My Patrasche
Japanese anime television series
My Patrasche (フランダースの犬 ~ぼくのパトラッシュ~, Furandāsu no Inu Boku no Patrasche) is a 1992 Japanese animated television series adaptation of Maria Louise Ramé's 1872 novel A Dog of Flanders, produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. 26 episodes were produced. The series debuted on Nippon Television on October 10, 1992 and was cancelled on March 27, 1993 due to low ratings, but the last two episodes were produced and debuted on home video instead.
Episode List
1. Meeting Patrasche: Nello and his grandfather are introduced, who, despite being poor, do their best in selling milk from townhouse to townhouse and being with whatever they have. One day, while going to the town, they find a poor Flanders breed dog being mistreated by its brutish owner. Nello, out of sheer kindness, wants to stop it, but the owner just won't let it. So, Nello and his grandfather sadly proceed to work. Meanwhile, the poor dog has been beaten so much that he can hardly move, so the owner left him on the side of the road to go steal another one. While on the way back, when it is about to rain, Nello finds the barely alive dog on the roadside and takes him to be resuscitated in his home.
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