Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
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| Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds | |
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| Format | Animation |
| Created by | Alexandre Dumas BRB Internacional Nippon Animation Claudio Biern Boyd |
| Voices of | Cam Clarke Katie Leigh Steve Kramer Dan Woren Michael Reynolds Barbara Goodson Tom Wyner Dave Mallow Rebecca Forstadt Simon Prescott Michael Sorich Doug Stone Eddie Frierson Kerry Mahan Elizabeth Hanna Satomi Majima Akio Nojima Tesshô Genda Mugihito Eiko Masuyama Keiko Han Teiji Oomiya Noriko Tsukase Akkio Tsuboi Minoru Yada |
| Narrated by | John Koensgen Tom Wyner |
| Country of origin |  Spain |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Running time | 26 mins |
| Broadcast | |
| Original run | October 9, 1981 – December 1, 1981 |
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Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds is a cartoon version of the classic Alexandre Dumas story of D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. Most of the characters are anthropomorphisms of dogs, hence the title of the cartoon. The main exception to this are the temptress Milady (a cat); Pip, Dogtanian's sidekick mouse; the birdy jewel thief Blue Falcon; Planchet (a bear), Dogtanian's main servant, and one pig from the Cardinal's guards.
The story follows a young Dogtanian (D'Artacan in the original Spanish version and voiced by Cam Clarke in the English version, and Darutaniyan in the Japanese version and voiced by Satomi Majima) who travels to Paris in the 17th Century in order to become one of the King Louis XIII of France's musketeers (note that they are referred to as musketeers throughout the cartoon and only the title calls them muskehounds). He quickly befriends three musketeers (Porthos, Athos and Aramis) and falls in love with Juliette, a maid-in-waiting for Queen Anne of Austria.
The cartoon was created by Spanish studio BRB Internacional and produced in Japan by Nippon Animation. It was first broadcast in Spain (D'Artacan y los tres mosqueperros) and Japan (ワンワン三銃士) (Wanwan Sanjushi) in 1981, and the UK in 1985, with the English language adaptation by Dave Mallow and Doug Stone. There was also an Afrikaans adaption that was broadcast on SABC during the early 1990s. The name was changed to "Brakkenjan", which has become a popular name for dogs in South Africa.
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[edit] Episode list
- Dogtanian's Journey
- Dogtanian meets the Man with the Black Moustache
- Paris, the City of Dreams
- The Three Invincible Musketeers
- Monsieur Treville, Captain of the Musketeers
- Dogtanian Meets His Match
- Dogtanian Meets the King
- Juliette's Secret
- Juliette Kidnapped
- The Great Getaway
- Dogtanian's Trance
- Dogtanian to the Rescue
- Dogtanian Meets Monsieur Pip
- The Search for Juliette
- Dogtanian Saves the Day
- Daggers and Diamonds
- The Journey to England
- The Chase
- Dogtanian Is Put to the Test
- Dogtanian and the Blue Falcon
- The Shipwreck
- The Jungle Adventure
- Marco's Mission
- The Impostor
- Milady's Revenge
- Dogtanian's Dream Comes True
[edit] DVD release dates
The series has now been released on DVD in the UK:
- Episodes 1–9: April 28, 2003
- Episodes 10–15: August 25, 2003
- Episodes 16–20: March 22, 2004
- Episodes 21–26: May 25, 2004
- Dogtanian- The Complete Series Boxset September 20, 2004
- The Movie One For All And All For One and the Dogtanian TV Special July 26, 2004.
- Dogtanian- The Complete Second Series Boxset July 4, 2005.
(Note: The Second Series was only released as a boxset and not as individual volumes. There are 4 disks in the set. However unlike the first series which is in Region 0, the second series was released in Region 2 format. The DVD of the TV movies was also released in Region 0).
[edit] Sequel
In 1990 The Return of Dogtanian was released by BRB Internacional, Thames Television and Wang Film Productions/Cuckoo's Nest Studios. It picks up the story ten years after the original with Dogtanian and Juliette now living together on the outskirts of Paris with their two children, Philippe and Fleur. The story is loosely based on the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne also by Alexandre Dumas, itself building on the myth of The Man in the Iron Mask. Dave Mallow, who adapted the original to English, takes over as the voice of Dogtanian. As it was produced in Taiwan, Nippon Animation, the Japanese studio which produced the first series, was not involved in the sequel.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
- Dogtanian - Cam Clarke
- Juliette - Katie Leigh
- Pip - Steve Kramer
- Monsieur Treville - Richard Epcar (episodes 4 & 5 only)
- Count Rochefort - Dan Woren
- Widimer - Michael Reynolds
- Milady - Barbara Goodson
- Blue Falcon - Robert Axelrod
- Narrator/Duke of Buckingham - Tom Wyner
[edit] The Return of Dogtanian
- Dogtanian - Dave Mallow
- Juliette - Rebecca Forstadt
- Athos - Michael Sorich
- Porthos - Doug Stone
- Aramis - Eddie Frierson
- Cardinal Richeliu - Kerrigan Mahan
- Beajeaux - Steve Bulen
- King Louis - Simon Prescott
- Narrator - Michael McConnohie
[edit] Crew
- Directed by: Luis Ballester, Taku Sugiyama, Hidetaka Saito, Shigeo Koshi, Tom Wyner, Robert Barron, Byrd Ehlmann
- Produced by: Koichi Motohashi
- Executive Producer: Claudio Biern Boyd
- Written by: Claudio Biern Boyd, Akira Nakahara, Yoshihiro Kimura, Tom Wyner, Jason Klassi, Garry Morris, Melesio Rosales, Dayna Barron, Byrd Ehlmann
- Storyboard: Akira Nakahira, Yoshihiro Kimura
- Character Design: José Luis Rodriguez, Lorenzo Ballester, Shuichi Seki
- Animation: Takao Ogawa
- Edited by: Soledad Lopez
- Special Effects: Luis Castro
- Music: Katsuhisa Hattori
- Music Produced by: Guido & Mauricio de Angelis
- Music Edited by: Cabum Magister
- Music Subpublished by: Southern Pictures Music Inc.
- Theme Sung by: Popitos, Maron Kusaka, Suginami Children Choir, Hilary Mather, Elissa Mather, Ted Mather
- Recorded and re-mixed at: Intersound Inc.
