Huckleberry no Bōken
Huckleberry no Bouken | |
![]() Huckleberry Finn on Italia 1 | |
Genre | Adventure |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu Tameo Kohanawa |
Produced by | Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu Masakazu Higuchi Tameo Kohanawa |
Written by | Mamoru Sasaki |
Music by | Nobuyoshi Koshibe |
Studio | Group TAC |
Original network | Fuji Television |
Original run | 2 January 1976 – 25 June 1976 |
Episodes | 26 |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu Tameo Kohanawa |
Produced by | Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu Masakazu Higuchi Tameo Kohanawa |
Written by | Mamoru Sasaki |
Music by | Nobuyoshi Koshibe |
Studio | Group TAC |
Released | August 16, 1991 |
Runtime | 86 minutes |
Huckleberry no Bōken (ハックルベリィの冒険) is a 1976 anime series based on the 1884 novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It is the first of two Huckleberry Finn anime. A second Huck Finn television series was made in 1994, .[1]
A feature-length English dub of this series was made in the early 1980s, and broadcast on cable TV in the United States.[2]
The English-dubbed version for the episodic TV version of Huckleberry Finn was owned by Saban Entertainment 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, Huck is adopted by the Widow Douglas in return for saving her life. In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 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 Jim, 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 Mississippi River,[3] Jim hoping for freedom from slavery, and Huck searching freedom from his drunk father and controlling foster parent.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Masako Nozawa as Huckleberry Finn
- Yasuo Yamada as Jim
Additional cast[]
- Chikao Otsuka
- Daisuke Umon
- Kei Tomiyama
- Miyoko Aso
- Reiko Mutoh
Episode list[]
Episode | Title |
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1 | "Homeless Huck" |
2 | "A Scary Father" |
3 | "Log Cabin in a Secluded Wood" |
4 | "Huck's Great Escape" |
5 | "Death of Father" |
6 | "A Sure Handshake" |
7 | "Thieves Are Human Too" |
8 | "Jim in Danger" |
9 | "Mission to Rescue Jim" |
10 | "Huck Wanders into a House" |
11 | "Don't Shoot Hearney!" |
12 | "A Gentlemen's Agreement" |
13 | "After the Fight" |
14 | "In the Mist" |
15 | "Huck Protects the Delivery" |
16 | "Illusive Mother" |
17 | "Boys in the Wild" |
18 | "Jim's Prediction" |
19 | "Run, Huck" |
20 | "$3 Fare" |
21 | "The King and the Count" |
22 | "A Grandfather from England" |
23 | "Mary Smiles" |
24 | "Jim Is Sold" |
25 | "Escape, Jim" |
26 | "Huck Arrives Back Home" |
Music[]
Performer | Description | ||
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"Hora Huckleberry Finn" | "Hey There, Huckleberry Finn" | Horie Mitsuko and Korogi '73 | Opening Theme |
"Kawa no Uta" | "Song of the River" | Horie Mitsuko and Korogi '73 | Ending Theme |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Huckleberry no Boken Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vintage Toledo TV - CBN Ads page featuring an advertisement for a Sunday-night showing of Huckleberry Finn on CBN cable in 1984. From the promotional artwork used, this is the 1976 anime version condensed into feature length.
- ^ Huckleberry Finn / Huckleberry no Boken (TV-Serie) – wunschliste.de
External links[]
- Huckleberry no Bōken (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Huckleberry no Bōken (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Huckleberry Finn Monogatari (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- 1976 anime television series
- 1991 anime films
- Japanese children's animated adventure television series
- Adaptations of works by Mark Twain
- Fuji TV original programming
- Group TAC
- Television shows based on American novels
- Television shows based on children's books