Remi is a boy living happily with his mother in the French countryside. But everything changes when his estranged father comes home and, in desperate need of money, reveals that Remi is adopted, and sells him. Heartbroken, Remi ends up with Vitalis, a traveling musician, and his troupe of animal entertainers. Together, they travel the country trying to make a living, along the way learning the harsh lessons of life. A deeply moving story about friendship, loss and the pursuit of happiness.

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Studios

• MADHOUSE
• TMS Entertainment

Staff

• Shichirou Kobayashi — Art Director
• Takeo Watanabe — Music
• Tsunehisa Itou — Script (eps 2, 3, 6, 7, 11-13, 18, 19, 23, 24, 28-30, 37, 38, 45, 46)
• Hajime Kamegaki — In-Between Animation (eps 33, 38, 43, 48)
• Mitsuru Aoyama — In-Between Animation (eps 4, 9, 16, 23, 27, 30, 34, 39, 44, 50)
• Kazuo Oga — Background Art
• Osamu Dezaki — Chief Director, Episode Director (eps 1, 3-13)
• Akio Sugino — Character Design
• Yukimatsu Itou — Key Animation (eps 1, 6, 12, 17, 21, 26, 31, 36, 41, 46, 50)
• Hirokata Takahashi — Director of Photography
• Manabu Oohashi — Assistant Animation Director, Layout Design
• Ryuutarou Nakamura — In-Between Animation (eps 2, 8), Key Animation (eps 13, 19, 24, 32, 37, 42, 47)
• Keiko Sugie — Script (eps 15, 20, 25, 31, 36, 41, 42, 47-49)
• Chuuji Nakajima — Key Animation (eps 23, 27, 30, 39, 44, 50)
• Akira Yoshikawa — Planning
• Haruya Yamazaki — Script (eps 1, 4, 5, 8-11, 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 26, 27, 32-35, 39, 40, 43, 44, 50, 51)
• Hector Malot — Original Creator