3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

Marco (Japanese母をたずねて三千里, Haha o tazunete sanzen ri, dt as: " 3000 miles in search of Mother " ) is a Japanese anime series by Isao Takahata 's 1976 It belongs to the World. Masterpiece Theatre series. According to the story Dagli Appennini all changes ( " From the Apennines to the Andes " ) in the novel Cuore by the Italian writer Edmondo De Amicis as a template, the story of the boy Marco is told that makes up with his monkey Pepino in search of his mother.

Action

End of the 19th century, the mother of Genoa, Italy, living Marco is leaving for Argentina to earn money for the family. When the letter breaks off contact with her, Marco, to make along with his monkey Pepino on the trip to Argentina decides.

Production and publication

The series was produced in 1976 by ​​Studio Nippon Animation and directed by Isao Takahata. The character design designed Yōichi Otabe and Artistic Director Takashi was Mukuo. The series was broadcast on January 4, 1976 to December 26, 1976 in Japan on Fuji TV.

In Germany the consequences from January 9, 1980 were sent on Bavarian television, then on other regional ARD stations.

1999 published a summary of the series as a movie directed by Kozo Kusuba with other cast members. Another film version of the story is the miniseries Marco - Over seas and mountains of 1991.

The series has been translated into Spanish, among others, Italian and Portuguese. The German version was released by Epix Media.

Synchronization

Music

The music of the Japanese version composed by Koichi Sakata. Christian Bruhn created the background music of the English version, sung by Gitti & Erica. The header title of the original is no so-called Marco, the guy song Kazan Ohayo, both of Kumiko Osugi.