Tico - a great friend

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Anime television series
title Tico - a great friend
Original title 七 つ の 海 の テ ィ コ
transcription Nanatsu no Umi no Tiko
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1994
Studio Nippon animation
length 25 minutes
Episodes 39
genre adventure
Theme music Sea Loves You
Director Jun Takagi
idea Akira Hiro
music Hibiki Mikazu
First broadcast Jan 16, 1994 on Fuji TV
German-language
first broadcast		 February 11, 1998 on RTL 2
synchronization

Tico - Ein great Freund ( Japanese 七 つ の 海 の テ ィ コ , Nanatsu no Umi no Tiko , to German "Tico of the Seven Seas") is a Japanese anime - television series from 1994. It is part of the World Masterpiece Theater series and is based differently than many of the series not on a classic youth book. The stories were written by Akira Hiro for television production. The anime belongs to the adventure genre and has been translated into many languages, including German.

action

The little girl Nanami Simpson lives with her father Scott on the research ship “Peperoncino”. Her mother passed away when Nanami was very young and she is now being raised by her father. The aim of the trip is to explore the sea and search for a glowing whale , which is said to have played an important role in the development of life. The ship is the captain of the fishermen Alphonzo. The researchers are accompanied by the beautiful rich girl Cheryl Melville, who travels on the ship with her butler in search of adventure, and the computer genius Thomas Leconte.

It seems that Nanami has the skills to breathe like a fish underwater, but she can only hold her breath for a long time and dive very deeply. She is friends with orka female Tico and together they experience a number of adventures.

Production and publication

The series was produced in Japan in 1994. This resulted in 39 episodes. Nippon Animation , for which Akira Hiro wrote the story, was responsible for the production . It was directed by Jun Takagi and Shigeru Morimoto was the artistic director . The designs were created by Satoko Morikawa and Kazue Ito .

The series was first broadcast on January 16, 1994 on the Japanese television channel Fuji TV . Episode 31 was not shown on television but was included in the release on Laserdisk. The German first broadcast took place in 1998 in the television program Vampy on RTL 2 . The anime was also translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and Tagalog, and aired on television.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Nanami Megumi Hayashibara Saskia Bellahn
Scott Shuichi Ikeda Eberhard Haar
Alphonso Kenichi Ogata Peter Heinrich
Cheryl Yūko Mizutani Tina Eschmann
Thomas Leconte Rokuro Naya Tobias Pippig

music

The theme song with the name Sea Loves You and the ending with the title Twinkle Talk were originally sung by Mayumi Shinozuka . Hibiki Mikazu composed the soundtrack . The music in the series was also released entirely on CD under the title Tico of Seven Seas Music Collection .

Episode list

No. title No. title
1 Great white shark hunting 21st The help of the Eskimos
2 The pirate treasure 22nd The light whale
3 Last second rescue 23 Tico dies
4th Full speed ahead! 24 Mourning for Tico
5 Nanami in captivity 25th Adventure in Japan
6th the blue whale 26th The memory returns
7th Thomas in great danger 27 The ghost ship
8th Al on a treasure hunt 28 The octopus
9 The secret of the treasure 29 Island of the Butterflies
10 Tico by land 30th The miracle egg
11 The cruise 31 For two on an island
12 A new family for Nanami 32 A strange fish
13 A tough day for Thomas 33 The shining monster
14th Homesick for Sicily 34 Hoist the sails!
15th Island paradise in need 35 So close to the goal
16 Tico becomes a mother 36 Hunting the light whale
17th A baby named Junior 37 Criminal Research
18th A husband to Cheryl 38 Battle of the animals
19th Panic on the oil rig 39 The voice of life
20th Juniors jealousy

Merchandise

In addition to the CD with the film music, so-called “Idol Cards” - laminated picture cards with the characters from the series - and an art book were also released for the series. The book, published in Japan in 1994, introduces the characters, includes an episode guide, sketches of the characters and locations, and interviews with the Japanese speakers.

reception

In the Anime Encyclopedia , the “charming children's series” is praised for its beautiful designs and the story of adventure and ecological message. The German magazine Animania also recommends the series, the plot of which offers a mixture of friendship, mystery, the fight against criminals and corrupt scientists. There is also a surprising amount of action and excitement.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 655 f .
  2. ↑ a b c d Animania 4/99, p. 72f.