Tico and Friends
| Tico of the Seven Seas | |
 Cover art from Bandai Visual's DVD release of the series | |
| 七つの海のティコ (Nanatsu no Umi no Tico) | |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Jun Takagi |
| Produced by | Yoshihiro Suzuki, Akio Yogo |
| Written by | Noriyuki Aoyama, Hideki Mitsui, Aya Matsui, Mamiko Ikeda, Tōru Nobuto |
| Music by | Hibiki Miwa |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | 16 January 1994 – 18 December 1994 |
| Episodes | 39 |
Tico of the Seven Seas (七つの海のティコ, Nanatsu no Umi no Tiko) is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is about a girl of eleven with her best friend Tico, a female orca.
It remains the only series within the World Masterpiece Theater based on an original story, and not on a book.
Characters
- Nanami Simpson
- Voiced by Megumi Hayashibara
- Nanami is the main protagonist in the series. She claims all from the sea are her friends.
- Tico
- An orca who is a friend to Nanami.
- Scott Simpson
- Voiced by Shuuichi Ikeda
- Nanami's father, who is a marine biologist, and captain of the Peperoncino. He has been searching for the glowing whale for seven years.
- Al
- A fat man who works with Scott.
- Cheryl Christina Melville
- An English woman who comes from a wealthy family and craves adventure.
- James
- Cheryl's butler.
- Thomas LeConte
- A boy the Peperoncino crew met in the Bahamas.
- Richard
- A free-lance photographer who informs the Peperoncino crew about Metal Claw's activities.
- Metal Claw
- Voiced by Daisuke Gouri
- The main villain, he is a man who has a metal hand in place of his right hand. Captain of the Mentil.
- Professor LeConte
- A scientist who is an old acquaintance of Scott Simpson.
- Stephen
- A member of the crew on the Scorpio.
- Topia
- Voiced by Akiko Yajima
- Enrico
- Voiced by Bin Shimada
- Don Gould
- Head of the Rio Connection.
Episodes
- The Girl With the Killer Whale! Adventurer Nanami
- The Caribbean Pirates are After Children!?
- The Arrival of the Atlantic Ocean Gang!?
- Run, Run, and Run Some More!!
- Rio de Janeiro Never Sleeps
- The Day We Met the Blue Whale
Music
Opening Theme
- Sea loves you
- Lyrics by: Chiho Seiko
- Composition by: Osamu Tozuka
- Arrangement by: Arisu Sato
- Song by: Mayumi Shinozuka
Ending Theme
- Twinkle Talk
- Lyrics by: Chiho Seiko
- Composition by: Osamu Tozuka
- Arrangement by: Arisu Sato
- Song by: Mayumi Shinozuka
External links
- Tico and Friends (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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