In the land of the Wizard of Oz

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Anime television series
title In the land of the Wizard of Oz
Original title オ ズ の 魔法 使 い
transcription Ozu no Mahotsukai
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1986
Studio Panmedia
length 25 minutes
Episodes 52
genre Fantasy
Director Hiroshi Saitō , Masaru Tonogouchi
music KS Yoshimura
First broadcast October 6, 1986 on TV Tokyo
German-language
first broadcast
1997 on RTL 2
synchronization

In the land of the Wizard of Oz ( Jap.  オズの魔法使い , Ozu no Mahotsukai , dt "The Wizard of Oz.") Is a Japanese anime - television series that was produced 1984th The story is based on the book The Wizard of Oz and successors by Lyman Frank Baum . In 1982, but independently of the television series, the anime film Oz no Mahōtsukai ( The Wizard of Oz ) by Fumihiko Takayama was made in Japan .

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The first 17 episodes are based on the first book The Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum. Episode 18 to 30 of the book In the Realm of the Wizard Oz , Episode 31 to 41 of the book Princess Ozma of Oz, and Episode 42 to 52 of the book Dorothy in the Emerald City . The series has been slightly changed from the original and further adventures have been added.

After a violent cyclone, the orphan Dorothy and his dog Toto are whirled into a land behind the rainbow. She soon finds out that only the Wizard of Oz can help her find her way back home. However, since he lives in the city of emeralds, she has a long way to go. On her way she meets a scarecrow, a tin man and a lion who accompany her on her way. They too have wishes for the magician. The tin man wants a heart, the scarecrow a mind and the lion wants courage.

Production and publication

The series was produced by Panmedia in Japan in 1984 . This resulted in 52 episodes, directed by Hiroshi Saitō and Masaru Tonogouchi . The character design was created by Shūichi Seki and the responsible producer was Tetsurō Kumase .

Since the broadcaster NHK , which had commissioned the series, no longer wanted to broadcast it, it was only shown two years later from October 6, 1986 by Tokyo 12 and TV Tokyo . The last two episodes were merged into a single, long episode. At the same time, the series was released on video cassettes, with 90 minutes each cut together. The version was also released on commercial media before it was broadcast in Japan on television in the United States. The German first broadcast took place in 1997 on RTL II . The anime has also been shown on French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, and Filipino television.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Dorothy Gale Sumi Shimamoto Stephanie Damare
Scarecrow Yoshito Yasuhara Jens Wawrczeck
Tin man Takuzou Kamiyama Andreas von der Meden
lion Ichirō Nagai Ben Hecker
Aunt Emmy Haruko Kitahama Uschi Vogel
Witch of the north Verena Wiet
Witch of the west Hisako Kyouda
Witch of the east Masako Nozawa
Witch of the south Aiko Konoshima
tick Tock Yuuji Mitsuya Achim Schülke
Ginger Runa Akiyama Reinhilt Schneider
Tip Masako Nozawa Daniela Reidies
Princess Langudia Harumi Ichiryuusai Monika Barth
Pumpkin boy Kazuyo Aoki Marek Harloff
Mother momby Chie Kitagawa Hildegard Krekel
The wizard of Oz Tadao Futami Wolf Rahtjen

music

The music in the series is by KS Yoshimura. The preludes are:

  • Searching for a Dream by the Parachute Club
  • Fancy Girl by Satoko Yamano
  • Listen to Your Heart by the Parachute Club
  • Fancy Girl (New Instrumental Theme) by KS Yoshimura and Takao Naoi
  • Taste the Rain from the Parachute Club
  • Close Your Eyes from the Parachute Club

The credits were underlaid with the song Mahō no Crayon by Kumiko Osugi and Ema Osugi.

Episode list

No. German title No. German title
1 The whirlwind 27 Ozma, the foundling
2 Friendship with the scarecrow 28 A fiery speech
3 The tin man 29 The rose brooch
4th The Kalidahs 30th The secret of Ozma
5 The bad flowers 31 Tik Tak, the predatory robot
6th The city of emeralds 32 Langudia, the moody princess
7th The wicked witch of the west 33 In the desert
8th Attack of the crows 34 The ghost town
9 Captured! 35 The people rocks
10 The power of water 36 The curse
11 The secret of the magic hat 37 In the magic room of the Nome King
12 The spider monster 38 The prince's salvation
13 The wrong spell 39 Against the lava flow
14th Almost there 40 The saving river
15th The porcelain valley 41 A bad plan
16 In the lavon rinth the gnomes 42 The stone eater
17th Back home 43 The Emerald Room
18th nostalgia 44 A world made entirely of paper
19th The pumpkin boy 45 Frog head, the egg eater
20th The wooden horse 46 The source of oblivion
21st The girls army 47 The stone eater bites iron
22nd Down with King Scarecrow 48 The attack of the gnomes
23 Dangerous sunflowers 49 The coronation
24 The deceptive fire 50 Secret weapon "egg"
25th Gampu, the flying moose 51 With last strength
26th The dragon ride 52 All's well that ends well

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 728 .