The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (anime)
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | |
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Screenshot of the opening logo of the television series | |
| トム・ソーヤーの冒険 (Tomu Sōyā no Bōken) | |
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| Genre | Drama, Comedy, Historical, Slice of life story |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Saito |
| Music by | Katsuhisa Hattori |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | 6 January 1980 – 28 December 1980 |
| Episodes | 49 |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (トム・ソーヤーの冒険 Tomu Sōyā no Bōken) is a Japanese/American anime series, directed by Hiroshi Saitô which was aired in 1980. It is based on the well-known and popular novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
The series was broadcast on the World Masterpiece Theater, an animation staple on Fuji TV that showcased each year an animated version of a different classical book or story of Western literature, and was originally titled "Tom Sawyer no Bōken". It was the second installment of the series, after 1977's Rascal the Raccoon, to feature the work of an American author.
This series was also dubbed to English by Saban International and aired on HBO c. 1988 under the title "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." It aired during the 7:30AM time slot and alternated with the later WMT version of "Little Women." Celebrity Home Entertainment released videos in the United States under the title "All New Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
In 1997, 2008, 2010, and 2014, it was aired on ABS-CBN in the Philippines.
As of January 2011, the anime is airing in the United States (in the original Japanese) on the NHK's cable channel TV Japan.
Characters
Sawyers
- Tom Sawyer: Masako Nozawa
- Sid Sawyer: Sumiko Shirakawa
- Aunt Polly: Haru Endo
- Mary: Kaoru Ozawa
Phelpses
- Sally Phelps: Natsuko Kawaji
- Silas Phelps: Minoru Yada
- Penny Phelps: Yoshiko Matsuo
- Oscar Phelps: Kaneto Shiozawa
Finns
Thatchers
- Becky Thatcher: Keiko Han
- Judge Edward Thatcher: Ichiro Murakoshi
- Margaret & Jeff Thatcher: Yumi Nakatani
Other
- Jim: Ikuo Nishikawa
- Amy Lawrence: Kaoru Kurosu, Sanae Takagi
- Ben Rogers: Mie Azuma, Atsuko Mine
- Alfred Temple: Masako Sugaya
- Billy Fisher: Naoki Tatsuta, Ikuo Nishikawa
- Muff Potter: Eken Mine
- Dr. Robinson: Jun Hazumi
- Injun Joe: Eiji Kanie, Kenji Utsumi
- Mr. Dobbins: Ichirō Nagai
- Joe Harper: Kazuhiko Inoue
- Sheriff Collins: Taimei Suzuki
- Widow Douglas: Keiko Kuge
- Peter (the cat)
- Caesar (the dog)
External links
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at the Internet Movie Database
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