elinorshiby
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I recently sturabled upon an older series that I'm quite certain many people here are not all that familiar with. However, some people in Canada (more so in the Quebec area) may potentially recognize this series, as it did broadcast there sometime ago in French.
The series was produced by Nippon Animation in the 1980s, a company generally well known for their World Masterpiece Theatre series and western adaptions. The series was directed by Kazuyoshi Yokota and ran for 77 episodes, with Hironobu Kageyama doing the opening and ending songs. From what I know, it was based off an Italian comic of some sort that ran serialized in a magazine (though, someone correct me if I'm wrong).
The series starts off with two people, Toppy and Rana, who are part of a space service which does odd jobs out in space, though are run at a ridiculously low budget. However, upon getting an odd request to retrieve a person, Professor Anne, they are joined by the person, Giraffe. As they journey through space to catch up with Anne and return her to Earth, the group gets involved in various other incidents.
Although I have only seen the first episode and went and looked around at the others, it looks like the series could provide some fun. Unfortunately, the series has not been released in english, dub or sub fashions, so watching this will provide with some challange, as my knowledge of Japanese is limited.
I'll be detailing the episodes as I go through the series through this topic. Hopefully I wont be alone in being the only person who has seen or heard of this series.
For those curious, here's the opening and ending sequences:
Opening - Stardust Boys
Opening (French)
Ending - Yume Kounen
The series was produced by Nippon Animation in the 1980s, a company generally well known for their World Masterpiece Theatre series and western adaptions. The series was directed by Kazuyoshi Yokota and ran for 77 episodes, with Hironobu Kageyama doing the opening and ending songs. From what I know, it was based off an Italian comic of some sort that ran serialized in a magazine (though, someone correct me if I'm wrong).
The series starts off with two people, Toppy and Rana, who are part of a space service which does odd jobs out in space, though are run at a ridiculously low budget. However, upon getting an odd request to retrieve a person, Professor Anne, they are joined by the person, Giraffe. As they journey through space to catch up with Anne and return her to Earth, the group gets involved in various other incidents.
Although I have only seen the first episode and went and looked around at the others, it looks like the series could provide some fun. Unfortunately, the series has not been released in english, dub or sub fashions, so watching this will provide with some challange, as my knowledge of Japanese is limited.
I'll be detailing the episodes as I go through the series through this topic. Hopefully I wont be alone in being the only person who has seen or heard of this series.
For those curious, here's the opening and ending sequences:
Opening - Stardust Boys
Opening (French)
Ending - Yume Kounen