Hobberdy Dick - The Little House Elf

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Anime television series
title Hobberdy Dick - The Little House Elf
Original title 妖精 デ ィ ッ ク
transcription Yōsei Dikku
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1992-1993
Studio Marubeni , Grouper Productions , Zuiyo Eizō
length 20 minutes
Episodes 26 in 1 season
genre Fantasy , drama , comedy
Theme music Hobberdy Dick
Director Masami Hata
idea Katharine Mary Briggs
music Osamu Tezuka
First broadcast June 7, 1992 on NHK
German-language
first broadcast		 January 19, 1995 on Kabel 1
synchronization

Hobberdy Dick - The little house elf ( Japanese 妖精ディック Yosei Dikku [= large]) is a Japanese anime - television series , which was produced in 1992 and 1993.

action

The elf Hobberdy Dick lives in a 300-year-old mansion called Widford Manor and watches over the house as the guardian spirit. However, since the house is empty, he often feels lonely and alone. One day, however, a buyer appears in the basement and a family moves in shortly afterwards. From now on it is as chaotic in the house as the elf likes it. As a guardian angel, he also has the task of protecting the children from evil. After a while, the new maid, Anne Secker, moves in, whom Hobberdy knew when she was a little girl. The two of them often have to deal with strange ghosts and other figures, which, however, mostly turn out to be friendly. This changes, however, when one day the Mother of Darkness appears and, because of a crime long ago, wants to take revenge on the Secker family. Since Anne is innocent, Hobberdy tries with all his might and allies from the fairyland to protect her from the witch's revenge.

Production and publication

The series was in 1992 and 1993 of Grouper Productions , Marubeni and Zuiyo EIZO in Japan under the direction of Director led Masami Hata produced. This resulted in 26 episodes with an average length of 20 minutes. The work is based on Katharine Mary Briggs ' book Hobberdy Dick (1955). The series was first broadcast on June 7, 1992 on NHK . The German first broadcast took place on January 19, 1995 on Kabel 1 . Further repetitions were also made on junior .

music

The music in the series was conceived by Osamu Tezuka . The opening Odoro Odoro no Yōsei Dance was sung by Ryusei Nakao and the ending I'll be home by Mitsuko Horie . The English version of the opening credits Hobberdy Dick was also sung by kindkind and Rod Anderson.

Episode list

episode German title episode German title
01 The house helper 14th The mother of darkness - part 2
02 An uncomfortable house ghost 15th An important letter
03 The new residents 16 The goose feather magic
04th The forest spirits 17th A strange companion
05 Unexpected visit 18th The spirit of the moneylender
06th Anne returns 19th An unfortunate elf
07th Anne's new life 20th The wrath of the elves
08th The magic bottles 21st In search of the fairy land
09 The secret of the chamber 22nd The storm
10 Malkin's curse 23 The winter elf
11 The fairy queen 24 Bread for a spirit
12 Elf magic at Christmas 25th The witch Malkin
13 The Mother of Darkness - Part 1 26th With united forces

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