Large Running
Foreign titles: Rascal, Der Waschbär (German), Rascal, Il Mio Amico Orsetto (Italian)
Series title: あらいぐまラス
- Studio
- Nippon Animation
- Animation studio
- Nippon Animation
Synopsis
Sterling North is a tender-hearted boy, who loves animals very much.
One day Sterling finds a baby raccoon in the woods. He names the raccoon ‘Rascal' and takes it home, where the baby raccoon becomes Sterling's constant companion.
Rascal grows up very well. Everything seems to be going well, but one day Rascal gets a taste for sweet corn and begins to raid the neighbors' corn gardens during the night. Sterling realizes that it is truly difficult for men and wild animals to coexist in the same place. One day a misfortune befalls Sterling's family. His father's ranches are entirely destroyed by a heavy rainstorm.
Sterling must go to Milwaukee to attend junior high school. Rascal is now a young adult. Sterling decides to return Rascal to his natural life in the woods.
Sterling goes to a lake with Rascal in his canoe and sets him free in the woods. Next day he leaves town alone on a train bound for Milwaukee.
One day Sterling finds a baby raccoon in the woods. He names the raccoon ‘Rascal' and takes it home, where the baby raccoon becomes Sterling's constant companion.
Rascal grows up very well. Everything seems to be going well, but one day Rascal gets a taste for sweet corn and begins to raid the neighbors' corn gardens during the night. Sterling realizes that it is truly difficult for men and wild animals to coexist in the same place. One day a misfortune befalls Sterling's family. His father's ranches are entirely destroyed by a heavy rainstorm.
Sterling must go to Milwaukee to attend junior high school. Rascal is now a young adult. Sterling decides to return Rascal to his natural life in the woods.
Sterling goes to a lake with Rascal in his canoe and sets him free in the woods. Next day he leaves town alone on a train bound for Milwaukee.
Characters
Sterling, Raccoon, Sterling's Mother
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Seiji Endô, Hiroshi Saitô (episodes 1-29)
- Director, episodes 30-52
- Shigeo Koshi
Writing
- Writer
- Akira Miyazaki
- Based On The Books By
- Sterling North
Animation
Music
- Music
- Takeo Watanabe
Crew
- Original Novel, Rascal, A Memoir of a Better Era By
- Sterling North
- Art Director
- Masahiro Ioka
- Character Design
- Seiji Endô
Production notes
Based on Sterling North's writings about his boyhood, this series was itself part of the World Masterpiece Theater (Sekai Meisaku Gekijou) series.