Treasure Island | |
DVD cover | |
宝島 (Takarajima) | |
---|---|
Genre | Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Supernatural |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Osamu Dezaki |
Produced by | Keishi Yamazaki Seiichi Ginya |
Written by | Haruya Yamazaki Yoshimi Shinozaki |
Music by | Kentaroh Haneda |
Studio | TMS Entertainment Madhouse |
Original network | NTV |
Original run | 8 October 1978 – 1 April 1979 |
Episodes | 26 |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Yoshio Takeuchi (primary) Osamu Dezaki (supervising director) |
Written by | Haruya Yamazaki Yoshimi Shinozaki |
Music by | Kentaroh Haneda |
Studio | TMS Entertainment Madhouse |
Released | 9 May 1987 |
Runtime | 88 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Takarajima Memorial - Yūnagi to Yobareta Otoko | |
Directed by | Osamu Dezaki |
Written by | Osamu Dezaki |
Music by | Kentaroh Haneda |
Studio | TMS Entertainment Madhouse KSS |
Released | 21 December 1992 |
Treasure Island (宝島, Takarajima) is a Japanese anime television series that aired in 1978 and 1979 in Japan and in the mid-1980s in Europe, Mexico, South America & Arab World countries, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel of the same name.[1] In 2013, the 1987 movie compilation was dubbed in English by Bang Zoom! Entertainment and available on the North American Hulu, but has since been removed. However, as of early 2016, TMS has made the compilation movie available to watch on YouTube for free.[2]
Jim Hawkins is a young boy led by progressive events to embark on a search journey for the legendary treasure of the once dreaded pirate, Captain Flint.[3] on their way to Treasure Island, John Silver, Jim's best friend (and eventually father-figure), takeover command of the ship revealing his true self as the ruthless pirate who was once the right hand of Flint himself. Feeling betrayed, now Jim has to deal with his mixed emotions and face Silver who still consider himself and Jim as friends.
Note: There are some differences between the Japanese cast of the TV series and the movie
Character | Japanese VA | English VA | Spanish VA | German VA | Arabic VA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Silver | Genzō Wakayama (TV series) Michio Hazama (movie) |
Maynardo Zavala | Michael Grimm | Wahid Jalal | |
Jim Hawkins | Mari Shimizu (TV series) Masako Nozawa (movie) |
Erica Mendez[4] | Alma Nuri | Marek Harloff | Antoinette Mallohi |
Billy Bones | Ryo Kurosawa (TV series) Takeshi Aono (movie) |
Maynardo Zavala | Ben Hecker | ||
Gray | Akio Nojima (TV series) Ryusei Nakao (movie) |
Braulio Zertuche | Walter Wigand | ||
Papy | Akira Kamiya (TV series and movie) | ||||
Smollett | Hideaki Esumi (TV series) Shusei Nakamura (movie) |
Carlos Agosti | Klaus Dittmann | ||
Hunter | Hiromitsu Mizushima | Christian Stark | |||
Livesey | Iemasa Kayumi (TV series and movie) | Jesús Colin | Harald Pages | ||
Trelawney | Junpei Takiguchi (TV series and movie) | Gerd Marcel | |||
Ben Gunn | Kaneta Kimotsuki | Rahtjen | |||
Redruth | Kōichi Kitamura | ||||
Jim (Adult) | Kiyotaka Mitsugi (TV series) Kenyuu Horiuchi (movie) Koichi Yamadera (OVA) |
Muhammad Ibrahim | |||
George | Mitsuo Senda | Christian Ahrens | |||
Morgan | Reizō Nomoto | ||||
Lily | Rihoko Yoshida | Samira Chanfir | |||
Israel Hands | Shōzō Iizuka (TV series and movie) | Eduardo Borja | |||
Black Dog | Tesshō Genda | Eduardo Liñan | Klaus-Peter Kaehler |