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Baghi

1984 (estimated) TV Episode Feature Films

Studio
Tôei Company Ltd., Sanrio, Goku

Synopsis

Bagi is an escaped lab animal that is befriended by her creators son. She soon starts to develop human traits and there is talk of killing her. So she escapes to search for others like herself. Failing that, she reunites with her former master to find out where she came from.

Characters

Baghi, Ryosuke (Ryo) Ishigami, Dr. Ishigami, Ryosuke Ishigami's Father

Credits

Directing

Director
Osamu Tezuka, Kimiharu Ono

Writing

Writer
Osamu Tezuka

Music

Music
Kentaro Haneda

Animation

Animator
Hitoshi Nishimura, Kazuhiko Udagawa

Art Department

Design
Osamu Tezuka, Hitoshi Nishimura

Production notes

Released as a TV special.

Based on a story written by Osamu Tezuka for "Shonen Action."

The lead character, cat-woman Baghi, was named after Bagheera, the panther in Walt Disney's version of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book."