Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (メーテルリンクの青い鳥 チルチルミチルの冒険旅行, Maeterlinck no Aoi Tori: Tyltyl Mytyl no Bōken Ryokō) is a 1980 Japanese animated television series directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa, with character designs from Leiji Matsumoto. It is based on the 1908 play by Maurice Maeterlinck. The series was 26-episodes long when aired on Japanese television. An Office Academy production in association with Toei Animation, the series was produced by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and used many of the staff from Nishizaki's earlier Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers).
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey | |
Cover art from the DVD release of the series | |
メーテルリンクの青い鳥 チルチルミチルの冒険旅行 (Maeterlinck no Aoi Tori: Tyltyl Mytyl no Bōken Ryokō) | |
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Genre | Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Musical, Romance |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
Produced by | Yoshinobu Nishizaki |
Written by | Keisuke Fujikawa and Maru Tamura |
Music by | Hiroshi Miyagawa |
Studio | Academy Productions Toei Animation |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | January 9, 1980 – July 9, 1980 |
Episodes | 26 |
Plot
In the 1970s, the series is about a 12-year-old girl called Mytyl and her 13-year-old brother Tyltyl seeking happiness, represented by The Blue Bird of Happiness, aided by the good fairy Bérylune. They are accompanied on their journey by their cat and dog, Shanet and Tyrol, who are given anthropomorph forms and the ability to talk by Bérylune.
Characters
- Tyltyl (voiced by Toru Furuya)
- Mytyl (voiced by Mami Koyama)
- Tyrol (the dog) (voiced by Ichiro Nagai)
- Shanet (the cat) (voiced by Fuyumi Shiraishi)
- Berylune (the fairy) (voiced by Fusako Amachi and Soko Tenchi)
- Queen of the Night (voiced by Akihiro Miwa)
- Tyltyl and Mytyl's parents (voiced by Koji Yada (father), Miyoko Shoji (ep 1) and Mari Okamoto (mother))
- Spirit of the Water (voiced by Hiroshi Otake, Kenichi Ogata & Yoko Asagami)
- Spirit of the Fire (voiced by Kenichi Ogata)
- Spirit of the Time (voiced by Koji Yada)
- Spirit of the Bread (voiced by Toshio Furukawa)
- Spirit of the Milk (voiced by Masako Nozawa)
- Spirit of the Sugar (voiced by Tomiko Suzuki)
- Spirit of the Light (voiced by Mari Okamoto)
Anime Staff
- Producer / Planning: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
- Chief Director: Hiroshi Sasagawa
- Script: Keisuke Fujikawa, Maru Tamura
- Original Character Design: Leiji Matsumoto
- Animation Character Design and Supervising Animation Director: Toyoo Ashida
- Assistant Animation Director: Yoshiyuki Hane
- Art Director: Kazue Ito
- Sound Director: Atsumi Tashiro, Yasunori Honda
- Music: Hiroshi Miyagawa
- Production: Toei Animation, Office Academy, Fuji TV
Episodes
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Music
- Opening theme
Shiawase no Babira Torarira / "Babyla Tolarilla of Happiness"
- Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
- Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
- Performance: Midori Fukuhara
- Ending theme
Mado Akari / "Window Lights"
- Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
- Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
- Performance: Hideki Osuga
- Insert songs
- 1. Ima Hoshi Mono wa Ai / "What I Want Now is Love"
- Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
- Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
- Performance: Midori Fukuhara
See also
External links
- Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey on IMDb
- Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia