Lucy of the Southern Rainbow (1982-1982)

Premiere:
January 10, 1982

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 50

Finale:
December 26, 1982

Original Title:
南の虹のルーシー

Alternate Titles:
Karine, l'aventure du nouveau monde
Minami no niji no rûshî
南方彩虹的露西
南方彩虹露西
可愛的露西

Genres:
Animation | Drama

Production Companies:
Fuji Television Network
Nippon Animation

Countries:
JP

Lucy of the Southern Rainbow is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. The 1982 adaptation of the studio's popular World Masterpiece Theater franchise, the anime is based on Southern Rainbow by Australian writer Phyllis Piddington, and tells the story of a young girl named Lucy and the hardships and excitement she and her family encounter when they move from England to Adelaide in Australia to start a farm. The anime has been dubbed into French, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, German and Persian. One interesting note is that this was the only World Masterpiece Theater series to be produced while the original creator of the story was still alive. Another adaptation of the story, written by Ken Wakasaki as a tie-in to the anime, was also published in Japan in 1982.

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Character Designer:
Shuichi Seki

Director:
Hiroshi Saito

Sound:
Koichi Sakata

Writer:
Akira Miyazaki

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