Around the world with Willy Fog

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Television series
German title Around the world with Willy Fog
Original title La vuelta al mundo de Willy Fog
Country of production Spain , Japan
original language Spanish
year 1983
length 26 minutes
Episodes 26th
genre adventure
idea Ryūzō Nakanishi, Jules Verne
production Claudio Biern Boyd, José Manuel Iglesias, José Luis Rodríguez
music Shunsuke Kikuchi , Guido De Angelis , Maurizio De Angelis
First broadcast 1983 on RTVE
German-language
first broadcast		 1989 on Tele 5
synchronization

Around the world with Willy Fog (Spanish: La vuelta al mundo de Willy Fog ; Japanese: ア ニ メ 80 日間 世界 一周 Anime Hachijū Nichikan Sekai Isshū ) is a 26-episode animated cartoon series produced by BRB Internacional in 1981 and animated by Nippon Animation based on the novel Journey around the Earth in 80 Days by Jules Verne . In contrast to the novel, the characters are embodied here by animals. The series was continued with Willy Fog 2 ( With Willy Fog to the center of the earth and Willy Fog on the trail of the Nautilus ).

action

The English businessman Willy Fog bet with the unfriendly banker Sullivan and three other members of a gentleman’s club for 20,000 British pounds, half of his fortune, that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days and exactly before the deadline on December 21, 1872 Arrives back at the London club at 8:45 pm. His faithful servant Rigodon and his friend Tico should accompany him. But of course not everything goes so smoothly, especially since Sullivan wants to help fate a bit through his assistant Transfer so that Willy Fog loses his bet. Inspector Dix and his assistant Bully also make life difficult for Willy Fog, because they too travel after him and even leave the European continent with him from Brindisi and follow Fog on through the newly built Suez Canal . From Bombay via Puranpur you have to recognize that the route is not yet developed. The Mahut is struck down by Transfer and our friends are now riding an elephant through the jungle. After Transfer disappears one night, our friends can save an Indian princess from the stake (see widow burning ) and ride with her to Allahabad . The princess wants to accompany our friends because she has relatives in Singapore . First they have to go to court in Calcutta because Tico and Ricodon disregarded a sacred cow at the temple in India . However, Willy Fog provides the bail and they can travel on together. In Yokohama Ricodon and Tico get into a circus as acrobats . They are recognized by Willy Fog and together they can, with the help of a pirate, get on the steamship General Grant and then continue to Hawaii . You have to let the current steer you to Tijuana and in order not to lose two weeks, Fog buys a new invention - a hot-air balloon , with which he manages to fly to San Francisco . With the Union Pacific Railroad (train), Willy Fog manages to intervene despite transfers (including a herd of bison and sawing a bridge) and through attacks by Indians to Fort Phil Kearny , a small stop. From here we take a railroad trolley and a stagecoach to Omaha and then a train to Chicago , the departure being delayed by a snow storm . You get to a burned-out city (see: Great Fire of Chicago ) and with a sailing sleigh to the frozen Lake Michigan . A place-name sign shows the city of Detroit until they finally have to cross Niagara Falls and miss their ship to England in Buffalo .

In the end, Willy Fog still manages to arrive in Liverpool after 80 days using all of his fortune, where he is arrested because he was mistaken for a bank robber. This costs him enough time that he missed the train to London. He can still secure the trip on a freight train, but arrives in London five minutes late. The following day, he and Princess Romy, who was rescued on his journey, decide on their wedding. His servant Rigodon learns from a Reverend that Fog actually arrived on December 20th. Regardless of this, it also becomes clear to Fog that he gained four minutes at each degree of longitude on the journey east, making a whole day in total. In this way he manages to arrive at the club on time and win the bet. The story ends with Fog and Princess Romy's marriage on December 22nd.

main characters

The series characters are anthropomorphic animals.

  • Willy Fog ( Leo ): Willy Fog is an English gentleman to whom politeness is paramount. Although he tries everything to win his bet, he never forgets the essentials in life such as: B. his friends.
  • Rigodon ( hangover ) and Tico ( hamster ): Two inseparable friends who are more than once a great help to Willy Fog on the trip. Rigodon is hired as Willy Fog's butler in the first episode . He was previously a circus acrobat. Tico receives an old sundial from two archaeologists , which sometimes helps our friends out of danger.
  • Princess Romy ( cat ): The princess was supposed to be burned in the Indian jungle after the death of her husband ( widow burning ), but Willy Fog was able to save her. Her heart has belonged to him ever since.
  • Transfer ( Fox ): This criminal was hired by Sullivan to prevent Willy Fog from meeting the deadline. As its name suggests, Transfer is a master at disguise. However, at least the viewer recognizes him through the frequent lighting up of his left eye.
  • Inspector Dix ( dog ): Due to a misunderstanding, the Scotland Yard policeman thinks Willy Fog is a bank robber and is following him with his assistant Bully.
  • Bully ( Bulldog ): Assistant to Inspector Dix.

Supporting characters

  • Mr. Sullivan ( Wolf ): He's the head of the Bank of England and Fog's rival in the Reform Club.
  • Brigadier Corn ( Hirsch ): He is a member of the British Army, stationed in India. He travels through India with Fog.
  • General Grant ( Bear ): Captain of a steamship that Willy Fog takes from Yokohama.
  • Lord Guinness ( goat ): He is the oldest member of the Reform Club. He sits around a wheelchair and therefore cannot go on Willy Fog's expedition. But he supports him, also against others, and stands for Fog's party.

Production and publications

The series was animated by Nippon Animation on behalf of BRB Internacional . The script was written by Ryūzō Nakanishi, based on the model by Jules Verne; Directed by Fumio Kurokawa and Luis Ballester Bustos. The music is in the Japanese version by Shunsuke Kikuchi, in the Spanish and German versions by Guido De Angelis and Maurizio De Angelis .

The Spanish broadcaster RTVE first broadcast the series in 1983; the Japanese first broadcast took place from October 10, 1987 to March 26, 1988. The German version was first shown on Tele 5 in 1989. Episodes 1-6 and 17-19 were released on video in the 1980s / 90s. In 2003, the first nine episodes of the label "Icestorm" were released on three DVDs. For legal reasons, the title song is missing.

There are also translations into English, French and Polish.

The title song "Fog" was composed by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis (better known as Oliver Onions) and interpreted in the original Spanish by the group Mocedades . The English version (which corresponds to the German version) was sung again by unknown artists.

synchronization

figure Spanish speaker German speaker
Willy Fog Claudio Rodríguez Herbert Weicker
Romy Gloria Camara Michaela Degen
Tico Jose Moratalla Michael Habeck
Rigodón Manuel Peiró Florian Halm
transfer Eduardo Jover Michael Rüth
Sullivan Daniel Dicenta Holger Schwiers

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Around the world with Willy Fog in the German dubbing index