Rascal the Raccoon

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Rascal the Raccoon
Screenshot of the opening logo of Araiguma Rascal
あらいぐまラスカル (Araiguma Rasukaru)
Genre	Drama
Anime television series
Directed by	Masaharu Endō Hiroshi Saitō (1-33) Shigeo Koshi (34-52)
Produced by	Junzō Nakajima Yoshio Katō
Written by	Akira Miyazaki Shōgo Ōta Kasuke Satō
Music by	Takeo Watanabe
Studio	Nippon Animation
Original network	FNS (Fuji TV)
English network	JET TV
Original run	2 January 1977 – 25 December 1977
Episodes	52

Rascal the Raccoon (あらいぐまラスカル, Araiguma Rasukaru, literally Raccoon Rascal, with the Japanese word for raccoon meaning "washing bear") is a 1977 Japanese animated series by Nippon Animation.^[1] It is based on the 1963 autobiographical novel Rascal, A Memoir of a Better Era by Sterling North.

As a result of the anime's popularity, Japanese imported many pet raccoons, which caused raccoons to become an invasive species in Japan.