Ketsui
Also known as: Une Attitude Résolue (French)
Foreign titles: Cathy, La Petite Fermière (French), Das Madchen Von Der Farm (German), Le Avventure Della Dolce Katy (Italian)
Series title: 牧場の少女カト
- Studio
- Nippon Animation, Fuji TV
- Animation studio
- Nippon Animation
- Distributor
- Bandai Visual
Synopsis
Katri lives with her grandparents on a farm in Finland waiting for her mother to return from years of work in Germany. When the First World War breaks out, she encounters many unfortunate events such as losing contact with her mother. However, Katri bears her hardship through hard work and a strong will, and she is always loved by everyone around her.
Characters
Katri, Akki, Emilia, Marti, Uris, Mother
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Hiroshi Saitô
- Series Director
- Hiroshi Saito
Producing
- Producer
- Takaji Matsudo
Writing
- Writer
- Akira Miyazaki
Animation
- Animator
- Noriko Moriyoshi
- Animation Directors
- Noboru Takano, Fumiko Moritomo, Yoshiharu Satô, Hiroe Hoya
Voices
- Voice
- Hitomi Oikawa (Katri), Tôru Furuya (Marti), Kôhe Miyauchi (Uris), Toshiko Fujita (Mother), Kumiko Takizawa (Lotta Kuusela), Naoki Tatsuta (Abel), Akiko Takeguchi (Lea), Akio Nojima (Teemu), Asami Mukaidono (Milole), Atsuko Mine (Noora), Bin Shimada (Kustaa), Daisuke Gouri (Salomon), Hisashi Katsuta (Eli), Hôchû Ôtsuka (Raski), Ikuya Sawaki (Sasha), Kazue Ikura (Leo), Kazue Takahashi (Gunilla), Kazuhiko Inoue (Akki), Kazuhiko Kishino (Vilkki), Kenichi Ogata (Olle), Kouichi Hashimoto (Viljami), Mahito Tsujimura (Väinö Harma), Makoto Kousaka (Klaus Kuusela), Masanobu Ohkuba (Raski), Masao Imanishi (Herman Kokko), Masashi Hirose (Emilia's father), Minori Matsushima (Sofia Niilanen)
Music
- Music
- Hideki Fuyuki
Editing
- Editor
- Takeshi Seyama
Crew
- Based On The Novel By
- Auni Naolivaara
- Art Director
- Taisaburô Abe
- Character Design
- Noboru Katano
- Storyboard
- Kôzô Kuzuha, Jirô Kiyose
Production notes
This TV series ran for 49 episodes. The series was broadcast originally on Fuji TV in Japan from January 8, 1984 to December 23, 1984 as part of World Masterpiece Theater.
Based on the Finnish novel "Paimen Piikamenta," by Auni Nuoliwaara.
Based on the Finnish novel "Paimen Piikamenta," by Auni Nuoliwaara.