is a 1976 anime series based on the 1884 novel ''

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' or as it is known in more recent editions, ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United S ...

'' by Mark Twain. It is the first of two Huckleberry Finn anime. A second Huck Finn television series was made in 1994, '' Huckleberry Finn Monogatari''. A feature-length English dub of this series was made in the early 1980s, and broadcast on cable TV in the United States. The English-dubbed version for the episodic TV version of ''Huckleberry Finn'' was owned by

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in 1993. As with most of the programming library and properties of Saban Entertainment and Fox Children's Productions, the rights to this series is now owned by Disney Enterprises through BVS Entertainment, who acquired the Fox Kids Worldwide franchise in Summer 2001. Some episodes of ''Saban's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' were released on Region 2 DVD by Maximum Entertainment Ltd. in the 2000s. However, there were no plans to release the English dub version of the series on Region 1 DVD.

Plot summary

At the end of ''

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the no ...

'', Huck is adopted by the Widow Douglas in return for saving her life. In ''

'', in some respects a sequel to ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', the widow attempts to "civilize" the newly rich Huck. Huck is kidnapped by his father but manages to fake his own death and escape to Jackson's Island, where he coincidentally meets up with

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, a slave of the Widow Douglas' sister, Miss Watson. Jim is running for freedom because he has found out that Miss Watson plans to "sell him South" for $800. Together they construct a raft and travel on the

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slavery Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

, and Huck searching freedom from his drunk father and controlling foster parent.

Cast

Main cast

Masako Nozawa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa; she is also affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband, Masaaki Tsukada, wa ...

as Huckleberry Finn *

Yasuo Yamada was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. Career Yamada left the faculty of literature of Waseda University, and had performed in many stage, radio, and television productions. He appeared in performances of plays by Hisashi Inoue. His ...

as Jim

Additional cast

Chikao Otsuka was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He was most known for the roles of Captain Hook ('' Peter Pan no Bōken & Disney's Peter Pan''), Dick Dastardly ('' Wacky Races'' & ''Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines''), Goemon Ishik ...

* Daisuke Umon * Kei Tomiyama *

Miyoko Aso Miyoko (written: is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Miyoko Akaza, Japanese actress * Miyoko Asada, Japanese actress * Miyoko Asahina, retired female long-distance runner * Miyoko Asō, Japanese voice actress ...

* Reiko Mutoh

English dub

Daniel Brochu Daniel Brochu (born February 28, 1970) is a Canadian actor. Early life Brochu came from a single parent family, like his character Buster Baxter on ''Arthur''. Career Brochu is best known for voicing Buster Baxter in the PBS TV series ''Arthur ...

as Huckleberry Finn *

Bronwen Mantel Bronwen Mantel (born 29 October 1948) is a Canadian actress. Mantel has appeared in numerous movies and has done extensive voice acting in animated films and television series. Early life and career Mantel was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

as Widder Douglas and Tommy * Sonja Ball as Jane Watson * Gary Jewell as Judge Thatcher *

Aron Tager Aron Tager (June 30, 1934 – February 28, 2019) was an American actor, poet, artist and sculptor. Career As an artist, Tager had numerous exhibitions of his work and has sculptures installed at the following locations: Mount Anthony Union Hi ...

as Pap Finn *

Tyrone Benskin Tyrone Benskin (born 29 December 1958) is an English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament in the Jeanne-Le Ber riding, in Montreal, Quebec, in the 2011 Canadian federal election and served as an M ...

as Jim *

Holly Gauthier-Frankel Holly G. Frankel (born July 13, 1979), also known as Holly Gauthier-Frankel, is a Canadian voice actress and voice director. Frankel is best known for playing Fern Walters in ''Arthur'', Sagwa in ''Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat'', Rita in '' Go ...

as Becky *

Arthur Holden Arthur Holden (born August 28, 1959) is a Canadian actor and writer. Known for his roles such as Mr. Ratburn in ''Arthur'', Baba-Miao in ''Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat'', Mayor Mallard in ''The Little Twins'', and Mr. Larkin in later episode ...

as Ben *

Thor Bishopric Thor Bishopric (born September 6, 1963) is a Canadian actor and writer. He is a prominent member of ACTRA. Bishopric has performed roles in television and film, and provided his voice for animated and puppet productions and several films for The ...

as Joe * Teddy Lee Dillon as Bob

Additional voices

* Liz Macrae * Michael O'Reilly *

Richard M. Dumont Richard M. Dumont (born 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actor, writer and director who has worked in both Canada and the United States. Dumont is known for playing Sardo, who owned a magic shop called Sardo's Magic Mansion, in ma ...

* Terrence Scammell * Joanna Noyes * A. J. Henderson * Susan Glover * Bruce Dinsmore * Dean Hagopian (credited as Dean Hagoplan) *

Michael Rudder Michael Rudder (born June 14, 1950) is a Canadian film, television, theatre and voice actor. Rudder was injured in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. Acting work Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Rudder was a Genie Award nominee in 1989 for Best ...

* Rick Jones * Aimée Castle *

Mark Camacho Mark Camacho (born April 12, 1964) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor. Career He has starred in live-action films, but is best known for his voice acting roles, such as Oliver Frensky in ''Arthur'', Lyle in '' Animal Crackers'', Dad ...

* Walter Massey *

Jodie Resther Jodie Lynn Resther (born November 28, 1977) is a Canadian actress and singer. In the 1990s she played Kiki in the children's live-action show ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'', and has been involved in various dramas including ''Extra! Extra!'', ' ...

Episode list

Music

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huckleberry no Boken 1976 anime television series debuts Japanese children's animated adventure television series Works based on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Fuji TV original programming Group TAC Television shows based on American novels Television shows based on children's books Television shows based on works by Mark Twain