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1983 anime series

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子鹿物語 THE YEARLING (Kojika Monogatari)
The Yearling

Anime television series
Directed by	Masaaki Ōsumi
Produced by	Yoshiro Hirota Watanabe Tadami Ishiguro Kouichi
Written by	Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Music by	Koichi Sugiyama Jun'ichi Kamiyama
Studio	MGM/UA Television MK Company
Licensed by	NA: Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (via Turner Entertainment Co.)
Original network	NHK G
Original run	November 8, 1983 – January 29, 1985
Episodes	52

The Yearling (Japanese: 子鹿物語, Hepburn: Kojika Monogatari), also known in English as Fortunate Fawn, is a Japanese anime series from 1983. The series is based on Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's 1938 novel of the same name. It has been produced in association with MGM/UA Entertainment Co. Television Distribution. Turner Entertainment Co. hold the rights to the series since 1986.

Despite the similar art style, this anime is unrelated to the World Masterpiece Theater series and is also based on the 1946 film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The anime was not particularly successful during its original airing, and has faded into obscurity throughout the years. In Japan, it has never had any re-airings since the 1990s, nor has it ever been released on DVD or home video. The series has been released on DVD in the Netherlands, except for episode 33, whose Dutch dub masters were in bad condition, and episode 51, which was skipped in the dub.

World's first full digital production

Episode 2 of the series is notable due to it being the world's first full digital production.

References

"CG History in Japan (CG Productions and 3DCG Hardware & Software)｜EE.jp". CG History in Japan (CG Productions and 3DCG Hardware & Software) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-19.

External links

The Yearling at IMDb
The Yearling (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

v t e Works by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Books	The Yearling (1938) The Secret River (1955)
Adaptations	The Yearling (1946) The Sun Comes Up (1949) Gal Young Un (1979) Cross Creek (1983) The Yearling (1983–85) The Yearling (1994)

v t e Nippon Animation television series
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