Marcelino Pan y Vino (TV series)

Marcelino Pan y Vino
Genre	Action/Adventure/Family
Created by	José María Sánchez-Silva (original material)
Directed by	Santiago Moro, Xavier Picard
Composers	Josep M. Bardagi, Danny Chan
Country of origin	Japan, Spain, France
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	78
Production
Producer	Koichi Motohashi
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	PMMP, TF1, Nippon Animation
Original release
Network	Rai 1, NBC (US) Fuji TV (Japan)
Release	July 10, 2001 – October 12, 2005

Marcelino Pan y Vino, released as Marcelino (マルセリーノ) in Japan, is a Franco-Japanese-Spanish animated series.

In 2000, VIP Toons of Spain, PMMP and TF1 of France and Nippon Animation of Japan created the first TV series adaptation of the story, also titled Marcelino Pan y Vino after the original novel. The first 26-episode run (2000-2001) was adapted into several languages, including English, French, Spanish, Tagalog, Portuguese, and Italian, and became a success across Europe and United-States in NBC until July 10, 2001. An additional 26 episodes were made in 2004 and aired in Germany in 2006.

Characters

Protagonists

• Marcelino - the main protagonist of the series.
• Candela
• Shadow
• Leo
• Gizella

Antagonists

• Duke Arthur Mostro - the main antagonist of the series.
  • Pieru
  • Martin
  • Lucas - the hunter.
• Rufo
• Ivan
• Casio
• Constanble

Others

• Chickens
• Bonie
• Lopu and Lopa
• Doctor Mateo
• Uro
  • Maria
• Thuseday

External links

• Official Japanese Site at Nippon Animation (in Japanese)
• Marcelino Pan y Vino at IMDb
• Marcelino Pan y Vino (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia