Belle and Sebastian (名犬ジョリィ, Meiken Jorii, Jolly the famous dog) is an anime adaption of a series of French novels called Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982. It consists of 64 episodes and was a co-production of France's MK Company and Visual 80 Productions and Japan's Toho Company, Ltd.. Toshiyuki Kashiwakura was the animation director and character designs were by Sh...
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Belle and Sebastian (名犬ジョリィ, Meiken Jorii, Jolly the famous dog) is an anime adaption of a series of French novels called Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982. It consists of 64 episodes and was a co-production of France's MK Company and Visual 80 Productions and Japan's Toho Company, Ltd.. Toshiyuki Kashiwakura was the animation director and character designs were by Shuichi Seki. The show was broadcast on French and Japanese television in 1981, with American cable network Nickelodeon picking it up in 1984. In the United Kingdom, it aired on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990.
The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan and has been dubbed and subtitled in English and numerous other languages.
The series is about the mountain-based adventures of a young boy named Sebastian and his Pyrenean Mountain Dog Belle who live in a small village in the Pyrenees, a mountain range between France and Spain....
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