3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
- Original title
- 母をたずねて三千里
- Directed by
- Isao Takahata
- Genre
- drama anime and manga, historical anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, Adventure, Drama
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 1 season, 52 episodes
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 147 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young boy travels from Italy to Argentina to find his mother who went to work there. The story follows his long journey and the people he meets along the way.
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What happens
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (母をたずねて三千里, Haha o Tazunete Sanzenri) is a Japanese animated television series directed by Isao Takahata that aired in 1976. It is loosely based on a small part of the Italian novel Heart (Cuore) created by Edmondo De Amicis, i.e., a monthly tale (racconto mensile) From the Apennines to the Andes (Dagli Appennini alle Ande), widely expanded into a 52-episode epic. The series was broadcast on World Masterpiece Theater (known at the time as Calpis Children's Theater), an animation staple that showcased each year an animated version of a different classic book or story. It was originally titled From the Apennines to the Andes. Nippon Animation, producers of World Masterpiece Theater, adapted Cuore into a second anime television series in 1981, Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari, although this second series was not part of the WMT. The series was dubbed into several languages and became an instant success in some countries, such as Portugal, Brazil, Peru, Spain, Venezuela, Colombia, Germany, Chile, the Philippines, Malaysia, Turkey, Iran, the Arab world, and Israel. In some European countries and in Latin America, the series is simply known as Marco. In the Arab world, the series was a huge success; it was called Wada'an Marco (وداعاً ماركو), meaning Goodbye Marco. In Israel, the series was called HaLev (הלב), meaning The Heart in Hebrew, and was popular in Israel, especially during the 1990s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Future Boy Conan (1978)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.