Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel (anime)

Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel

Japanese magazine cover showing Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel
シートン動物記 りすのバナー
(Shīton Dōbutsuki Risu no Banā)
Anime television series
Directed by Fumio Kurokawa
Studio Nippon Animation
Network TV Asahi
Original run April 7, 1979 September 29, 1979
Episodes 26

Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel (シートン動物記 りすのバナー Shīton Dōbutsuki Risu no Banā) is an anime series made by Nippon Animation in 1979. It is based on the 1922 children's book Bannertail by Ernest Thompson Seton. It ran for a total of 26 episodes[1] and told the story of Banner, a young orphaned squirrel raised by a kindly mother cat, and his adventures in the forest. It is also known by its German version, entitled Puschel, das Eichhorn. In the Arab world, where the anime succeeded in attracting young viewers and gained much popularity, it is known as Sanjoob (سنجوب) or Sanajeb-el Gaaba (سناجب الغابة). It was also popular in Spain and Latin America under the name Banner y Flappy.

Characters

References

  1. "Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel". Nippon Animation. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-20.

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