Belle and Sebastian (TV series)
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| Belle and Sebastian | |
|---|---|
| 名犬ジョリィ (Meiken Jori) |
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| Genre | Historical |
| TV anime | |
| Director | Kenji Hayakawa |
| Studio | MK Company, Visual 80, Toho Company, Ltd. |
| Network |  NHK
 CBBC |
| Original run | April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982 |
| Episodes | 64 |
Belle and Sebastian (名犬ジョリィ Meiken Jorii?) is an anime adaption based a series of French novels called Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry which ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982. It consists of 64 episodes. it was a co-production of France's MK Company and Visual 80 Productions and Japan's Toho Company, Ltd., with animation director Toshiyuki Kashiwakura helming the project and character designs from Shuichi Seki. The show was broadcast on French and Japanese television in 1981, with American cable network Nickelodeon picking it up in 1984.
The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan and has been dubbed and subtitled in English and numerous other languages.
[edit] Plot
The series is about the mountain-based adventures of a young boy named Sebastian and his Great Pyrenees dog Belle who live in a small village in the Pyrenees Mountains, a mountain range between France and Spain. Sebastian lived with his grandfather and aunt in Spain and one day, he and Belle set out to cross the Pyrenees to get to France to find his mother, a Rom.
[edit] Characters
- Sebastian
- Belle
