Lucy of the Southern Rainbow

Lucy of the Southern Rainbow (南の虹のルーシー, Minami no niji no rūshī^?, "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 (1910–2001), 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 Australia to start a farm.

The anime has been dubbed into French (Karine, l'aventure du Nouveau Monde), Italian (Lucy May), Arabic (Lucy), Spanish (Lucy) , German (Lucy in Australien)and persian (emigrants).

One interesting note is that this was the only World Masterpiece Theater series to be produced while the original creator of the story (Phyllis Piddington) 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.

Episodes

1. To a New land
2. Cute Fellow
3. The Replacement
4. First Exploration
5. Catt Kewish
6. A Town Named Adelaide
7. Ben's Misfortune
8. Night Before Departure
9. Road to Adelaide
10. Green Town
11. My Small House
12. Night at Adelaide
13. Ben Has Arrived
14. A Stout Man
15. Two Homes
16. Drenched Doctor
17. Unfortunate Accident
18. Tree Climbing
19. Shopping Tine
20. Water in the Well
21. Adelaide's Designer
22. Children of Brick and Dingo
23. Your Name is Little
24. The Day Which Marks The End Of Summer
25. When I'm Not Brought Alone
26. I Got Sick!
27. Ride on the Wind
28. Land Opposite the River
29. Little's Training
30. Birthday Present
31. Little and Black Dog
32. Bridge over the Rainbow
33. Lost Dream
34. Little and School
35. Duel
36. Five Shillings in the Nest
37. Bandits of the Grassland
38. Detective Lucy
39. Two Farewells
40. Who Am I?
41. A Town I Do Not Know, A Person I Do Not Recognize
42. A Child Called Emily
43. Missing Each Other
44. Little! Little!
45. Tob's Vanished
46. A Wombat In The Hole
47. Father's Decision
48. Rich Child
49. Clara's Marriage
50. Toward's the Rainbow

Music

• Opening Theme: "Niji ni Naritai" by Sumiko Yamagata
• Ending Theme: "Mori ni Oide" by Sumiko Yamagata

External links

• Lucy of the Southern Rainbow (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Official site by Bandai (Japanese)