Once upon a time (anime)

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Anime television series
title There was once
Original title ま ん が 日本 昔 ば な し
transcription Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1975-1994
Studio Group TAC
length 25 minutes
Episodes 1467 in 2 seasons
genre fairy tale
music Jun Kitahara
First broadcast January 7, 1975 on MBS
German-language
first broadcast		 July 8, 1979 on ZDF
synchronization

Once upon a time ( Japanese ま ん が 日本 昔 ば な し , Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi , eng. "Once upon a time in Japan") is an anime television series from Studio Group TAC , which ran from 1975 to 1994 on Japanese television. Some of the episodes were shown in German , first on ZDF .

content

Each of the episodes consists of two stories, each telling a Japanese fairy tale. These include well-known stories such as those of Momotaro , Princess Kaguya or Yuki Onna , but also rarely told or little known. The series is aimed at children.

Production and publication

The series was created by Studio Group TAC , initially in 1975 as a twelve-part series and continuously from 1976. 1467 episodes had been produced by 1994. Main director ( chief director ) lead Mitsuo Kobayashi and Tsuneo Maeda , Episode directors were Rintaro , Norio Hikone , Hidenori Kondo , gisaburō sugii , Hiroyuki Hoshiyama , Hiroe Mitsunobu and Isao Okishima . The scripts were written by Ryōhei Suzuki and Tsunehisa Ito . The responsible producers were Ippei Onimaru, Masatoshi Yui, Mikio Nakata and Sayumi Kawauchi and Tsutomu Shibayama was hired for the design . The narrator was voiced by Etsuko Ichihara and Fujio Tokita .

The first 12 episodes were shown by MBS in Japan from January 7th to March 25th, 1975 . On January 3, 1976 began broadcasting the 2nd season, which ran until September 3, 1994. After the end of production, the series was repeated many times, from 2005 a revised version ran.

The first season was broadcast by RaiDue in Italy in 1978, TVP1 in Poland and RTP1 . ZDF showed a German dubbed version of initially 11 episodes from July 8 to September 30, 1979. On November 19, 1981 and November 26, 1981, two more episodes followed in German. The German voice of the narrator is Theo Lingen . Reps ran at the end of 1984 on the station PKS, a forerunner of Sat.1 , 1986 on Sat.1 and 1990 on Pro7 .

music

The composer of the film music was Jun Kitahara . The series received the opening song Nippon Mukashibanashi ( に っ ぽ ん 昔 ば な し ) by Hana-zukin and the first season the final title Gruppa no Uta ( グ ル ッ パ ー の う た ) by Keeper Mates. In the second season the following songs were used for the credits:

  • Gruppa no Uta ( グ ル ッ パ ー の う た ) by Keeper Mates
  • Hoshi Sagashi ( ほ し さ が し ) from 相 田文 三 and Tokyo Shōnen Shōjo Gasshōtai
  • Jankenpon - Gū Choki Pā no Uta ( ジ ャ ン ケ ン ポ ン ~ グ ー ・ チ ョ キ ・ パ ー の う た ~ ) from Himawari
  • Kaa-san - Mother ( か あ さ ん ~ マ ザ ー ~ ) by Mintsu and Rei Sekimori
  • Minna de Tanjōbi ( み ん な で た ん じ ょ う び ) by Hanako Nakamura and Young Fresh
  • Ningentte Ii na ( に ん げ ん っ て い い な ) by Yoshimi Nakajima and Young Fresh
  • Toppin Karagete Nigerarete ( ト ッ ピ ン か ら げ て 逃 げ ら れ て ) from Fujio Tokita

In addition, the following songs were used within the episodes:

  • Ai no Message Part 1 ( 愛 の メ ッ セ ー ジ Part 1 ) by Shot Gun
  • Ai no Message Part 2 ( 愛 の メ ッ セ ー ジ Part 2 ) by Shot Gun
  • Ame to Issho ni ( あ め と い っ し ょ に ) by Mayumi Tanaka
  • Boku wa Santa da ( ぼ く は サ ン タ だ ) by Mayumi Tanaka
  • Hayakuchi Song ( 早 口 ソ ン グ ) from Swing Cats
  • Koi no Bori-san Ogenki Desu ka ( こ い の ぼ り さ ん お げ ん き で す か ) by Hanako Nakamura and Young Fresh
  • Kono Ko wa Daare ( こ の 子 は だ あ れ ) by Makiko Morita, 満 仲志 保 and Young Fresh
  • Mori no Soup to Aozora Salad ( も り の ス ー プ と あ お ぞ ら サ ラ ダ ) by Mayumi Tanaka
  • Run Running Kakekko ( ラ ン ラ ン ニ ン グ か け っ こ ) by Anna Nakajima and Young Fresh
  • Tomodachi ga Ippai ( と も だ ち が い っ ぱ い ) from 林幸 生 and Mori no Ki Jidō Gasshō Dan
  • Umi wa Ikite Iru ( う み は い き て い る ) by Mizuho Yoshikawa
  • Yuki wa Osora no Cake-Ya-San ( ゆ き は お そ ら の ケ ー キ や さ ん ) by Hanako Nakamura and Young Fresh

Effect and meaning

Train in Japan painted with motifs from the series.

The series was the first anime television series to tell Japanese fairy tales and inspired later productions such as the Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi ("Once Upon a World"), the Manga Nippon Shi Series about Japanese history and fairy tale films of the 1980s. Once Upon a Time is also one of the longest running anime series on Japanese television.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 685 f .