Minami no Niji no Lucy
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese anime
series by Nippon Animation
. The 1982 adaptation of the studio's popular World Masterpiece Theater franchise, the anime is based on Southern Rainbow by Australian writer Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001), and tells the story of a young girl named Lucy and the hardships and excitement she and her family encounter when they move from England to Australia to start a farm.
The anime has been dubbed into French
(Karine, l'aventure du Nouveau Monde), Italian
(Lucy May), Arabic
(Lucy), Spanish
(Lucy) , German
(Lucy in Australien)and persian
(emigrants).
One interesting note is that this was the only World Masterpiece Theater series to be produced while the original creator of the story (Phyllis Piddington) was still alive. Another adaptation of the story, written by Ken Wakasaki as a tie-in to the anime, was also published in Japan in 1982.
Japan
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ese anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series by Nippon Animation
Nippon Animation
is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City....
. The 1982 adaptation of the studio's popular World Masterpiece Theater franchise, the anime is based on Southern Rainbow by Australian writer Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001), and tells the story of a young girl named Lucy and the hardships and excitement she and her family encounter when they move from England to Australia to start a farm.
The anime has been dubbed into French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
(Karine, l'aventure du Nouveau Monde), Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
(Lucy May), Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
(Lucy), Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
(Lucy) , German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(Lucy in Australien)and persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
(emigrants).
One interesting note is that this was the only World Masterpiece Theater series to be produced while the original creator of the story (Phyllis Piddington) was still alive. Another adaptation of the story, written by Ken Wakasaki as a tie-in to the anime, was also published in Japan in 1982.
Episodes
- To a New land
- Cute Fellow
- The Replacement
- First Exploration
- Catt Kewish
- A Town Named Adelaide
- Ben's Misfortune
- Night Before Departure
- Road to Adelaide
- Green Town
- My Small House
- Night at Adelaide
- Ben Has Arrived
- A Stout Man
- Two Homes
- Drenched Doctor
- Unfortunate Accident
- Tree Climbing
- Shopping Tine
- Water in the Well
- Adelaide's Designer
- Children of Brick and Dingo
- Your Name is Little
- The Day Which Marks The End Of Summer
- When I'm Not Brought Alone
- I Got Sick!
- Ride on the Wind
- Land Opposite the River
- Little's Training
- Birthday Present
- Little and Black Dog
- Bridge over the Rainbow
- Lost Dream
- Little and School
- Duel
- Five Shillings in the Nest
- Bandits of the Grassland
- Detective Lucy
- Two Farewells
- Who Am I?
- A Town I Do Not Know, A Person I Do Not Recognize
- A Child Called Emily
- Missing Each Other
- Little! Little!
- Tob's Vanished
- A Wombat In The Hole
- Father's Decision
- Rich Child
- Clara's Marriage
- Toward's the Rainbow
Music
- Opening Theme: "Niji ni Naritai" by Sumiko Yamagata
- Ending Theme: "Mori ni Oide" by Sumiko Yamagata
External links
- Official site by Bandai (Japanese)