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Writer:
Alexander Key (novels)
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
4 April 1978 (Japan) more
Plot:
A boy and his friends fight for the future of the world! full summary
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Cast

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Noriko Ohara ... Conan (26 episodes, 1978)
Masatô Ibu ... Opening Narration (26 episodes, 1978)
Mieko Nobusawa ... Lana (25 episodes, 1978)
Kazuyo Aoki ... Jimsy (23 episodes, 1978)
Ichirô Nagai ... Captain Dyce (23 episodes, 1978)
Rihoko Yoshida ... Monsley (19 episodes, 1978)
Takuzô Kamiyama ... Dongoroth / ... (16 episodes, 1978)
Tetsuo Mizutori ... Kuzo / ... (15 episodes, 1978)
Masato Yamanouchi ... Dr. Bliack Lao - Lana's Grand Father / ... (13 episodes, 1978)
Iemasa Kayumi ... Lepka (12 episodes, 1978)
Hiroshi Masuoka ... Gutch (12 episodes, 1978)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Future Boy Conan
The Adventures of Adnan and Lena
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Runtime:
24 min (26 episodes)
Country:
Japan
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Loosely based on "The Incredible Tide" by Alexander Key. It is rather difficult to find this book today. The basic premise is same, but the story in the anime is mostly Miyazaki's original. In the book, Conan is 14 (in the anime he is 11), and doesn't have superhuman strength like Conan in the anime does. Miyazaki said he didn't like the book very much. When the project was brought to him, he made sure that he could change the story however he wanted. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Waterworld (1995) more

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Great animation series, 10 February 2005
Author: JP Canhenha from Portugal

Conan is a cult case in Portugal, at least for people who are now around their thirties. Having been broadcast in 1984, it garnered a lot of following and deservedly so (it has been put on sale on DVD the past year - 2004). The story, has most of the themes that populates Miyazaki's work: man as the entity that destroys nature, the conflict between nature and technology, elements that would be developed in features like "Castle in the Sky" or "Princess Mononoke". I've been a fan of Mr. Miyazaki's work for some time now, and that started with Conan (and I personally remember having the cards that were placed on sale at the time it was first shown) - this show was magical, funny and the main character represented a freedom that every kid longs or aims for. The animation nowadays is dominated by computers, but somehow this work is a true classic: you still look at it with awe and amazement, for all the uniqueness that made it so special when it first was shown is still all there. A must see!

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