Fuusen no Dorataro - Lost Short Lived 1981 Anime Series
Aug 17, 2024 19:27:20 GMT
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Post by ♥︎Pinkoctopede64★ on Aug 17, 2024 19:27:20 GMT
フーセンのドラ太郎 (Dorataro the Balloon) was a 1981 anime created by Nippon Animation based on the popular film series called Otoko wa Tsurai yo (男はつらいよ) with even help from the original creator, Yoji Yamada. The basic plot is that Taro, after years of wandering, goes back home at Cat Island and reunites with his sister, Sakura who is staying with their adoptive mouse family. One obvious difference from Otoko was Tsurai yo is that instead of being a live action film series, it's an anime tv series where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals (mostly cat and mice).
It ran for 13 episodes from April 11st to August 1st of the year on Fuji TV and Kansai TV networks during Saturday nights and from what I heard, probably had an abrupt production due to poor viewership but it's just speculation. As far as available materials go outside from occasional merch like figures, books, etc, there are
- The only footage of the anime itself is the OP and ED which likely came from a dvd that showcased anime intro/outros although I couldn't find the specific dvd but it has happened with some lost old anime before.
- Full version of the OP song on vinyl. There was also the full version of the ED on the same track along with an insert song on a separate one but only the OP is available to listen.
- Audio from the last minute of a broadcast including a preview of an upcoming episode. The video does include OP and ED so if you wanna listen to the episode audio, skip to 1:24.
- A bid listing that ended in 2020 of a 16mm reel of episode 8 that included some screenshots.
I also found a bunch of animation cels and concept/model art but there's a lot and can't fit them all in here even if I wanted to.
It ran for 13 episodes from April 11st to August 1st of the year on Fuji TV and Kansai TV networks during Saturday nights and from what I heard, probably had an abrupt production due to poor viewership but it's just speculation. As far as available materials go outside from occasional merch like figures, books, etc, there are
- The only footage of the anime itself is the OP and ED which likely came from a dvd that showcased anime intro/outros although I couldn't find the specific dvd but it has happened with some lost old anime before.
- Full version of the OP song on vinyl. There was also the full version of the ED on the same track along with an insert song on a separate one but only the OP is available to listen.
- Audio from the last minute of a broadcast including a preview of an upcoming episode. The video does include OP and ED so if you wanna listen to the episode audio, skip to 1:24.
- A bid listing that ended in 2020 of a 16mm reel of episode 8 that included some screenshots.
I also found a bunch of animation cels and concept/model art but there's a lot and can't fit them all in here even if I wanted to.
