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Lucy of the Southern Rainbow 南の虹のルーシー
(Minami no Niji no Rūshī)Genre Drama TV anime Directed by Hiroshi Saitô Studio Nippon Animation Network Fuji TV Original run January 10, 1982 – December 26, 1982 Episodes 50 Lucy of the Southern Rainbow (南の虹のルーシー Minami no niji no rūshī, "Lucy of the Southern Rainbow") is a Japanese 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.
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
- Lucy of the Southern Rainbow (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Official site by Bandai (Japanese)
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