is a 1992

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, 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 Japane ...

film, based on the Italian novel by Gianni Padoan. It was dubbed into English and distributed by Celebrity Home Entertainment in 1993 under the title of "The Secret of the Seal".

Plot

After his mother's death, Antonio (nicknamed in

Sardinian language Sardinian or Sard ( , or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language spoken by the Sardinians on the Western Mediterranean island of Sardinia. Many Romance linguists consider it the language that is closest to Latin among all its genealogica ...

) and his father move to

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

, where Tottòi's father grew up as a boy. Tottòi's adventures begin when he sees a

monk seal Monk seals are earless seals of the tribe Monachini. They are the only earless seals found in tropical climates. The two genera of monk seals, ''Monachus'' and ''Neomonachus'', comprise three species: the Mediterranean monk seal, ''Monachus mona ...

, despite the common belief that they had long since died out.

Voice Cast

External links

Nippon Animation Official Site (Japanese)

* 1992 films Japanese animated films 1992 anime films Nippon Animation films Films set in Sardinia {{1990s-animation-film-stub