is an

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produced by

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and directed by Hiroshi Saitô, which premiered on January 6, 1980, and ending its run on December 28 the same year. It is based on the well-known and popular 1876 novel ''

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 ...

'' by

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(and partially on ''

The 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 St ...

''). The series was broadcast on the

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, an animation staple on

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, that each year showcased an animated version of a classical book or story of Western literature, and was originally titled ''Tom Sawyer no Bōken''. It was the second installment of the series, after '' Rascal the Raccoon'' in 1977, to feature the work of an American author. This series was dubbed into English by Saban International and broadcast on HBO in 1988 under the title ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' at 7:30 am. It alternated with the later World Masterpiece Theater version of ''

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''. Celebrity Home Entertainment released videos in the United States under the title ''All New Adventures of Tom Sawyer''. A different English dub of the series has been shown in Southeast Asia. In 1997, 2008 and 2014, it was shown on

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. In 2015 and 2016, a digitally remastered version was shown on the

Digital TV subchannel Yey! in the Philippines. It has also been dubbed in other languages, including French, Italian, Arabic, Hebrew, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Dutch and Spanish. In January 2011, it was shown in the United States in the original Japanese on the

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's cable channel

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. Adventure anime and manga

Characters

Sawyers

Tom Sawyer Thomas Sawyer () is the titular character of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), ''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and ''Tom Sawyer, Dete ...

: Masako Nozawa in Japanese,

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in English dub. * Sid Sawyer: Sumiko Shirakawa in Japanese, Brianne Siddall in English dub. * Aunt Polly: Haru Endo * Mary Sawyer: Kaoru Ozawa in Japanese, Melora Harte in English dub.

Phelpses

* Sally Phelps: Natsuko Kawaji * Silas Phelps: Minoru Yada *Penny Phelps: Yoshiko Matsuo *Oscar Phelps: Kaneto Shiozawa in Japanese,

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in English dub.

Finns

Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884). He is 12 ...

: Kazuyo Aoki in Japanese, Wanda Nowicki in English dub * Pap Finn: Toshiya Ueda

Thatchers

* Becky Thatcher:

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* Judge Edward Thatcher: Ichiro Murakoshi *Margaret & Jeff Thatcher: Yumi Nakatani

Others

* Jim:

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Amy Lawrence Mark Twain's series of books featuring the fictional characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn include: #''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) #''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884) #''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894) #''Tom Sawyer, Detective'' ...

: Kaoru Kurosu, Sanae Takagi * Ben Rogers: Mie Azuma,

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*Alfred Temple: Masako Sugaya *Billy Fisher:

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* Muff Potter:

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in Japanese, Robert V. Barron in English dub. * Dr. Robinson:

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* Injun Joe:

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and Kenji Utsumi (episodes 38-49) in Japanese, Tom Wyner in English dub. * Mr. Dobbins:

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*Sheriff Collins: Taimei Suzuki *Widow Douglas: Keiko Kuge, Barbara Goodson in English dub. *Dr. Michael Mitchell: Tadao Futami in Japanese,

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in English dub. *Dr. Helmen: Mike Reynolds in English dub. *Lisette Jean *Prosecutor: Richard Epcar in English dub. *Peter (the cat) *Caesar (the dog)

Episodes

English episode titles from the 1988 Saban dub are listed in parentheses.

International titles

*As aventuras de Tom Sawyer (Portuguese) *De avonturen van Tom Sawyer (Dutch) *Las Aventuras de Tom Sawyer (Spanish) *Le avventure di Tom Sawyer (Italian) *Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer (French) *Przygody Tomka Sawyera (Polish) *Tom Sawyer (Spanish) *Tom Sawyer no Bōken (Japanese) *Tom Sawyers Abenteuer (German) *Tom Story *توم سوير (Arabic) *ماجراهای تام سایر ( Persian) *トム・ソーヤーの冒険 (Japanese) *湯姆歷險記 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Reception

* Awarded Best Film Award for TV by the Children's

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, Government of Japan

References

External links

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (on Amazon Prime)