L'Exposition

L'Exposition

August 7, 1983 TV Episode Alps Monogatari Watashi No Annette

Foreign titles: Dans Les Alpes Avec Annette (French), Die Kinder Vom Berghof (German), Sui monti con Annette (Italian)

Series title: アルプス物語 &#1243

Studio
Nippon Animation, Fuji Television
Animation studio
Nippon Animation
Distributor
Bandai Visual

Synopsis

Thirteen-year-old Annette was born into a poor family in Switzerland. She is a sweet girl and takes good care of her little brother Danny (Dani). Lucien is her best friend. One day, Danny gets injured and develops a limp. The accident was Lucien's fault.

The happy days turn into a long period of suffering, but, little by little, Annette and Lucien regain their lost friendship.

Characters

Annette, Lucien, Pierre, Danny (Dani), Morelle, Marie, Nicholas, Jean, Marianne, Christine, Priest, Francine, Johann

Credits

Directing

Director
Kôzô Kusuba
Assistant Directors
Jirô Itô, Harumi Sugimura

Producing

Producer
Takaji Matsudo
Executive Producer
Kôichi Motohashi

Writing

Writer
Kenji Yoshida
Based on the Novel By
Patricia St. John

Animation

Animator
Eimi Maeda, Yoshiharu Sato, Issei Takamatsu (Animation Director)

Voices

Voice
Keiko Han (Annette), Eiko Yamada (Lucien), Osamu Kobayashi (Pierre), Miyuki Muroi (Danny [Dani]), Tomie Kataoka (Morelle), Rihoko Yoshida (Marie), Kan Tokumaru (Nicholas), Kazuyo Aoki (Jean), Seiko Nakano (Marianne), Harumi Îzuka (Christine), Yûji Fujishiro (Priest), Eiko Masuyama (Francine), Mahito Tsujimura (Johann), Yukiko Iwai (Narrator)

Music

Music
Ryouhei Hirose
Lyrics
Yôko Aki

Crew

Based On The Original Novel Treasures of the Snow By
Patricia St. John
Character Designer
Issei Takamatsu
Art Directors
Taizaburou Abe, Masahiro Ioka
Assistant Art Directors
Masazumi Matsumiya
Storyboards
Fumio Kurokawa, Hiroshi Saitô, Kazuyoshi Yokota

Production notes

This TV series ran for 48 episodes. The series was broadcast originally on Fuji TV from January 9, 1983 through December 25, 1983 as part of the World Masterpiece Theater.

Based on the 1950 children's book by Patricia M. St. John, which had a strong Christian undercurrent.

The series added numerous sequences that were not in the original story. For example, several episodes covered the years leading up to the accident in which Danny was injured.