The Adventures of Peter Pan (ピーターパンの冒険 Pītā Pan no Bōken?) is an anime series by Nippon Animation, directed by Takashi Nakamura and Yoshio Kuroda, which first aired in Japan on Fuji Television between January 15, 1989 and December 24, 1989. An adaptation of the classic Peter Pan novel by James Matthew Barrie, the series spanned a total of 41 episodes. It was supposed to begin on January 8, 1989, but due to the death of the emperor, it got postponed to a week.
It was part of the World Masterpiece Theater, a famed animation staple by Nippon Animation, which produced an animated version of a different classical book or story each year. The anime, while adapting material from the original novel, also adds numerous original story arcs.
The series was also later translated and released in several international audiences worldwide in 1990, sometimes under the name Peter Pan: The Animated Series. In Europe, it was broadcast on the television networks Telecinco (Spain), SIC (Portugal), RTL Television (Germany), KiKA (Germany), Italia 1 (Italy), TV3 (Sweden) and Fox Kids (Sweden), Yleisradio (Finland) and TVP 2 (Poland). It also aired in numerous other countries, such as Israel (on IETV and Fox Kids), Brazil and later United States on Nick Jr. From 1990 to 1995 (Rede Globo), Mexico (XHGC) and the Philippines (ABS-CBN).
The anime starts with Wendy having a dream about Peter Pan rescuing her and having a sword fight with Captain Hook. Wendy and her two brothers, later on in the episode, go to Never Never land and Wendy becomes the 'mother' of the Lost boys. Throughout the series, a romance blooms between Peter and Wendy, as they go on fights with pirates. The last half of the series go to a different direction than the original story line, and also introduce a new character (Princess Luna), who becomes an important part of the last episodes.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Jap | Mex | Bra | Ger | Fra | Ita | Nor | Den |
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Pītā Pan | Noriko Hidaka | Gerardo Quiroz | Philipp Brammer | Hervé Rey | Davide Garbolino | Trond Teigen | ||
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Uendi Moirā AnjeraDāringu | Naoko Matsui | MaríaFernanda Morales | Marisa Leal | Barbara Tissier | Jasmine Laurenti | Guri Schanke | ||
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Jon Jurian Dāringu | Kyôko Hamura | Carlos Íñigo | José Leonardo | Veronica Pivetti | ||||
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Maikeru Dāringu | Yuriko Fuchizaki | MaríaFernanda Morales | Adriana Torres | Emanuela Pacotto | ||||
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Tinkā Beru | Sumi Shimamoto | Rossy Aguirre | Carmen Sheila | Michelle BjørnAndersen | ||||
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Kārī | Yûko Mitsuda | Moisés Iván Mora | ||||||
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Suraitorī | Hiroko Emori | Laura Ayala | Manolo Rey | |||||
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Tōtoruzu | Kazue Ikura | Yamil Atala | ||||||
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Fukku Senchō | Chikao Ôtsuka | Álvaro Tarcicio | José SantaCruz | Philippe Dumat | Pietro Ubaldi | Ivar Nørve |