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The Secret Garden (TV)

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Alternative title:
Anime Himitsu no Hanazono (Japanese)
El Jardín Secreto (Spanish)
Himitsu no Hanazono (Japanese)
Mary e il giardino dei misteri (Italian)
O Jardim Mágico (Portuguese)
Secret Flower Garden
Si Mary at ang lihim sa hardin (Tagalog)
Tajemniczy Ogród (Polish)
The Animated Secret Garden
الحديقة السرية (Arabic)
アニメ ひみつの花園 (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Themes: historical
Plot Summary: Mary Lennox recently became an orphan because her parents died from a cholera epidemic in India so she was sent to live in England with her uncle. However, her uncle is a very distant man who talks to noone so she is left alone in the mansion with nobody to play with. Soon she meets a friendly servant boy named Dicon and his older sister Martha and they soon become good friends. Later on she discovers a secret garden and hopes it will bring happiness to her new family, including her cousin Collin who is crippled.
User Ratings: 27 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 1 vote (?:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:2, others:5
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Good: 10 votes (dub:4, sub:3, others:3
2 Italian dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Decent: 4 votes (sub:1, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 1 vote (others:1
1 Polish edited dub
)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 89 users, rank: #5683 (of 10140)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.889 (Good), std. dev.: 2.0245, rank: #4569 (of 10325)
Weighted mean: 6.787 (Good−), rank: #4850 (of 10325) (seen all: 7.04 / seen some: 7.03 / won't finish: 4.23)
Bayesian estimate: 7.010 (Good), rank: #3521 (of 7760)
Number of episodes: 39
Episode titles: We have 39
Vintage:
1991-04-19 to 1992-03-27
1993-08-13 (Italy)
Opening Theme:
"逆転タイフーン (Gyakuten Typhoon)" by Yoshie Hayasaka
Ending Theme:
"はらほろひれはれ (Harahorohirehare)" by Yoshie Hayasaka
Comment:
Based on the novel "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Not related to the manga of the same title.
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Tameo Kohanawa
Screenplay:
Chisako Kuki (7 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 21-23, 29
)
Kaoru Umeno (19 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 9-11, 16, 24-25, 27-28, 30-31, 34-39
)
Takashii Nishimura (12 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12-15, 17-20, 32-33
)
Storyboard:
Akira Mano (ep 35)
Chinami Nanba (8 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 13, 23, 29, 33, 38
)
Hidemi Kubo (ep 15)
Hiromitsu Ōta (ep 20)
Kaoru Umeno
Makoto Sokuza (eps 2, 5, 8)
Masami Hayashi (ep 19)
Norio Kashima (ep 17)
Shigeru Ueda (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 14, 18, 26, 30, 34, 37
)
Shunji Yoshida (5 episodes
eps 16, 21, 25, 28, 32
)
Takeshi Ushigusa (eps 6, 11)
Tameo Kohanawa (7 episodes
eps 9, 12, 22, 24, 27, 36, 39
)
Yūko Sawaki (ep 31)
Episode Director:
Chinami Nanba (8 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 13, 23, 29, 33, 38
)
Hidemi Kubo (ep 14)
Kazuhiro Fujitani (ep 35)
Makoto Sokuza (eps 2, 5, 8)
Masami Hayashi (6 episodes
eps 17, 19, 22, 24, 30, 34
)
Satoshi Okada (6 episodes
eps 9, 12, 20, 27, 31, 36
)
Shigeru Ueda (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 18, 26, 37
)
Shunji Yoshida (6 episodes
eps 16, 21, 25, 28, 32, 39
)
Takeshi Ushigusa (eps 6, 11, 15)
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Original creator: Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden)
Original story: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Character Design: Hidemi Kubo
Art Director: Aiko Katsumata
Animation Director:
Daiji Suzuki (eps 36, 39)
Hideki Kubo
Hidemi Kubo (eps 8, 11, 14)
Hiromi Muranaka (10 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 15, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 37
)
Isamu Utsuki (13 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 13, 18, 20, 23, 25-27, 29, 33, 38
)
Kiichi Takaoka (6 episodes
eps 17, 19, 22, 24, 30, 34
)
Kōji Yasuda (ep 31)
Shoji Furuta (ep 35)
Takashi Hyōdō (6 episodes
eps 4, 9, 16, 21, 28, 37
)
Yoshihiro Matsushita (eps 2, 6)
Sound Director: Shigeharu Shiba
Director of Photography: Yōsuke Moriguchi
Executive producer:
Hiroshi Kubota
Keiichirou Yoshida
Producer:
Masako Matsuura
Yasuo Kaneko

Theme Music Performance: Yoshie Hayasaka
Theme Song Arrangement: Shirō Sagisu
Theme Song Composition: Masaaki Matsumoto
Theme Song Lyrics: Manako Oyokawa
Mayumi Tanaka as Dickon Sowerby
Miina Tominaga as Mary Lennox

Chika Sakamoto as Martha Phoebe Sowerby
Fumi Hirano as Camilla
Kazuyo Aoki as Susan Sowerby
Masako Katsuki as Helen McCoy
Minami Takayama as Colin Craven
Osamu Saka as Archibald Craven
Rokurō Naya as Dr. Henry Craven
Tomoko Munakata as Narrator
Yōichi Miyagawa as Ben Weatherstaff
Yoshiko Ohta as Sarah Ann Medlock

Akio Ōtsuka as Hawkins
Fumihiko Tachiki as Pitcher
Jōji Nakata as Billy
Kumiko Takizawa as Officer lady
Masamichi Satō as Sam
Midori Nakazawa as Natalie
Mika Kanai as Infant
Minami Takayama as Patty
Rokurō Naya as Abbot
Toshihiko Nakajima as Tom
Urara Takano as
Hanna
Jim
Yoshiko Kamei as Bunny
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Atelier 11 (9 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-19 odd, 22
)
Athena Art Studio (26 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10-20 even, 21, 23-25, 27, 29-32, 34-37, 39
)
K Rally Club (eps 26, 28, 33)
Studio Loft (ep 38)
Broadcaster: NHK
Co-Production:
NHK Enterprises
Sogo Vision
Finish Animation:
Studio Bogey (12 episodes
eps 1, 8, 13-14, 17, 20, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39
)
Studio Marine (9 episodes
eps 5, 10, 16, 19, 22, 26, 29, 32, 38
)
Studio Pokke (eps 3, 7)
Suzuki Animation Planning (15 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11-12, 15, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37
)
In-Between Animation: Anime R (ep 11)
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 11)
Kino Production (ep 7)
Studio Swing (ep 31)
Twenty First (ep 39)
Usagi-ya (6 episodes
eps 17, 19, 22, 24, 30, 34
)
Photography:
Studio Cavern (eps 26, 34, 39)
Studio Wood (36 episodes
eps 1-25, 27-33, 35-38
)
Production:
Aubec
Gakken
NHK
Sound Production: Omnibus Production
Titles: Maki Production
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Rocio Prado

Theme Song Lyrics: Begoña Ramos (Spain dub)
Theme Song Performance: Sol Pilas (Spain dub)
Alfredo Leal as Dickon
Gaby Ugarte as Mary Lennox

Carlos Iñigo as Sam
Christine Byrd as Martha
Eduardo Garza as Colin Craven
Esteban Siller as Archibald Craven
Magda Giner as Mrs. Medlock
Roberto Carrillo as Max Hawkins
Rocio Prado as Narrator

Alejandro Villeli as Pitcher
Dulce María Romay as Camilla
Eduardo Borja as Tom
Mario Sauret as Ben Weathercraft
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
ETC...TV (Chile)
Telecinco (Spain - from 1997)
Televisa Canal 5 (México)
Unicable (Mexico)
Dubbing Studio: Audiomaster 3000 S.A. de C.V. México (Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Guido Rutta

Dialogues: Umberto Tabarelli
Theme Song Composition:
Gino De Stefani
Max Longhi
Paolo Marino
Theme Song Lyrics: Alessandra Valeri Manera
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Canale 5
Italia 1 (from 13 August 1993)
Distributor: DENEB Film 
Dubbing: DENEB Film
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Assistant Director: Mayada Auda
Audio Recording: Ahmad Farraj
Composed & Arranged: Shaker Mortada
General Supervision: Mannaa Hijazi
Mixage: Samer Abu Asali
Montage: Samer Abu Hamad
OP Theme Song Performance:
Hala Al-Sabbagh
Tariq Al-Arabi Tourgane
Preparation: Soad Al-Khatib
Supervision: Maamoon Al-Rifai
Theme Song Lyrics: Ahmad Nattoof
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: Spacetoon
Dubbing: Al Zahra Centre - VENUS (Syria)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Danny Mandia
Translation: Arnold Abad

Theme Song Performance:
Erie Resurreccion (tagalog OP)
Maripette Narvasa (tagalog OP)
Michael Punzalan as Dickon
Wendy De Leon as Mary Lennox

Maripette Narvasa as Martha
Michael Punzalan as Colin Craven

Arnold Abad as Sam
Cynthia Villanueva as
Camilla
Hanna
Filipina Pamintuan as Triplets
Idda Yaneza as Mrs. Medlock
Maripette Narvasa as Susan
Michael Punzalan as Tom
Montreal Repuyan as Mr. Hawkins
Wendy De Leon as Lilias Craven
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster:
ABS-CBN
Studio 23
Dubbing: ABS-CBN
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
Polonia 1
Polsat 2
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: TVI
Portuguese cast
(none)

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