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Marco - From the Apennines to the Andes (TV)

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Alternative title:
Cuore - Edmondo De Amicis (Italian)
From the Apennines to the Andes
Haha o Tazunete Sanzen Ri (Japanese)
Marco dagli Appennini (Italian) 
Marco dagli Appennini alle Ande (Italian)
Marco, De los Apeninos a los Andes (Spanish)
وداعا ماركو (Arabic)
母をたずねて三千里 (Japanese)
萬里尋母 (Chinese (Taiwan))
엄마 찾아 삼천리 (Korean)
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
3000 лиг в поисках матери (Russian)
Themes: historical
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Italy is in a deep depression, so to support her family, Marco's mother goes to Argentina to work as a domestic. But after she writes to her family that she is sick, her letters stop coming. So Marco decides to go to Argentina to look for her. He travels across Argentina to find her, meeting many wonderful people, and having many adventures during his journey.
User Ratings: 80 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:6, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Arabic edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 14 votes (sub:3, ?:2, dub:1, others:8
3 Spanish dubbed
3 Arabic dubbed
2 Spanish edited dub
)
 Very good: 20 votes (sub:11, edit.dub:1, dub:1, ?:1, others:6
4 Spanish dubbed
2 Arabic dubbed
)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:9, ?:2, raw:1, others:5
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 5 votes (dub:1, others:4
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 169 users, rank: #4309 (of 10100)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.637 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.8858, rank: #1465 (of 10281)
Weighted mean: 7.597 (Very good−), rank: #1439 (of 10281) (seen all: 7.80 / seen some: 7.36 / won't finish: 4.23)
Bayesian estimate: 7.580 (Very good−), rank: #1173 (of 7754)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage:
1976-01-04 to 1976-12-26
1976-06-21 to 1977-08-05 (South Korea, TBC)
1977-05-22 to 1978-02-12 (Portugal)
1980 (Colombia - Cadena Uno)
1980 (México - TV Azteca)
1980-01-09 to 1981-03-25 (Germany)
1982-02-08 to 1982-04-21 (Italy, Rai 1)
Release dates: We have 17
Opening Theme:
"Sōgen no Marco" (草原のマルコ) by Kumiko Ohsugi
Ending Theme:
"Kaasan Ohayō" (かあさんおはよう) by Kumiko Ohsugi
Links: We have 19
Trivia: We have 4
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Isao Takahata
Scenario:
Kazuo Fukazawa (eps 1-52)
Storyboard:
Isao Takahata (eps 1-2, 4-5, 7)
Minoru Yokitani (21 episodes
eps 6-14 even, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 31, 33, 36, 39-40, 42-52 even
)
Seiji Okuda (18 episodes
eps 9, 11, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 32, 34, 37-38, 41-51 odd
)
Yoshio Kuroda (7 episodes
eps 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 35
)
Yoshiyuki Tomino (ep 3)
Music: Kōichi Sakata
Original creator: Edmondo De Amicis
Character Design: Yōichi Kotabe
Art Director: Takamura Mukuo
Animation Director: Yōichi Kotabe
Sound Director: Yasuo Urakami
Director of Photography: Keishichi Kuroki
Executive producer: Kōichi Motohashi
Producer:
Junzō Nakajima
Takaharu Bessho (Fuji TV; eps 7-52)
Takaji Matsudo

Animation:
Fumio Kouda (ep 13)
Hayao Miyazaki (ep 2)
Hidemi Maeda (5 episodes
eps 8-14 even, 24
)
Hidenori Ōshima (ep 52)
Hideo Kawauchi (eps 20-52 even)
Johji Manabe (28 episodes
eps 3-5, 7-8, 11, 13, 15-17, 19-51 odd, 52
)
Junichi Yokoyama (ep 1)
Kazuo Ushikoshi (eps 7, 19)
Ken'ichi Okamoto (OH Production; 11 episodes
eps 33-51 odd, 52
)
Kōichi Murata (OH Production; 28 episodes
eps 3-5, 7-15 odd, 16-17, 19-51 odd, 52
)
Koushin Yonekawa (OH Production; 10 episodes
eps 3-5, 7-8, 11, 13, 15-17
)
Masako Shinohara (17 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 8-9, 11-15, 17-18, 46-52 even
)
Noboru Akiyama (eps 17, 21)
Nobuo Tomizawa (ep 12)
Shunichi Sakai (24 episodes
eps 3-6, 8-14 even, 15, 17-18, 20-44 even
)
Takashi Namiki (uncredited)
Toshiko Nakagawa (eps 10, 19)
Toshitsugu Saida (OH Production; 19 episodes
eps 1, 19-51 odd, 52
)
Toshiyasu Okada (eps 6-34 even)
Tsukasa Tannai (OH Production; 17 episodes
eps 3-5, 7-8, 11, 13, 15-17, 19-31 odd
)
Yōichi Kotabe (ep 2)
Yukiyoshi Hane (eps 6-52 even)
Animation Check:
Hidemi Maeda (19 episodes
eps 23-45 odd, 46-52
)
Junichi Yokoyama (eps 5-12)
Masako Shinohara (eps 19-44)
Noboru Takano (eps 1-18)
Nobuo Tomizawa (36 episodes
eps 6-22, 24-44 even, 45-52
)
Assistant Animation Director:
Reiko Okuyama (eps 22-52)
Assistant Director:
Kazuyoshi Yokota (24 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 32-47
)
Kenichi Baba (23 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27-51 odd
)
Yasuo Kageyama (21 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26-52 even
)
Background Art:
Kenichi Ishibashi (eps 5-51 odd)
Kōyō Itō (28 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-52 even
)
Shigeo Nishihara (eps 5-51 odd)
Tadao Kubota (28 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-52 even
)
Yoshikuni Nishi (eps 5-51 odd)
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Finish Check: Michiyo Yasuda (eps 1-52)
Layout: Hayao Miyazaki
Photography:
Tetsuro Kumase (eps 1-52)
Tōru Hagiwara (eps 1-52)
Production Advancement:
Hiroshi Usuda (6 episodes
eps 29, 34, 39, 44, 48, 52
)
Katsumi Takasago (14 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9-10, 13-14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 36, 41, 46, 50
)
Kōji Takeuchi (11 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47, 51
)
Toshihiro Horiuchi (11 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 33, 38, 43
)
Production Desk: Sakae Endo
Scene Design: Hayao Miyazaki
Sound Adjustment: Tsuguo Nakatogawa
Sound Effects: Akihiko Matsuda
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kōichi Sakata
Reijirō Koroku
Theme Song Composition: Kōichi Sakata
Theme Song Lyrics:
Isao Takahata
Kazuo Fukazawa
Theme Song Performance: Kumiko Ohsugi (OP + ED)
Yoshiko Matsuo as Marco

Kazuyuki Sogabe as Tonio
Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Pietro
Mie Azuma as Pablo
Noriko Ohara as Conchetta
Yukiko Nikaido as Anna

Akiko Tsuboi as Narrator
Akio Nojima as Rocky
Eken Mine as Federico
Fumio Matsuoka as Frediand
Hikaru Miyata as Fernandez
Ichirō Nagai as Peppino
Kei Tomiyama as Mario
Keiko Yokozawa as Fana
Kōhei Miyauchi as Carlos
Kuriko Komamura as Emilio
Mahito Tsujimura as Carlo
Masaaki Okabe as Victor Mequinez
Masako Nozawa as Luigi
Michirō Okada as Bartolomeo
Mieko Nobusawa as Fiolina
Miyoko Asō as Catalina
Reiko Mutoh as Clara
Ryūsei Nakao as Miguel
Sachiko Chijimatsu as
Bernardo
Julietta
Shigeyuki Hosoi as Lunchio
Shunji Yamada as Man (ep 1)
Sumiko Shirakawa as Domenchio
Takeshi Watabe as Governor
Takuzō Kamiyama as Leonardo
Tōru Furuya as Manuel (eps 45-46)
Yoneko Matsukane as Lucia

Akiko Tsuboi
Akira Shimada
Hideo Kinoshita
Hikaru Miyata
Hiroshi Masuoka
Hisako Kyōda
Hisako Ōkata
Hisashi Katsuta
Ichirō Murakoshi
Iemasa Kayumi
Ikuko Sugita
Ikuo Nishikawa
Keaton Yamada
Keiko Hanagata
Kuniko Kashii
Mahito Tsujimura
Masako Ikeda
Masako Sugaya
Matsugorō Mita
Mikio Terashima
Minori Matsushima
Miyoko Asō
Motomu Kiyokawa
Reiko Katsura
Reiko Mutoh
Rihoko Yoshida
Rokurō Naya
Ryūji Saikachi
Ryūsei Nakao
Sachiko Chijimatsu
Seizō Katō
Takeshi Kuwabara
Teppei Takasugi
Tetsuya Kaji
Toshiya Sugita
Toshiya Ueda
Yasuo Tanaka
Japanese companies
Animation: Oh! Production (28 episodes
eps 3-5, 7-15 odd, 16-17, 19-51 odd, 52
)
Animation Production: Nippon Animation
Backgrounds:
Mukuo Studio (28 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-52 even
)
Studio Aqua (eps 5-51 odd)
Broadcaster: Fuji Television Network
Development: Toyo Laboratory (now Imagica)
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Finish Animation: Studio Robin
Photography: Trans Arts Co.
Production: Nippon Animation
Recording Studio: Studio Taiping
Sound Effects: Ishida Sound Production (now Fizz Sound)
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Studio100
English cast
(none)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Um Sang-Hyun (EBS version)
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Tongyang Broadcasting Company (from 21 June 1976)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Dubbing Director: Francisco Sánchez (Spain dub)

Adaptation: Francisco Sánchez (Spain dub)
Theme Song Performance: José María López Pascual (OP, ED, Spain dub)
Ana Ouro as Marco (Galician dub)
Ana Ángeles García as Marco (Spain dub)

Angelina Gatell as Anna Rossi (Spain dub)
Charo Pena as Anna (Galician dub)
Chelo Díaz as Concetta (Galician dub)
Conchita Núñez as
Conccetta (Spain dub)
Pablo (Spain dub)
Isabel Vallejo as Emilio (Galician dub)
Javier Dotú as Tonio (Spain dub)
Javier Martín as Pietro Rossi (Spain dub)
Nacho Castaño as Tonio (Galician dub)
Teresa Santamaría as Pablo (Galician dub)

Alfonso Valiño as Sr. Guillioti (Galician dub)
Amelia Jara as
Bernardo (Spain dub)
Lucia (Spain dub; ep 3)
Ana Ángeles García as Fiorina (Spain dub)
Ana María Saizar as Sra.Gina (Spain dub)
Angela González as Amelia Ceballos (Spain dub; ep 37)
Ángeles Macua as Fiorina (Spain dub)
Aníbal Vela Jr. as
Fish Seller (Spain dub; ep 2)
Gino (Spain dub)
Antonio Fernández Sánchez as Tio Merelli (Spain dub)
Antonio Iranzo as Fosco (Spain dub; eps 24-25)
Benjamin Domingo as Sr. Girotti (Spain dub)
Carlos Del Pino as Cesare (Spain dub)
Carolina Montijano as Emilio (Spain dub)
Chema Gagino as Francesco (Galician dub)
Claudio Rodriguez as Fadobani (Spain dub; ep 37)
Claudio Velásquez as Marco (new version)
Conchita Núñez as Domenico (Spain dub; ep 2)
Eloísa Mateos as Luigi (Spain dub)
Estanis González as
Captain Giovanni (Spain dub; ep 39)
Leonardo (Spain dub; ep 16)
Fernando Nogueras as Mr. Moretti (Spain dub; eps 33-34)
Francisco Sánchez as Peppino (Spain dub)
Héctor Cantolla as Sr. Mequinez (Spain dub)
Irene Guerrero De Luna as Caterina (Spain dub)
Joaquín Vidriales as
Don Carlos (Spain dub; ep 30)
Dr. Rombaldini (Spain dub)
José Caride as
Captain of the Folgore (Spain dub)
Ferdinando (Spain dub)
José Martinez Blanco as
Giovanni (Spain dub; eps 41-42)
Sandro (Spain dub; ep 9)
Jose Moratalla as
Manuel (Spain dub)
Mario (Spain dub)
Jose Luis Gil as
Miguel (Spain dub)
Rocky (Spain dub)
Salvador Balboa (Spain dub)
Tonio Rossi (Spain dub; ep 52)
José Luis Lespe as Forgole Sailor (Spain dub)
Juan Lombardero as Traveler (Spain dub; ep 50)
Julio Núñez as Dr. Rodriguez (Spain dub)
Lucita García Luengo as Greedy Old Woman (Spain dub; ep 13)
Manuel de Juan as Federico (Spain dub)
Manuel Torremocha as
Fosco (Spain dub; eps 37-38)
Luciano (Spain dub; ep 2)
Mari Angeles Herranz as Monja (Spain dub)
Marian Muiño as Fiorina (Galician dub)
Miguel Lopez Varela as Don Carlos (Galician dub)
Montserrat Davila as Giulietta (Galician dub)
Pablo Jiménez as Moreni (Spain dub)
Rafael Arcos as Giacomo (Spain dub; eps 16-17)
Rafael Calvo Revilla as Grandfather Giacomo (Spain dub)
Rafael Taibo as
Emigrant Ship Captain (Spain dub)
Mr. Carlo (Spain dub)
Rocio Garcel as Marco
Tacho Gonzalez as Peppino (Galician dub)
Tina Barriuso as Cristina Mequínez (Spain dub)
Víctor Valverde as
Angel (Spain dub; ep 50)
Forgole Sailor (Spain dub)

Rafael Calvo Revilla (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Antena 3 (Spain)
Boomerang Espana (Spain)
Cadena 3 (Colombia)
Cadena Uno (Colombia)
Canal 13 UC TV (Chile)
Canal RCN (Colombia)
Castilla La-Mancha TV (Spain)
Cempae (Mexico)
Punt 2 (C. Valenciana)
Radio Caracas Televisión (Venezuela)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Telecinco (Spain)
TV Azteca
TVE (Spain)
UCV Television (Chile)
Distributor:
Comarex S.A. de C.V. Mexico
Planeta Junior (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Sago Films-Exa (Madrid, Spain)
DVD Distribution:
Planeta Junior (Spain)
Quality Films (Chile)
Internet Streaming:
ATRESplayer (Spain)
Código Animé (dubbed; eps 1-10)
Filmin (Spain)
YouTube (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Executive producer: Aldo Grimaldi
Fabrizio Latini Vidale as Marco

Cinzia De Carolis as Concetta
Dario Ghirardi as Pietro
Diego Michelotti as Fosco
Ermanno Ribaudo as Narratore
Gastone Pescucci as Mario
Georgia Lepore as Juana
Laura Boccanera as Suor Maria
Maurizio Reti as Miguel
Oreste Baldini as Tonio
Paolo Turco as
José
Pepe
Riccardo Rossi as Pablo
Silvia Pepitoni as Anna
Susanna Fassetta as Violetta
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Boing
Hiro (from May 2011)
Italia 1 (from 1 February 2011)
RaiDue 
RaiUno (from February 1982) 
San Marino RTV (from 2009)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Bruno Pantel as Pepe
Dietrich Thomas as Girotti
Eberhard Mondry as Pietro Rossi
Gernot Duda as Bruno
Heidi Fischer as Anna Rossi
Herbert Weicker as Sandoro Gobbi
Jan Odle as Emilio
Kurt Marquardt as Paolo
Manfred Seipold as Erzähler
Manou Lubowski as Marco
Maria Landrock as Katarina
Marina Köhler as Conchetta
Monika Madrat as Gina Cristini
Paul Friedrichs as Dr. Rispoli
Peter Capell as Carlos
Peter Ehret as Antonio 'Tonio' Rossi
Scarlet Cavadenti as Violetta
Til Kiwe as Dr. Ronbaldini
German companies
Broadcaster:
Bayerisches Fernsehen (from 9 January 1980)
Junior (from 11 March 1999)
Kabel.1
ORF 1 (from 29 January 1981)
Pro.7 (from 5 March 1990)
Sat.1 (from 9 July 1985)
Publisher: Epix Media
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation: Abd Al-Latif Addam

Montage & Mixage: Shadi Gabr
Preparation:
Muhammad Maamoon Attieh
Omar Al-Kaadi
Recording: Mowaffak Habiba
Arabic companies
Broadcaster:
Qatar TV (January 1997)
Saudi TV (1998)
Producer And Distributor: Shamra Studio (Syria)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Tagalog cast
Steven Bontogon as Marco Rossi
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director:
António Feio (Portugal 2nd dub)
Potiguara Lopes (Brazil)

Adaptation: Ana Madureira (Portugal 2nd dub)
Leda Figueiró as Marco (Brazil-2nd voice)
Siomara Nagy as Marco (Brazil-1st voice)

Carlos Seidl as Tonio (Brazil)
Gessy Fonseca as Ana (Brazil)
Márcia Real as Concetta (Brazil)
Maria Cristina Camargo as
Fiorina (Brazil)
Violeta (Brazil)
Osmiro Campos as Pietro (Brazil)

Ana Madureira as Marco (Portugal 2nd dub)
António Feio as
Paulo (Portugal 2nd dub)
Peppino (Portugal 2nd dub)
António Montez as Peppino (Portugal 1st dub)
Carmen Santos as Filomena (Portugal 1st dub)
Cláudia Cadima as Conchita (Portugal 2nd dub)
Eleu Salvador as Peppino (Brazil)
Ermelinda Duarte as Ana (Portugal 1st dub)
Fernanda Figueiredo as Marco (Portugal 1st dub)
João Lourenço as Pedro (Portugal 1st dub)
João Perry as António (Portugal 1st dub)
José Gomes as Pedro (Portugal 2nd dub)
Teresa Madruga as
Ana (Portugal 2nd dub)
Violeta (Portugal 2nd dub)

Pedro Pinheiro (Portugal 2nd dub)
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Rede Record (Brazil)
RTP (Portugal)
SBT (Brazil)
Distributor: Prisvideo (Portugal)
Dubbing: Nacional Filmes (Portugal 1st & 2nd dub)
Dubbing Studio: Com-Arte (Brazil)
DVD Distribution: Pris Audiovisuais (Portugal)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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