Dog of Flanders (TV series)

Dog of Flanders
	Cover art for Kodansha English Library book version of the TV series
フランダースの犬; (Furandāsu no Inu)
Genre	Drama
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshio Kuroda
Produced by	Junzō Nakajima; Shigehito Takahashi; Takaji Matsudo;
Written by	Hideo Rokushika; Isao Matsuki; Ryūzō Nakanishi;
Music by	Takeo Watanabe
Studio	Zuiyo Eizo (1–26); Nippon Animation (27–52);
Original network	FNS (Fuji TV)
Original run	January 5, 1975 – December 28, 1975
Episodes	52
Anime film
The Dog of Flanders
Directed by	Yoshio Kuroda
Produced by	Junzō Nakajima
Written by	Miho Maruo
Music by	Tarō Iwashiro
Studio	Nippon Animation
Licensed by	Geneon USA
Released	15 March 1997 (Japan); 7 March 2000 (United States);
Runtime	103 minutes

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, produced by Nippon Animation. 52 episodes were produced.^[1] 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 as his grandfather dies and leaves him with his dog. It shows how the hopes of becoming a great classical painter have been seemingly crushed by his grandfather's passing and the way he takes after that tragedy.

The anime series is notable for being the first official entry in the World Masterpiece Theater series (Calpis Children's Theater at the time).

^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 89. ISBN 9781476672939.

[1] Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 89. ISBN 9781476672939.

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