The Yearling (TV series)

The Yearling (子鹿物語 THE YEARLING, Kojika Monogatari, trans. Fawn Story), also known in English as Fortunate Fawn,[1] is a Japanese anime series from 1983. The series is based on Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's 1938 novel of the same name. It has been produced in association with MGM/UA Entertainment Co. Television Distribution. Turner Entertainment Co. hold the rights to the series since 1986.

The Yearling
子鹿物語 THE YEARLING
(Kojika Monogatari)
Anime television series
Directed byMasaaki Ōsumi
Produced byYoshiro Hirota, Watanabe Tadami, Ishiguro Kouichi
Written byShun'ichi Yukimuro
Music byKoichi Sugiyama, Jun'ichi Kamiyama
StudioMK Company
Original networkNHK G
Original run November 8, 1983 – January 29, 1985
Episodes52

Despite the similar art style, this anime is unrelated to the World Masterpiece Theater series and is also based on the 1946 film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

In Japan, the anime hasn't aired in Japan since the 1990s and remains unreleased on DVD. The series has been released on DVD in the Netherlands, except for episode 33, whose Dutch dub masters were in bad condition,[2] and episode 51, which was skipped in the dub.

References
  1. "let's anime: Beyond The Valley Of Further Under The Western Influence II: The Return". June 30, 2018.
  2. "Jody en het hertejong". May 25, 2013.
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