Dokomademo Arukou ne)
Songs Performd By: Kumiko Ohsugi (Yoake no Michi; Dokomademo Arukou ne)

SOUND
Audio Director: Yasuo Uragami

DESIGN
Art Director: Kazue Itô
Storyboards: Hajime Shibata, Hideo Nishimaki, Isao Takahata, Kazuyoshi Yokota, Minoru Onotani, Seiji Okuta, Shûji Yamazaki, Wataru Mizusawa, Yoshio Kuroda

MISCELLANEOUS
Director's Assistants: Kazuyoshi Yokota, Masahiro Sasaki

VOICES
Haru Endô (Nurrett)
Hiroo Oikawa (Jehan)
Ichirô Nagai (Noel)
Iemasa Kayumi (Hendrick Ray)
Kuriko Komamura (George)
Masako Sugaya (Paul)
Masashi Amenomori (Michel)
Michie Kita (Nello)
Reiko Katsura (Alois)
Reiko Takefuji (narrator)
Sumiko Shirakawa (Andre)
Taeko Nakanishi (Elina)
Tamio Ohki (Cozets)
Yasuo Muramatsu (Hans)

SUMMARY

Nello Tarth lives with his grandfather Jehan in a small village nearby Antwerp. One day, Nello meets Patrash, a working dog who has been horribly mistreated by his owner. Nello takes the dog in and the two become inseperable friends. Soon, Nello's talents for drawing lead him to consider a career as an artist but has to battle the prejudice of the other villagers, especially the father of his best friend Alois who disapproves of his daughter's friendship with the young man.

EPISODES

1. Sho-nen nero (5 January 1975)
2. Aroa to mori he (12 January 1975)
3. Antowaapu no machi de (19 January 1975)
4. Atarashii tomodachi (26 January 1975)
5. Patorasshu (2 February 1975)
6. Ganbare Patorasshu (9 February 1975)
7. Suupu wo onomi (16 February 1975)
8. Hoeta yo ojisan (23 February 1975)
9. Omoide no suzu (2 March 1975)
10. Aroa no buroochi (9 March 1975)
11. Eriina no hanabatake (16 March 1975)
12. Ojiisan no chiisana tsubo (23 March 1975)
13. Naporeon jidai no fuusha (30 March 1975)
14. Yozora ni egaita e (6 April 1975)
15. Furui cho-bo (13 April 1975)
16. 10 sanchiimu no shaseicho (20 April 1975)
17. Oka no ue no ki no shita de (27 April 1975)
18. Itazurakko no kuro (4 May 1975)
19. Kanamono ga machi ni (11 May 1975)
20. Doko made mo (18 May 1975)
21. Fune de kita okyakusama (25 May 1975)
22. Igirisu kara no okurimono (1 June 1975)
23. Aroa no tanjo-bi (8 June 1975)
24. Aroa no e (15 June 1975)
25. Aroa ga inai (22 June 1975)
26. Sayo-nara aroa (29 June 1975)
27. Aroa no inai kurisumasu (6 July 1975)
28. Shinsetsuna kifujin (13 July 1975)
29. Ruubensu no nimai no e (20 July 1975)
30. Yuki no naka no yakusoku (27 July 1975)
31. Nero no ketsui (3 August 1975)
32. Ookina kashi no ki (10 August 1975)
33. Kokoro no tegami (17 August 1975)
34. Nuretto obasan (24 August 1975)
35. Okaeri aroa (31 August 1975)
36. Aroa no kusuri (7 September 1975)
37. Ureshii shirase (14 September 1975)
38. Nero no ookina yume (21 September 1975)
39. Kokoro wo tsunagu futatsu no hata (28 September 1975)
40. Ojiisan no kuchibue (5 October 1975)
41. Natsukashii nagai michi (12 October 1975)
42. Tonari ni kita hito (19 October 1975)
43. Aroa no otetsudai (26 October 1975)
44. Ojiisan no omiyage (2 November 1975)
45. Hitoribocchi no nero (9 November 1975)
46. Ojiisan no kao (16 November 1975)
47. Fuusha goya no kaji (23 November 1975)
48. Nakunatta shigoto (30 November 1975)
49. Kaketa yo ojisan (7 December 1975)
50. Happyo- no hi (14 December 1975)
51. Nisen furan no kinka (21 December 1975)
52. Tenshi tachi no e (28 December 1975)

AVAILABILITY

Germany
Television Distributors: ORF 1 / ZDF / E-M-S

Japan
Television Distributors: Fuji TV
Video Distributors: Bandai Visual
Laserdisc Distributors: Bandai Visual (Part One: BELL-1204; Part Two: BELL-1205)
DVD Distributors: Bandai Visual (BCBA-177; BCBA-178; BCBA-179; BCBA-180; BCBA-181; BCBA-182; BCBA-183; BCBA-184; BCBA-185; BCBA-186; BCBA-187; BCBA-1188; BCBA-189); Pioneer (10331)

TIMELINE

1998
June
25: Japan - laserdisc release (Part One: Bandai Visual (BELL-1204))

November
Day Unknown: - laserdisc release (Part Two: Bandai Visual (BELL-1205))

2000
March
7: Japan - DVD release (Pioneer (10331))

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

A Dog of Flanders - English language title
Flanders no Inu - alternative Japanese title
Karupisu kodomo gekijo furandaasu no inu - alternative title
Niklaas, ein Junge aus Flandern - German title
El perro de Flandes - Spanish title

LINKS

REMAKE
Flanders no Inu, Boku no Patorosshu (1992)

KEYWORDS

animation, anime, artists, book into film, dogs, orphans, teenagers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008