Underplayed Gems

Dog of Flanders (1975)

Dog of Flanders poster
Original title
フランダースの犬
Directed by
Yoshio Kuroda
Genre
drama anime and manga, Drama, Slice of Life
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 52 episodes
Rated
6
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A boy in a 19th-century Belgian village wants to become a painter. He finds friendship with a loyal dog as they face poverty and hardship together.

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What happens

Dog of Flanders (フランダースの犬, Furandāsu no Inu) is a 1975 Japanese anime television series adaptation of Ouida's 1872 novel of the same name, directed by Yoshio Kuroda and produced by Nippon Animation. 52 episodes were produced. A film version was released in 1997. The series represents the bond between a boy and his ever so faithful dog living in a 19th-century Flanders village near Antwerp. The emotional story shows the boy's struggles in life, and his hopes of becoming a great classical painter. The anime series is notable for being the first official entry in the World Masterpiece Theater series (Calpis Children's Theater at the time). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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