Remi, Nobody's Girl

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name = Remi, Nobody's Girl


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ja_name = 家なき子レミ
ja_name_trans = Ie Naki Ko Remi
genre = Adventure, historical, slice of life storyInfobox animanga/Anime
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director = Kōzō Kuzuha
studio = Nippon Animation
network = flagicon|Japan Fuji TV, Animax
network_other = flagicon|Philippines ABS-CBN, Animax
flagicon|Singapore flagicon|India flagicon|Hong Kong Animax
flagicon|Italy Italia 1
first = September 01, 1996
last = March 23, 1997
episodes = 26

nihongo|"Remi, Nobody's Girl"|家なき子レミ|Ie Naki Ko Remi was a 26-episode Japanese anime television series by Nippon Animation, which premiered September 01, 1996 to March 23, 1997 across Japan on the Fuji Television network as an installment to Nippon Animation's famed "World Masterpiece Theater" series.

The complete series, all 26 episodes, was later aired by the anime satellite television network, Animax, who translated and dubbed the series into English for broadcast across its respective English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, under the title "Remi, Nobody's Girl", as well as other languages.

tory

"Remi, Nobody's Girl" tells the story of Remi, a humble and cheerful young girl, who is an excellent singer, and lives in a French town in the countryside with her mother. She discovers that she was a "foundling" or an abandoned child and was adopted by Mother Barberin. Her step father Jerome leaves to work in Paris and expects Mother Barberin to send Remi to the workhouse. He returns 10 years later and finds that Remi is still there, and becomes furious. Because they had become so poor Remi is sold to a traveling performer named Vitalis by Jerome. On her journeys with Vitalis and his company she must endure and overcome many difficulties while looking for her real family.

The story is adapted from "Sans famille", a 1878 French novel, written by Hector Malot. In "Sans famille", Rémi is a boy.

Characters

;nihongo|Remi Barberin|レミ・バルブラン|Remi Baruburan:*anime voices|Mitsuko Horie

:*A bright and energetic 10 year old girl. She was raised in a French village called Chavanon, but she doesn't know where she was born. Remi is an excellent singer. Her foster father, Jerome sells her to Vitalis for her to sing and perform with his band.

;nihongo|Anne Barberin|アンヌ・バルブラン|Annu Baruburan:*anime voices|Kumiko Hironaka

:*Her husband, Jerome found Remi abandoned as a child on a street corner of Paris. Afterwards, Jerome leaves to work in Paris and Anne raises Remi in secret.

;nihongo|Nana|ナナ・バルブラン|Nana Baruburan:*anime voices|Junko Shimakata

:*Remi's little sister, she is the real child of Anne Barberin.

;nihongo|Jerome|ジェローム・バルブラン|Jerōmu Baruburan:*anime voices|Masahiko Tanaka

:*Remi's step father. He found Remi as a baby, abandoned. He goes away to Paris to work and expects his wife to get rid of Remi and send her to the workhouse. He returns ten years later because of a work injury and sells Remi to Vitalis because they had become so poor.

;nihongo|Rosette|ルーセット|Rūsetto

:*The family cow, which is sold because they had become so poor.

;nihongo|Vitalis|ヴィタリス|Vitarisu:*anime voices|Fumito Yamano

:*The owner of three dogs and a monkey. He is a performer who travels throughout France. He is skilled at playing the violin. At first glance, he appears frightful, however he is very kind. He taught Remi to read and write because she doesn't go to school.

;nihongo|Milligan|ミリガン婦人|:*anime voices|Eiko Yamada

:*An English lady who in Toulouse meets Remi and believes that Vitalis is innocent. She searches for her own daughter who was stolen not long after birth.Actually it turned to be Remi who was her real daughter

;nihongo|Arthur|アーサー|Āsā:*anime voices|Yumi Touma

:*Mrs. Milligan's son who is paralyzed and in a wheelchair. He becomes good friends with Remi.Also the brother of Remi

;nihongo|Nelly|ネリー|Nerī:*anime voices|Megumi Hayashibara

;nihongo|Mattia|マチア|Machia:*anime voices|Shinobu Adachi

:*One of the boys who has lived with Gaspard, he is the leader of the children. He's good at playing the violin. He became attached to Remi because of her kindness and gentleness.They promised to be together forever and in the last episode he promised to work hard so that he can be in same social status and ask Remi to be with him forever.

;nihongo|Lise|リーズ|Rīzu:*anime voices|Mika Nakai

;nihongo|Ricardo|リカルド|Rikarudo:*anime voices|Hiro Yuuki

:*One of the boys who has lived with Gaspard. He is a friend of Mattia.

;nihongo|Marcel|マルセル|Maruseru:*anime voices|Kyoko Tsuruno

;nihongo|Maria|マリア|Maria:*anime voices|Kae Araki

;nihongo|Gaspard|ガスパール|Gasupāru:*anime voices|Nobuaki Fukuda

:*An acquaintance of Vitalis. He uses homeless children and treats them like slaves. He uses the money he collects from them for his own purposes.:*He is based on Garofoli from the original story.

;nihongo|Capi|カピ|Capi

:*A dog of Vitalis' company. He has a sense of responsibility and has very strong and leadership qualities. His name comes from the Italian "capitale".

;nihongo|Zerbino|ゼルビーノ|Zerubino

:*A dog of Vitalis' company. He is known as the cool one. Zerbino is the Italian word for "dandy".

;nihongo|Dolce|ドルチェ|Dorushi

:*A dog of Vitalis' company. She becomes attached to everyone. The name "Dulcie" is the Italian word for "gentle".

;nihongo|Joli-Coeur|ジョリクール|Jorikūru:*anime voices|Chie Sato

:*The monkey in Vitalis' company. He acts almost like a human and is a natural entertainer. He is also very michievous.

Music

;Opening theme::Lyrics: Masashi Sada:Composition and arrangement: Katsuhisa Hattori:Performance: Masashi Sada

;Ending theme::Lyrics: Fumiko Okada:Composition and arrangement: Katsuhisa Hattori:Performance: Youca

External links

* [http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/work/ienakiko_remi.html Nippon Animation's official website] jp icon
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