Huckleberry no Bōken
Also known as Huckleberry Finn · Huckleberry no Bōken · Huckleberry no Bouken · ハックルベリィの冒険 · האקלברי פין · הוקלברי פין · הקלברי פין
- Years 1976
- Episodes 26
- Country Japan
- Network Fuji TV
- Israel broadcast Educational Television, Hebrew dub
- Original broadcast 2 January 1976 - 25 June 1976 (Fuji TV)
Huckleberry no Bōken (ハックルベリィの冒険) is a 1976 Japanese anime television series of 26 episodes, based on Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
It follows Huck Finn along the Mississippi River and the friendship that grows between him and Jim, who has escaped slavery.
Produced by Group TAC and originally broadcast on Fuji TV from 2 January to 25 June 1976. A Hebrew dub aired on Israeli Educational Television.
Not to be confused with the separate 1994 anime Huckleberry Finn Monogatari.
Plot
Set in the American South while slavery was still practiced, the series follows the independent, adventurous boy Huckleberry «Huck» Finn, who lives in a town on the Mississippi River.
After helping capture a group of criminals, the Widow Douglas takes him in and tries to give him a home, schooling and an orderly life.
Huck struggles with school, manners and the discipline Miss Jane Watson tries to teach him.
His life changes when his father, Sam Finn, returns, takes him from the widow's house and holds him in an isolated cabin.
Huck escapes, fakes his death to stop the search, and hides on Jackson's Island, where he meets Jim, who fled after learning Jane Watson planned to sell him. Together they travel the Mississippi by raft, hoping to reach Illinois, facing storms, wrecks, feuds, criminals and con men, with the squirrel Lily accompanying them for much of the journey as their friendship deepens.
Production
Produced in Japan by Group TAC and originally aired on Fuji TV from 2 January to 25 June 1976 (26 episodes). Music by Nobuyoshi Koshibe.
A television adaptation of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Not to be confused with the separate 1994 anime Huckleberry Finn Monogatari.
In Israel
The series aired in Israel with a Hebrew dub on Educational Television.
Hebrew voice credits (roles not assigned here): מיכאל הנגבי, דב רייזר, רותי הולצמן, שרית סרי, איציק סיידוף, שלמה סדן, אורית ירון, גיל זמק, אדם נוישטיין, דוד גורשיין, עדו מזרחי, ינון ידיגר.
Hebrew opening theme - lyrics: שפרירה זכאי; vocals: אילן לייבוביץ and יוריק בן-דוד; musical direction: יוריק בן-דוד; recorded at Colinor Studios.
Series details
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Studio / production
- Group TAC
- Genre
- Anime
- Based on
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain
Music
Score: Nobuyoshi Koshibe.
Hebrew opening - lyrics: Shafrira Zakai; vocals: Ilan Leibovich and Yurik Ben-David; musical direction: Yurik Ben-David; recorded at Colinor Studios.
Did you know?
- Not the 1994 anime Do not confuse this 1976 series with Huckleberry Finn Monogatari, a separate 1994 anime also based on Mark Twain's novel.
People: Dov Reiser, Michael Hanegbi, Ruti Holtzman, Sarit Seri, אדם נוישטיין, אורית ירון, איציק סיידוף, גיל זמק, דוד גורשיין, ינון ידיגר, עדו מזרחי, שלמה סדן
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