The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (1989 series)
| The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee | |
| 昆虫物語 みなしごハッチ (Konchū Monogatari Minashigo Hatchi) | |
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| Genre | Adventure |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Iku Suzuki |
| Written by | Jinzō Toriumi |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Productions |
| Network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | July 21, 1989 – August 31, 1990[1] |
| Episodes | 55 |
The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (昆虫物語 みなしごハッチ Konchū Monogatari: Minashigo Hatchi, lit. A Bug's Tale: The Orphan Hutch) is a 1989 remake of the 1970 classic anime series of the same name.[1]
The show follows the original series' main storyline, and tells the adventure of a young bee who searches for his missing queen bee mother. Like the 1970 show, this remake is notable for its sad and cruel scripts, often featuring the deaths of the protagonist's friends.[2]
Cast
- Hitomi Ishikawa as Hutch
- Atsuko Mine as Honey
- Masako Nozawa as Kumagoro
- Michiko Nomura as Aya
- Rei Sakuma as Roza
- Ryūji Saikachi as Old Man Osamushi
- Toshiko Maeda as Narrator
- Yoshiko Sakakibara as Mam
Foreign versions
In France, whereas the original series had been broadcast under the title Le Petit Prince Orphelin (the Little Orphan Prince), this remake was broadcast on France 3 under the titles of Hacou l'abeille (Hacou the bee), or simply Hacou[2] with only 26 of the 55 episodes being shown. In Italy, the series was broadcast in Italia 1.
In the Middle East, the anime arrived on Kuwait under the title of Arabic Bashar (Arabic: بشار). In Jordan, it was renamed as Siwar Al-Asal (Arabic: سوار العسل), and watched first Showtime Broadcasting in Saudi Arabia Channel 1.
References
External links
- Konchuu Monogatari: Minashigo Hutch (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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