Summary
Secret of Cerulean Sand (パタパタ飛行船の冒険, Patapata Hikōsen no Bōken) is a 26-episode anime television series. The main character is a 15-year-old English girl named Jane Buxton, who dreams of building a flying machine due to the influence of her brother. The series documents her journey through the Near East to find her brother, who went missing after headed to the Near East to look for a floating liquid in an expedition. It is set in the late 19th century where impossible technologies such as landships and "floating liquid" exist side by side in a steampunk world.
| Secret of the Cerulean Sand | |
| パタパタ飛行船の冒険 (Patapata Hikōsen no Bōken) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure, science fiction |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yuichiro Yano |
| Studio | Telecom Animation Film |
| Original network | WOWOW |
| Original run | 5 January 2002 – 29 June 2002 |
| Episodes | 26 |
The series is loosely based on two works by Jules Verne—his posthumous 1919 novel The Barsac Mission (L’Étonnante Aventure de la mission Barsac, consisting of two volumes—Book 1, Into the Niger Bend, and Book 2, City in the Sahara) as well as his 1896 novel Facing the Flag (Face au drapeau).
It was included in Jury selections in the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival for the animation division.[1]
Characters edit
- Jane Buxton (ジェーン・バクストン, Jane Buxton)
- Voiced by: Ema Kogure
- The Main protagonist of the series, Jane is the little sister of George and stepsister of William.
- George Buxton (ジョージ・バクストン, George Buxton)
- Voiced by: Masakazu Suzuki
- The big brother of Jane and stepbrother of William.
- William Buxton (ウィリアム・ファーニー・バクストン, William Buxton)
- Voiced by: Tooru Ookawa
- The main antagonist of the series and stepbrother of Jane and George. He was eleven years old when his mother Marguerite married into the Buxton Family, but William did not like the new environment, step family and depened on his mother. After his mother died of an illness, he felt more lonely, when Jane showed him kindness and calling his mother as her own, William begins to love Jane as his own and felt no longer alone.
Episodes edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Three Siblings of the Buxton Family" Transliteration: "Bakusuton-ka no san kyōdai" (Japanese: バクストン家の三兄妹) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 5, 2002 | |
| In the late 1800s in England, the wealthy aristocrat Edward Buxton hurries home with his son George for the arrival of his second child. But his wife Anna dies after giving birth and the daughter is named Jane. Few years later Mr. Buxton marries Marguerite who has a young son named William, but William did not like his step family and depended on his mother. Many months later Marguerite is struck with illness and tells her son to be strong before passing away, days later William sees Jane go alone and follows her, Jane shows him kindness and care that causes William to love his step sister. Many years later Jane is 10 years old who tries to create a flying machine but still fails, George is studying to find a way for humanity to have a machine that flies. | ||||||
| 2 | "A Small Crack" Transliteration: "chiisana kiretsu" (Japanese: 小さな亀裂) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 12, 2002 | |
| George talks his research to the professors at the academy about the legend of The Floating Liquid; a cerulean sand that gives the ability to fly located in the East, George and Jane shares the same dream of being able to build a flying machine and soar through the sky one day, but George couldn’t convince the professors but a man named Barsac have listened to him. Mr. Buxton is trying to figure out who will be his successor and is eyeing William for his great work in the bank, but sees William talking to someone, the next day during breakfast Mr. Buxton confronts William for embezzlement the clients‘ money. St. Berain arrives with a letter to George, George has been accepted in to a exploration team to the Middle East by Barsac. William leaves the room and Jane runs after him, William is upset and talks about getting back at Mr. Buxton. The next day, George is making preparations to leave, and promise Jane that when he returns, he and Jane will be the first people to fly. Later that night, William walks into George’s room and reads his notes about the Floating Liquid, this gives William a plan. | ||||||
References edit
- ^ "Animation Division | 2002 [6th]".
External links edit
- Patapata Hikousen no Bouken (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia