Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (1977)

Original title

シートン動物記 くまの子ジャッキー

Directed by

Yoshio Kuroda

Genre

animation, kids

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 52 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy and his mother live in the wilderness of the American West. They befriend a bear cub and raise it. The story follows the bear growing up and the bond between the humans and the animal.

gentlesadnature-fillednostalgicslow-pacedheartfeltobservantearthybittersweet

What happens

Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (シートン動物記　くまの子ジャッキー, Seton Doubutsuki: Kuma no Ko Jakki; loosely: "Seton Animal Chronicles: Jacky the Bear Boy") is a Japanese anime television series consisting of 26 episodes, based on the novel Monarch, The Big Bear of Tallac by Ernest Thompson Seton. It was directed by Yoshio Kuroda and was first broadcast on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in 1977. It has been broadcast on TV in the Arab world, Finland, France, Germany, Hispanic America, Iran, Italy, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, South Korea, Taiwan, and Ukraine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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