Vicky the Viking | |
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Genre | Adventure Comedy |
Based on | Vicke Viking by Runer Jonsson |
Directed by | Chikao Katsui (eps. 1-26) Hiroshi Saitô (eps. 27-52) Kōzō Kusuba (eps. 53-78) |
Composers | Seiichirō Uno (Japanese version) Karel Svoboda (German version) |
Country of origin | West Germany Japan |
Original languages | German Japanese |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 78 |
Production | |
Production companies | Taurus Film Zuiyo Eizo (eps. 1-52) Nippon Animation (eps. 53-78) |
Original release | |
Network | ORF (Austria) ZDF (Germany) Fuji TV (Japan) |
Release | January 31, 1974 April 8, 1976 | –
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Vicky the Viking, known as Wickie und die starken Männer ( (小さなバイキング ビッケ) in Japan, is an animated television series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It is based on the novel Vicke Viking (1963) written by the Swedish author Runer Jonsson. It premiered on the German TV channel ZDF on 31 January 1974 and aired in various countries. In 2013–2014, the series also existed in 3D animation produced by Studio 100.
) in Germany and Austria and Chiisana Viking Bikke