This was an old anime (or at least anime in appearance) that aired in Quebec. The thing is, no one is sure of what this show originally was called. The credits just cite an "Orient Films," the France-based production company IDDH, the Canadian dubbing studio it was recorded at and a 1980 copyright date. It's about a family taking care of their seven children and aired as a 22-minute special as part of Tele-Quebec's Cine-Cadeau block.
It looks very much like the old Nippon Animation series based on western literature, but I can't figure out which show this is. Most of the confirmed companies are long defunct and I doubt they'd know much about a decades old TV special anyway.
Unfortunately, I was unable to find the official Japanese title of the anime. It could be that "La famille Pephling" was part of the series ( I am of course not 100% certain), just like in the case of Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm%27s_Fairy_Tale_Classics. These episodes were released as stand-alone movies on VHS, for example, "Beauty and The Beast". Hope I helped a little.
Unfortunately, I was unable to find the official Japanese title of the anime. It could be that "La famille Pephling" was part of the series ( I am of course not 100% certain), just like in the case of Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm%27s_Fairy_Tale_Classics. These episodes were released as stand-alone movies on VHS, for example, "Beauty and The Beast". Hope I helped a little.
Thank you, this was extremely helpful. I dug into Nozaki, which led me to their work on Manga Hajimete Monogatari. From there, I was able to find the kanji for the name, which brought up other shows Nozaki directed. One was Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi or Manga Fairy Tales of the World (アニメ世界の昔ばなし), known in English as Tales of Magic and Wonderful, Wonderful Tales From Around the World. The show ran between 1976 and 1979 as an literature anime anthology. Four of the 11-minute episodes (119, 121, 123, 125) are an adaptation of a German novel by Agnes Sapper called Die Familie Pfaeffling. While I haven't found Japanese copies to compare Pephling with, it's clear they're one and the same.