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February 2, 1987 TV Episode Ozu No Mahôtsukai

English title: Dorothy Meets The Wizard, Again

Foreign title: Le Magicien d'Oz (French)

Series title: オズの魔法使&#12356

Studio
Itoman, Panmedia, Cinar
Animation studio
Itoman
Distributor
Toho Company, Ltd.

Characters

Dorôshi, Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, Kakashi [Scarecrow]

Credits

Directing

Director
Masaru Tenkauchi, Masaharu Endo, Hiromitsu Morita
Series Director
Naishô Tonogawa

Producing

Producer
Hiro Obayashi
Executive Producers
Katsu Denka
Producer, English Version
Ronald A. Weinberg

Writing

Writer
Akira Miyazaki, Takafumi Nagamine, Horishi Saito
Based On The Original Novels By
L. Frank Baum
Based on the Original Novels The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), The Marvelous La
L. Frank Baum

Voices

Voice
Sumi Shimamoto (Dorôshi), Takumi Kamiyama (Tin Woodman), Ichirô Nagai (Cowardly Lion), Tadashi Yashuhara (Kakashi [Scarecrow])
Voice Talent, English Cast
Morgan Hallet (Dorothy), Lee Tockar (Toto), Ian James Corlett (Scarecrow), Michael Donovan (Lion), Cathy Weseluck (Aunt), Doug Parker (Oz), Scott McNeil (Muchikins)

Music

Music
K.S. Yoshimura

Art Department

Art Director
Mariko Kadono
Storyboards
Mitsuru Morita, Noburu Tsuji
Character Designer
Jun'ichi Seki
Design
Shuichi Seki

Sound

Sound Re-Recording
Shizuo Uragami

Music Department

Music Director
Jô (Joe) Hisaishi

Production Management

Production Supervisor
Katsu Denka

Production notes

The TV series was first broadcast abroad in 1984, but was not aired in Japan until 1986. Dropped by NHK, the 52 episode series was eventually shown on TV Tokyo, with the final two episodes combined into an hour-long special.

The two separate story arcs were condensed into 90 minutes each for video and released in four two-tape sets.

Note that Dorôshi in this TV series has auburn hair; the Dorôshi in the