First Exploration
Series title: 南の虹のルーシ
- Studio
- Nippon Animation
- Distributor
- Bandai Visual
Synopsis
Lucy's family moves from England to Australia planning to run a big farm. Starting a new life proves to be full of frustrations. Their agonizing days of despair continue until they finally obtain their farmland. However, Lucy and her sisters enjoy a range of new experiences such as discovering exotic animals and meeting with aborigines and other new people.
Characters
Lucy, Annie, Arthur, Kate, Hercules, Max, Parker, Adam, Pettywell, Dayton, John, Billy, Josh, Lite, Bernard, Clara, Fred, Ben, Clayton, Tob
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Hiroshi Saitô
Writing
- Writer
- Akira Miyazaki
- Based On The Book "Southern Rainbow" By
- Phyllis Piddington
Animation
- Animator
- Eimi Maeda, Koichi Murata, Noboru Takano, Noriko Moritomo (Animation Directors)
Voices
- Voice
- Minori Matsushima (Lucy), Ikuko Tani (Annie), Katsunosuke Hori (Arthur), Rihoko Yoshida (Kate), Daisuke Gouri (Hercules, Max), Hiroshi Masuoka (Parker), Issei Futamata (Adam), Junpei Takiguchi (Pettywell), Kaneta Kimotsuki (Dayton), Kazuhiko Inoue (John), Mie Suzuki (Billy), Naoki Tatsuta (Josh), Norio Wakamoto (Lite), Rokuro Naya (Bernard), Sakiko Tamagawa (Clara), Takashi Yasuda (Fred), Tatsuya Matsuda (Ben), Tomomichi Nishimura (Clayton), Yumi Takada (Tob)
Music
- Music
- Kôichi Sakata
Crew
- Art Director
- Taisaburô Abe
- Character Design
- Junichi Seki
- Layouts
- Junichi Sakai
- Storyboards
- Jirô Kiyose, Kôzô Kuzuha, Shigeo Koshi, Takayoshi Suzuki
Production notes
A series of 50 episodes. It aired in Japan on the Fuji TV network as part of the World Masterpiece Theater from January 10, 1982 to December 26, 1982.
Based on Phyllis Piddington's immigrant story.
This was the only World Masterpiece Theater series to be produced while the original creator of the story was still alive.
Based on Phyllis Piddington's immigrant story.
This was the only World Masterpiece Theater series to be produced while the original creator of the story was still alive.