Aoi Blink
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| Aoi Blink | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation, Anime, Fantasy, Sci-fi |
| Created by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka Takashi Yamada |
| Directed by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Voices of | Masako Nozawa Miki Itou |
| Opening theme | Hitomi no Naka no Mirai |
| Ending theme | Makenaide, Yuuki |
| Country of origin | Japan  |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Tezuka Productions |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABS-CBN (1999)  La Cinq (1990) |
| First shown in | Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK-G) |
| Original run | 7 April 1989 – 16 March 1990 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
Aoi Blink or Blue Blink is a sci-fi anime series created by Osamu Tezuka. The anime is based from classic film Konjok-gorbunok by Ivan Ivanov-Vano[1]. The film in turn is based from Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov's The Little Humpacked Horse.
This was Tezuka's last anime series[2]. Osamu Tezuka died while this series was in production. The studio completed the production according to his plans[3].
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[edit] Plot Summary
The story opens with the meeting between our hero, Kakeru, and a mystical pony named Blink. Kakeru saves Blink from a thunder shower and in gratitude, Blink tells him that if he is ever in trouble, all Kakeru needs to do is call out his name and he will appear. At the end of the summer when Kakeru returns home, his father, a writer of children's stories, is kidnapped. Kakeru, weeping, calls out Blink's name and, as promised, Blink immediately appears, and the two set out on the trail of Kakeru's father[4].
[edit] Episode List
| Episode | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Departure Toward the Faraway Future |
| 2 | The Secret of "Gray Farm" |
| 3 | The Hostage in Rose Mansion |
| 4 | The Tilted Ivory Castle |
| 5 | Monster Dogizura in Yellow Fortress |
| 6 | Strange Fruit in Blue Town |
| 7 | Crash! Moss Green Car Race |
| 8 | The Tempting Island: Cobalt |
| 9 | A Country of Fighters: Red Ball |
| 10 | The Mysterious Forest Sepia |
| 11 | The City of the Three Primary Colors: Terrace |
| 12 | Heart Stealers of Purple Town |
| 13 | The Fortress Train in Brown Town |
| 14 | Children's Town, Rainbow Town |
| 15 | The Light Ark of Gold Valley |
| 16 | The Town of Fortune-Telling: Mint Green |
| 17 | Milky White: The Secret of the Temple in the Air |
| 18 | Will It Bloom?: The Flower of Dark in Emerald Forest |
| 19 | To The Dark River! The Mysterious Ultra-Marine Plain!! |
| 20 | Animal Paradise: Harpy Green |
| 21 | Yellow Oaker: The Town With No Greenery or Flowers |
| 22 | The Plane of Love! Fly in the Persian Blue!! |
| 23 | The Legend of Davies Gray! Blink Turns into a Fossil!! |
| 24 | Submarine City: The Mermaid Princess of Pearl Muu |
| 25 | Blink Disappears in Opera Town |
| 26 | Revive! The Hotaru Butterflies of Scarlet River |
| 27 | Mystery! The Castle of Adventures, Indigo |
| 28 | Love Again! Fierce Fight in the Wine Red Sea |
| 29 | Enemy or Friend? The Detective of Orange Stone |
| 30 | Find the Key of Truth! The Remains of Dark Purple Lake |
| 31 | Gold Amber Valley |
| 32 | The Upside Down City, Sky Blue |
| 33 | Meeting Again! Mother and Child in the Dark Jail |
| 34 | Lonely Kakeru! The Nightmare of the Dark Sea!! |
| 35 | The Strongest Soldier: Black Warrior |
| 36 | To the Dark Castle! Face Up with Courage |
| 37 | Prince Horo: The Bronze Trap |
| 38 | Gross Castle in Light and Darkness |
| 39 | Goodbye to the Endless Journey and Blink |
[edit] Original Cast
- Masako Nozawa as Blink, Kakeru
- Miki Itou as Princess Kirara
- Ai Orikasa as Julie
- Goro Naya as Shiki Haruhiko
- Katsuya Kobayashi as Tanba
- Kei Tomiyama as Henry
- Kenichi Ogata as Nitch
- Mari Mashiba as Spika
- Saori Tsuchiya as Blink
- Satoko Yasunaga as Nana
- Sho Hayami as Prince Horo
- You Yoshimura as Satch
- Yuriko Fuchizaki as Rakururu
[edit] Additional Cast
- Chafurin
- Akio Ohtsuka
- Arisa Andou
- Aruno Tahara
- Atsushi Ii
- Chika Sakamoto
- Eiji Maruyama
- Fumio Matsuoka
- Hisako Kyouda
- Jun Hazumi
- Junko Ishida
- Junpei Takiguchi
- Kazue Ikura
- Kazue Komiya
- Keiichi Nanba
- Kenichi Ono
- Kenji Utsumi
- Kikuko Inoue
- Kôichi Kitamura
- Kousei Tomita
- Kumiko Watanabe
- Kyouko Hanemura
- Mahito Tsujimura
- Masako Miura
- Masami Sekigawa
- Masane Tsukayama
- Masaru Ikeda
- Masayuki Kato
- Mayumi Tanaka
- Mikio Terashima
- Minako Arakawa
- Minami Takayama
- Minoru Inaba
- Nobuaki Fukuda
- Nobuyuki Furuta
- Nozomu Sasaki
- Osamu Kobayashi
- Reiko Suzuki
- Rie Iwatsubo
- Rihoko Yoshida
- Runa Akiyama
- Sachiko Miki
- Satomi Koorogi
- Sayuri Ikemoto
- Seiko Tomoe
- Shigeru Nakahara
- Shigezou Sasaoka
- Shinya Ohtaki
- Shunsuke Takamiya
- Takumi Yamazaki
- Taro Arakawa
- Tesshô Genda
- Tetsuo Mizutori
- Tomoko Munakata
- Toshiharu Sakurai
- Toshiya Ueda
- Tsutomu Kashiwakura
- Yasunori Matsumoto
- Yoshiko Asai
- Yoshiko Ohta
- Yoshiko Sakakibara
- Yoshino Takamori
- You Inoue
- Youko Matsuoka
- Yuko Mizutani
- Yumi Takada
- Yuri Amano
- Yuzuru Fujimoto
[edit] Music
| Title | English Title | Performer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitomi no Naka no Mirai | The Future in Your Eyes[5] | Yoko Minamino[6] | Opening Song |
| Makenaide, Yuuki | Defeat, Evoke[7] | Shinobu Nakayama[8] | Ending Song |
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- ^ Aoi Blink
- ^ http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/58693-Aoi_Blink.html
- ^ Aoi Blink
- ^ http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_synopsis/58693-Aoi_Blink_(Series).html
- ^ Anime Lyrics dot Com - Anime - Aoi Blink
- ^ Aoi Blink (TV) - Anime News Network
- ^ Anime Lyrics dot Com - Anime - Aoi Blink
- ^ Aoi Blink (TV) - Anime News Network
