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, Mēterurinku no Aoi Tori: Chiruchiru Michiru 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. The series was made in Japan between 1978 and 1979.
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) | |
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Genre | Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Family |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
Produced by | Tetsuhisa Yamada |
Written by | Keisuke Fujikawa Maru Tamura |
Music by | Hiroshi Miyagawa |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | January 9, 1980 – July 9, 1980 |
Episodes | 26 |
Set in a German-speaking country 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.
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