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Bosco Daibōken (TV)

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Alternative title:
Blue Princess
Bosco (Polish)
Bosco Adventure
La Forêt Magique (French)
Las aventuras de Bosco (Spanish)
Les aventures du Bosco (French)
Plava Princeza - Serbian Dub (Polish)
Principessa dai capelli blu (Italian)
Przygody Bosco (Polish)
Safeenat Al-Asdeka (Arabic)
Приключения Боско (Russian)
سفينة الأصدقاء (Arabic)
ボスコアドベンチャー (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Apricot, princess of Fountain land, is kidnapped by evil Hoodman and his mercenaries Jack and Franz to keep her away from returning to her home until the total eclipse of the Sun. Humanoid animals from Bosco forest, Frog, Tutty and Otter, help her out and agree to take her to her homeland, before it's too late. On they way over, they become plunged into many adventures where they show their willingness to help the others in need and importance of water—all-life enhancer.
User Ratings: 26 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 5 votes (others:5
3 Arabic dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Very good: 4 votes (sub:2, edit.dub:1, dub:1)
 Good: 7 votes (sub:3, others:4
2 French dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 58 users, rank: #6567 (of 10145)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.385 (Decent+), std. dev.: 3.1388, rank: #6485 (of 10323)
Weighted mean: 6.921 (Good), rank: #4279 (of 10323) (seen all: 6.78 / seen some: 7.39)
Bayesian estimate: 7.105 (Good), rank: #3060 (of 7760)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 1986-10-06 to 1987-03-30
Opening Theme:
"Tokimeki wa Forever" by Noriko Hidaka
Ending Theme:
"Hareta Hi ni mo Ai o Kudasai" by Noriko Hidaka
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Based on the book by Tony Wolf
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Taku Sugiyama
Screenplay:
Nobuyuki Fujimoto (17 episodes
eps 1-12, 17-18, 21-23
)
Sōji Yoshikawa (9 episodes
eps 13-16, 19-20, 24-26
)
Storyboard:
Fumio Ikeno (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 22, 25
)
Futa Morita (eps 9, 12)
Katsumi Endō (ep 2)
Shou Takagi (4 episodes
eps 5, 16, 19, 24
)
Taku Sugiyama (12 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 26
)
Tatsuo Higashino (eps 15, 18, 23)
Episode Director:
Shinya Hanai (eps 1-26)
Shou Takagi (4 episodes
eps 9, 12, 19, 24
)
Music: Toshiyuki Watanabe
Original creator: Tony Wolf
Character Design: Shūichi Seki
Art Director: Kōichi Kudō
Animation Director:
Eisaku Inoue (ep 5)
Hidemi Maeda (8 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 11, 15, 18, 21, 25
)
Kenzō Koizumi (eps 4, 14, 22)
Masako Hōjō (eps 9, 12)
Masayuki Hiraoka (eps 19, 24)
Takao Ogawa (9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20, 23, 26
)
Mecha design: Kenzō Koizumi
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Toshiaki Morita
Executive producer: Kōichi Motohashi
Producer:
Masunosuke Ōhashi (Dentsu)
Michihiko Suwa (Yomiuri TV)
Shigeo Endō

Assistant Director:
Hiroko Yamaga (6 episodes
eps 14, 17-18, 20, 22, 25
)
Tatsuya Hirakawa (16 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 18, 21, 23, 26
)
Background Art:
Junji Kasahara (15 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 8-26 even
)
Kazuya Fukuda (15 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 8-26 even
)
Ken Tokushige (15 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 8-26 even
)
Michiko Yokota (eps 2, 7-25 odd)
Mitsue Yamazaki (15 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 8-26 even
)
Noriko Tsutsui (eps 2, 7-25 odd)
Riku Kuwabata (eps 2, 7-25 odd)
Sayuri Ito (eps 2, 7-25 odd)
Takashi Moro (15 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 8-26 even
)
Tomie Katô (eps 2, 7-25 odd)
Color design: Hiroshi Tahara
Editing: Hajime Okayasu
In-Between Animation:
Akihiko Nomura (eps 4, 6)
Akiko Yanaka (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Atsushi Matoba (eps 2, 6)
Chieko Shiobara (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Emi Yamazaki (ep 2)
Hiromi Endo (4 episodes
eps 9, 12, 16, 19
)
Kaori Miyagawa (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Keiko Abu (ep 15)
Kenichi Hara (eps 5, 24)
Kunihiro Endō (ep 4)
Michiaki Suzuki (eps 1, 4)
Michiko Kaneko (ep 1)
Miyoko Yamada (12 episodes
eps 2, 6, 13-15, 18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Miyuki Murai (ep 1)
Satoru Shiraishi (ep 6)
Shigeko Harada (eps 1, 4)
Tomoko Takei (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Tomoko Yamada (ep 1)
Yoshiaki Wakaki (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Yoshie Hayashi (eps 7, 11)
Yoshiko Kuriihara (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Yuichi Miura (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Yumiko Kanno (eps 7, 11)
In-Between Check:
Hiromi Endo (ep 5)
Ryōko Tateishi (17 episodes
eps 4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Suguru Saitō (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Key Animation:
Eisaku Inoue (ep 5)
Hayao Nobe (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 13, 18, 22
)
Hiroshi Harada (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 18, 21, 25
)
Junko Isaka (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Kenji Yamamoto (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Kenzō Koizumi (4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 18, 25
)
Kōji Usui (eps 19, 24)
Kōji Yasuda (ep 7)
Kunihiro Endō (4 episodes
eps 15, 20, 23, 26
)
Mamiko Katori (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 18, 21
)
Mariko Takeuchi (ep 1)
Masami Takebuchi (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 25
)
Masayuki Hiraoka (eps 9, 12, 16)
Midori Nagaoka (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Motoo Kumano (eps 7, 11)
Naoki Ōhira (7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 23, 26
)
Seiichi Nodate (6 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 20, 23, 26
)
Shoji Furuta (7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 23, 26
)
Shunichi Sakai (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
Toshinobu Togawa (ep 5)
Tsuyako Yamamuro (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
Music Arrangement: Akira Inoue (OP, ED)
Music Composition: Ken Takahashi (OP, ED)
Negative Editing:
Toshihiko Kojima
Yumiko Nakaba
Paint:
Fujino Yonei (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Fumi Yamane (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Hisako Shitara (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Kiyomi Kurihara (eps 5, 16)
Kozue Arai (eps 5, 16)
Masako Natsui (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Matsuko Horii (eps 5, 19)
Michiko Nishimaki (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Naomi Takahashi (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Norichika Iwakiri (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Shinichiro Kuze (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Shinji Matsumoto (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
Yukie Naito (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Photography:
Akio Kanazawa (eps 1-26)
Hideo Fujii (eps 1-26)
Hiroaki Matsuzawa (eps 1-26)
Hirotaka Ōkubo (eps 1-26)
Kazushi Torigoe (eps 1-26)
Tsuneo Hosoda (eps 1-26)
Yoshifumi Ōzora (eps 1-26)
Yukio Sugiyama (eps 1-26)
Planning: Shōji Satō
Production Advancement:
Kenichi Satō (5 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 23
)
Matsumi Tanaka (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 20, 26
)
Production Desk:
Masahiro Toyozumi (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
Tōitsu Komura
Production manager: Mitsuru Takakuwa
Setting Production: Yasunori Tsukamoto (7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 13, 17, 22, 25
)
Sound Adjustment:
Chiaki Satō (eps 9-26)
Mamoru Satō (eps 1-8)
Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai
Sound Production: Masakatsu Aida
Theme Song Lyrics: Ken Takahashi
Theme Song Performance: Noriko Hidaka
Titles: Akira Michikawa
Yūko Minaguchi as Princess Apricot

Asami Mukaidono as Dragon
Banjō Ginga as Hoodman
Chieko Honda as Araiguma
Chiyoko Kawashima as Princess Apricot's Mother
Daisuke Gōri as Giant (ep 2)
Hidekatsu Shibata as Scorpion
Hiroko Emori as Heji
Hiromi Tsuru as Unicorn (eps 10-11)
Hiroshi Ōtake as Koumori
Hiroya Ishimaru as Tatty
Kenichi Ogata as Franz
Kōhei Miyauchi as
Auru
Ender
Kōichi Yamadera as Otter
Kumiko Mizukura as Speak
Kumiko Takizawa as Kasasagi
Masaharu Satō as Crow
Miina Tominaga as Maya
Miki Itō as Jenny
Naoko Watanabe as Rabi
Noriko Hidaka as Yunta Tooya
Rihoko Yoshida as Damia
Ritsuo Sawa as Pansa
Sanji Hase as Jack
Seizō Katō as Oja (ep 14)
Shigeru Nakahara as Frog
Takeshi Aono as Leon (eps 8-9)

Chika Sakamoto
Keaton Yamada
Kenichi Ono
Kōzō Shioya
Masako Katō
Michitaka Kobayashi
Miyoko Aoba
Naoki Tatsuta
Noriko Uemura
Shuuichirou Kizaki
Sukekiyo Kameyama
Takashi Taguchi
Takeshi Kusao
Takurō Kitagawa
Yoshikazu Hirano
Yūji Fujishiro
Yuka Ōno
Yūsaku Yara
Yutaka Ōyama
Japanese companies
Animation: Nippon Animation
Backgrounds:
Atelier Roku (15 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 8-26 even
)
Studio Aqua (eps 2, 7-25 odd)
Broadcaster: YTV
Development: Imagica
In-Between Animation:
Dragon Production (12 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 10, 13-14, 17, 20-23, 26
)
GNC (eps 7, 11)
Jamaneko Club (ep 10)
Kusama Art (6 episodes
eps 4, 18, 20, 22-23, 26
)
Lifework (ep 2)
Oh! Production (ep 10)
Pigmon 8 (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
Studio Mates (eps 1, 4)
Studio Victory (10 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10-11, 14, 18, 20, 22-23, 26
)
Studio Wombat (ep 10)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 15)
T.T. Production (ep 10)
Thunder Production (11 episodes
eps 7, 10-11, 13-14, 18, 20-23, 26
)
Key Animation:
Dragon Production (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Kusama Art (8 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14-15, 20, 23, 26
)
Oh! Production (ep 11)
Studio Mates (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 14, 21-22, 25
)
Studio Victory (6 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 20, 23, 26
)
Paint:
Studio DEEN (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
Studio Killy (20 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Photography: Trans Arts Co.
Production:
Dentsu Inc.
Nippon Animation
YTV
Production Cooperation: Lifework (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
Recording Studio: Eiko Recording
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Onkyo Eizo System Co., Ltd.
French cast
French staff
(none)
Claudie Verdant as Abricotine

Benoit Rousseau as Franz
Bernard Fortin as
Scorpion
Tutti
Hélène Mondoux as Damia
Hubert Gagnon as Otto
Jean Fontaine as Ender
Johanne Leveillé as Spic
Luc Durand as
Fiacre
Narrateur
Sebastien Dhavernas as Jack
Victor Désy as Forban
French companies
Broadcaster:
La 5 (from 19 January 1990)
La5 
TVA (Canada)
Distributor: Kero Video
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Carlos Pontón as Speak
Gabriela León as Princesa Apricot
Spanish companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Enrico Carabelli
Translation: Tiziana Tosolini

Dialogues: Enrica Minini
Mixing: Davide Porro
Sound Engineer: Roberto Leva
Synchronization: Claudio Morganti
Theme Song Composition: Massimiliano Pani
Theme Song Lyrics: Alessandra Valeri Manera
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena
Adolfo Fenoglio as Talpa
Adriana Libretti as Lucilla
Aldo Stella as Cra-Cra
Antonio Paiola as Ender
Augusto Di Bono as Gufo
Dania Cericola as Topina Gialla
Enrico Carabelli as Posapiano
Gino Coccimiglio as Mantonero
Giorgio Melazzi as Corvo
Graziella Porta as Topina Rosa
Luca Bottale as Riccio
Marcella Silvestri as Damya
Marina Massironi as Draghetto
Mario Zucca as Franz
Paolo Torrisi as Robby
Pietro Ubaldi as Speaky
Riccardo Peroni as Tatty
Rosalba Bongiovanni as Topina Blu
Stefano Albertini as Scorpion
Tullia Piredda as Signora Dragon
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia 1
Rete 4
Distributor: Medusa Film (VHS)
Dubbing: Studio PV
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation: Latifa Al-Dosari

Dialogue Director: Falah Hashim
Electronic Printing: Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sadiq
Engineering Supervision: Muhammad Hasan
Language Supervision: Mundhir Al-Shaar
Mixage:
Abd Al-Aziz Al-Jassmi
Tawfik Mal Allah
Production manager: Nasr Al-Dine Ahmad
Sound Engineer & Mixage:
Abd Al-Aziz Al-Jassmi
Tawfik Mal Allah
Supervision: Falah Hashim
Telecinema:
Fahmi Mousa
Waleed Al-Jumaian
Texts: Soad Al-Moneim
Theme Song Arranged: Mounir Al-Hariri
Theme Song Composed: Ahmad Abd Al-Krim
Theme Song Lyrics: Falah Hashim
Video Montage: Ismail Al-Dawsari
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: Kuwait Television (From April 1989)
Dubbing: Muassasat Al-Entag Al-Barameji Al-Moshtark (Kuwait)
Production: GCC Joint Program Production Institution (Kuwait-based group)
Polish staff
Polish cast
Dialogues: Dariusz Dunowski
Iwona Rulewicz as Emilka (Princess Apricot)

Andrzej Gawroński as Żółw (Tutty)
Jacek Czyż as Kapturnik (Hoodman)
Mieczysław Gajda as Żabon (Frog)
Wojciech Machnicki as Karzeł (Franz)

Brygida Turowska as Damia
Polish companies
Broadcaster:
Top Canal
TVN
Dubbing Studio: Master Film

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