Belle and Sebastian
Overview
Belle and Sebastian is an anime adaption of a series of French novels called Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982. It consists of 52 episodes and was a co-production of MK Company, Visual 80 Productions and Toho Company, Ltd.. Toshiyuki Kashiwakura was the head writer and character designs were by Shuichi Seki. The show was broadcast on French and Japanese television in 1981, with American cable network Nickelodeon picking it up in 1984. In the United Kingdom, it aired on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990.
This anime used many staffers from Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater franchise, thus the look and feel is similar to that of a WMT production even though Nippon Animation itself was not involved with this series.
The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan and has been dubbed and subtitled in English and numerous other languages.
Episodes
S01E02 The Hunt for Belle
S01E03 A Night in the Mountains
S01E04 The Journey Begins
S01E05 Escaping Smugglers
S01E06 A Visit to Jail
S01E07 Meeting Sara
S01E08 A Promise to Sara
S01E09 Farewell to Sara
S01E10 The Case of the Missing Sheep
S01E11 Puppy Love
S01E12 Operation Substitute
S01E13 The Runaway Car
S01E14 An Act of Bravery
S01E15 Billy, the Kid Bank Robber
S01E16 The Old Man by the Sea
S01E17 Phantoms On a Ship
S01E18 Smuggled On Board
S01E19 The Secret of the Castle Ghost
S01E20 The Ghost's Revenge
S01E21 Kidnapped
S01E22 Chased by Desperados
S01E23 Mistaken Identities
S01E24 Doublecrossed
S01E25 Meeting at the Mountain
S01E26 Isabel's Scarf
S01E27 The Three Sisters
S01E28 Building a New Home
S01E29 Belle and Sebastian are Seperated
S01E30 It's A Boy
S01E31 Reunited At Last
S01E32 When Johnny Comes Marching Home
S01E33 Sebastian Loses His Best Friend
S01E34 Come Back to Me
S01E35 One Mistake After Another
S01E36 Poisoned
S01E37 The Big Sleep
S01E38 Mom Didn't Forget Me
S01E39 Don't Drink the Water
S01E40 Belle is Captured
S01E41 Help, Save Belle
S01E42 Make New Friends and Keep the Old
S01E43 On a Train Bound for Battle
S01E44 Traveling on the Underground Railroad
S01E45 The Kind Heart of Inspector Garcia
S01E46 Climbing a Wall of Stone
S01E47 A Storm Brews
S01E48 A Snowy Reunion
S01E49 The Devil's Corridor
S01E50 Belle Risks Her Life
S01E51 Mom Makes Up Her Mind
S01E52 A Happy Ending
Cast
Noriko Ohara
Sebastian (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Grandpa Cesar (voice)
Keiko Yokozawa
Angelina (voice)
Hiroko Suzuki
Lena (voice)
Toru Furuya
Jean (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Leon (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
Giom (voice)
