Tom Sawyer no Boken

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Tom Sawyer no Boken
トム・ソーヤーの冒険
(Tom Sawyer no Bōken)
Genre Drama, Historical, Slice of Life
TV anime
Director Hiroshi Saito
Studio Nippon Animation
Network Flag of Japan Fuji TV
Flag of Spain Antena 3
Flag of the Philippines ABS-CBN
Flag of Poland Nasza TV
Original run 6 January 198028 December 1980
Episodes 49

Adventures of Tom Sawyer (トム・ソーヤーの冒険 Tomu Sōyā no Bōken?) is an anime series, directed by Hiroshi Saitô which was aired in 1980. It is based on the well-known and popular novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

The series was broadcast on the World Masterpiece Theater, an animation staple on Fuji TV that showcased each year an animated version of a different classical book or story of Western literature, and was originally titled "Tom Sawyer no Bōken".

This series was also dubbed to English by Saban International and aired on HBO circa 1988 under the title "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." It aired during the 7:30AM time slot and alternated with the later WMT version of "Little Women." Celebrity Home Entertainment released videos in the United States under the title "All New Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

[edit] Characters

  • Thomas(Tom) Sawyer (voiced by Masako Nozawa)
  • Huckleberry(Huck) Finn (voiced by Kazuyo Aoki)
  • Rebecca(Becky) Thatcher (voiced by Keiko Han)
  • Benny
  • Billy
  • Mary
  • Sid
  • Sally
  • Jim
  • Silas
  • Emmy
  • Peter (the cat)

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