The Adventures of Pepero (1975)

Original title

アンデス少年ペペロの冒険

Directed by

Takashi Annō, Kazuhiko Udagawa, Yasuo Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Tomino

Genre

adventure anime

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 26 episodes

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Pepero sets out across the Andes to find his missing father. He believes his father is searching for the lost city of gold called El Dorado.

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What happens

The Adventures of Pepero or The Adventures of Pepero the Andes Boy (アンデス少年ペペロの冒険, Andesu Shōnen Pepero no Bōken) is a 26-episode anime television series created by Tatsuya Ono and Sumio Takahashi and aired on the NET Network from 1975-10-06 to 1976-03-29 in Japan. It has since been then translated and broadcast in several languages worldwide. The story follows the young boy Pepero as he searches for his father who has gone missing while seeking the mythical golden city of El Dorado. The theme songs for the series are Pepero's Adventure (ペペロの冒険, Pepero no Bōken) (opening) and O Wind, Please Carry My Message (風よつたえて, Kaze yo Tsutaete) (ending), both composed by Takeo Yamashita and arranged by Hiroshi Tsutsui, with lyrics by Kazuo Umezu and vocals by Mitsuko Horie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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