I also found some websites by google image searching with the images you gave "https://www.tebeosfera.com/audiovisual/pitufos_los_1959_tva_dupuis.html"
"https://www.g-cores.com/articles/96812"
Well at least there's more screenshots of the 1961 series.
I looked it up on World Cat and the only thing that isnt a book is called "Deux histoires de Schtroumpfs Texte imprimé la schtroumpfette et la faim des schtroumpfs" the link is "https://www.worldcat.org/title/deux-histoires-de-schtroumpfs-texte-imprime-la-schtroumpfette-et-la-faim-des-schtroumpfs/oclc/1009906306&referer=brief_results"
Its also categorized at Archival Material Not sure if that helps but its something at least
I think that's one of the older prints of the comic story.
I didn't know there was another Smurfs cartoon besides the 80's one and The Magic Flute movie!
Yeah the 1961 series actually predated the Hannah-Barbera series and the 1975 animated film. The 1960's animated series and the 1969 TV Special faded into obscurity due to the success of the 1980's show.
Wow, I can't even find any mention of it anywhere! I have no idea where to start with this search. Considering all the original series was first broadcasted on the channel "Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française" (RTBF) I'm assuming that's where it was aired, they may have a copy? If not, the more likely candidate is their publishing company Dupuis. The smurf wiki is saying that Belgian Comic Strip Center has all supposedly viewable episodes of the show and "parts of the movie" yet there is no mention of the smurfette tv special in that. The only mention of the special in the wiki at all is in the see also of the television series page with no article simply stating "The Smurfette (TV special), a 1969 Smurfs TV special made by the same producer" I find it so odd how they have all the episodes but only parts of the movie and no smurfette special? I wonder how bad television show preservation was back then?
I recently stumbled upon a video from the official French Youtube channel for The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs) in honor of the franchise's 60th Anniversary of this year which contained a clip from one of the episodes from the 1960's. Judging by how good the quality is, I think they still might have that obscure Smurfette TV Special somewhere.
The only thing related to the 1961 animated series that ever gotten released was a soundtrack album called "La valse et la marche des schtroumpfs" which was released in France and Belgium in 1965. The album is also very rare to find today.
La marche des schtroumpfs (The Theme Song to the 1961 series)
Schtroumpfs laïtou (Background music heard in some episodes)
I was originally going to make this thread dedicated to the lesser-known animated series "Les Schtroumpfs" (The Smurfs) from the 1961 which was the first animated series starring the Smurfs. But I figured, it would be better to create this thread dedicated to the even lesser-known TV Special "The Smurfette" (La Schtroumpfette) since there's very little information I can find behind the special.
Before I get to the main topic, I want to give a brief history behind 1961 series. Years before the Hannah-Barbara animated series starring The Smurfs was created in 1981. The first animated series starring The Smurfs was in 1961 called "Les Schtroumpfs" (The French name) which started production in 1959 and was produced by TVA Dupuis. The series aired on RTB (Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française) from 1961 to 1967 with a total of 9 episodes.
The series also later aired in France, The Netherlands, West Germany and Austria. The series never gained an English release and was aired with subtitles over the French dialogue. While the series never gained a DVD or VHS release for decades. In 1965, some episodes from the 1961 series were selected and became part of a features film "Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs" (The Adventures of The Smurfs). Some of the episodes can be seen at the
Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels, Belgium which is the series's native country.
According to a French website, the same producer TVA Dupuis made a TV Special which adapted Peyo's comic story "The Smurfette" (La Schtroumpfette) which marked Smurfette's first animated appearance in 1969. Unlike the 1961 series, very little is known about the production history with no existing screenshots available and apparently aired once in Belgium.
Ok so I have a small update. The company that made it seems to be chuoh publishing. Their website is www.chuoh.co.jp/ . Also, I took a look at the opening credits, and these are some companies that are involved, though not sure in what way. I can try to do more research later. Thunder Production サンダープロダクション Nippon CineTV corporation ニッポン・シネテレビ・コーポレーション Triangle Staff (or stuff?) トライアングル・スタッフ Beam studio ビームスタジオ Beam TV center ビームテレビセンター
By the way, I made an account, just waiting for it to be approved by the admins.
The official English name for トライアングル・スタッフ is Triangle Staff as the companies first work to do so since it was founded in January 1987 by the former Madhouse line producer Yoshimi Asari as you should look it up on the internet.
Must been made by Nippon Animation (Nippon CineTV) who were very prominent in anime geared towards children's in the 1970's and 1980's. Special mention goes to shows like Maya The Bee, Vicky The Viking, and Bannertail.
Wrong. It was made by Triangle Staff.
Thanks for the update: I've never heard of Triangle Staff until now. They worked on the animation correct?
Im the above guy. Just got exicted to see others interested in this lol
Your welcome, I first created this thread after stumbling upon a post on the subreddit called "ObscureMedia" dedicated to lesser-known or forgotten material from media. One user posted one of the volumes and I suddenly got very fascinated with this. I then decided to watch each volume in parts and was so charming. Hopefully, when more full videos of each volumes shows up online or on Youtube in the future. I will share one of the volumes to that user who was very curious about the VHS series since that user grew up watching the videos. But over the years, the series faded into obscurity.
I thought you were talking about this old show with a similar name that used some sort of puppetry. I know that there were at least 3, maybe 6 of that. But this seems interesting too.
Nope, I'm aware of the Direct to Video puppet series that told Mother Goose stories. But I'm looking for this version that was told by anthropomorphic animals but in better video quality or if others have a good quality copy of the other VHS volumes. Especially since the english versions are out of print.