is a Japanese
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
series by
Nippon Animation
is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City.
Nippon Animation is known for producing numerous anime series based on works of ...
. This 1982 adaptation is part of the studio's popular ''
World Masterpiece Theater
was a Japanese TV anime staple that showcased an animated version of a different classical book or story each year from 19:30 to 20:00 on Sunday on Fuji TV. It originally aired from 1969 to 1997 and from 2007 to 2009. Commonly abbreviated to ...
'' franchise, based on the 1982 novel ''Southern Rainbow'' by Australian writer
Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001), and tells the story of a young girl named Lucy and the hardships and excitement she and her family encounter when they move from England to Adelaide in Australia to start a farm.
Not only it is the first anime in the ''World Masterpiece Theater'' to have been broadcast while the author of the source material was still alive (followed by ''
Story of the Alps: My Annette'', ''
The Bush Baby
, shortened as ''The Bush Baby'', is the title of a 1992 anime series consisting of forty 25-minute episodes. It is based on the novel '' The Bushbabies'' (1965) by Canadian author William Stevenson.
The series is part of Fuji Television and ...
'' and ''
Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables''), but it also is the only one to have aired when the original work wasn't finished yet. At the time of the broadcasting in Japan in 1982, ''Southern Rainbow'' was still in phase of serialization on an Australian family daily magazine, prior to be published as a book later that same year.
Another adaptation of the story, written by Ken Wakasaki as a tie-in to the anime, was also published in Japan in 1982.
The anime has been dubbed into French, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, German, and Persian.
Cast
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Minori Matsushima
was a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator that worked for Aoni Production. She was most known for the roles of Candice White Adley (''Candy Candy''), Hiyoko Isu (''The Song of Tentomushi''), Alexandria Meat (''Kinnikuman''), Sayaka Y ...
as ルーシー・メイ (Lucy-May)
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Ikuko Tani
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Tokyo Prefecture. She is best known for her roles in '' Tanoshii Moomin Ikka'' (as Moominmamma), ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (as Patrick Star) and the Japanese dubs of the ''Harry Potter'' f ...
as Annie
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Katsunosuke Hori
is a Japanese actor, Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and Narration, narrator from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. He is a member of 81 Produce. He is known for dubbing for Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Jon Voight, Charles Dance and many more. He ...
as Arthur
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Rihoko Yoshida
is a businessperson and a former Japanese voice actress. Among her most noteworthy roles are Megu-chan in '' Majokko Megu-chan'', Monsley in ''Future Boy Conan'', Maria Grace Fleed in ''UFO Robo Grendizer'', Michiru in ''Getter Robo'', Klara in ...
as Kate
Episodes
# To a New land
# Cute Fellow
# The Replacement
# First Exploration
# After the Rain
# A Town Named Adelaide
# Ben's Misfortune
# Night Before Departure
# Road to Adelaide
# Green Town
# My Small House
# Night at Adelaide
# Ben Has Arrived
# A Stout Man
# Two Homes
# Drenched Doctor
# Unfortunate Accident
# Tree Climbing
# Shopping Tine
# Water in the Well
# Adelaide's Designer
# Children of Brick and Dingo
# Your Name is Little
# The Day Which Marks The End Of Summer
# When I'm Not Brought Along
# I Got Sick!
# Ride on the Wind
# Land Opposite the River
# Little's Training
# Birthday Present
# Little and Black Dog
# Bridge over the Rainbow
# Lost Dream
# Little and School
# Duel
# Five Shillings in the Nest
# Bandits of the Grassland
# Detective Lucy
# Two Farewells
# Who Am I?
# A Town I Do Not Know, A Person I Do Not Recognize
# A Child Called Emily
# Missing Each Other
# Little! Little!
# Tob's Vanished
# A Wombat In The Hole
# Father's Decision
# Rich Child
# Clara's Marriage
# Toward's the Rainbow
Music
* Opening Theme: "Niji ni Naritai" by Sumiko Yamagata
* Ending Theme: "Mori ni Oide" by Sumiko Yamagata
References
External links
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1982 anime television series debuts
Adventure anime and manga
Drama anime and manga
Historical anime and manga
Fictional people from South Australia
Television shows based on Australian novels
Television shows set in South Australia
World Masterpiece Theater series
Fuji TV original programming
Television series set in the 1830s
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