Little Lulu and Her Little Friends facts for kids
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Quick facts for kids リトル・ルルとちっちゃい仲間(Ritoru Ruru to Chitchai Nakama) |
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| Anime television series | |
| Produced by | Seitaro Kodama |
| Written by | Fumi Takahashi |
| Music by | Nobuyoshi Koshibe |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Licensed by | NBCUniversal Television Distribution (on behalf of Dreamworks Animation/DreamWorks Classics) |
| Network | ABC, NET |
| Original run | October 3, 1976 – April 3, 1977 |
| Episodes | 26 |
Little Lulu and Her Little Friends (リトル・ルルとちっちゃい仲間, Ritoru Ruru to Chitchai Nakama) is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Animation which aired on ABC and NET from October 3, 1976 to April 3, 1977. The series was animated by Fumio Kurokawa. It is also based on Little Lulu comics by US cartoonist Marjorie Henderson Buell. An English-dubbed version of the anime was made for the US market by ZIV International in 1978, and the series was also dubbed in Italian, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. The Little Lulu anime is extremely rare and has been out of print in America for years.
Contents
Story
Lulu Moppet is a bright and active 7 year-old girl who lives in Peekskill. In a medium-sized home, Lulu is having fun all day with her parents. Lulu's friends are the timid young girl Annie Inch, the fat and friendly Tubby Tompkins, the rich sergeant Wilbur van Snobbe, and the fighting commoner Iggy (Annie's brother), An everyday comedic commoner where a variety of his friends come together and develop different turmoils.
Characters
Episodes
| Ep# | Translated title/Dub title | Japanese Airdate | English Airdate |
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| 1 | "Little Angel" / "Angel Chibikko" | October 3, 1976 | TBA |
| Hoping to become an angel, Lulu tries to help those in need, including Tubby, Alvin, Iggy, Annie, Wilbur and Snobbly. Most of her efforts, however, have not worked at all. | |||
| 2 | "Operation Babysitter" / "Sitting in a Large Noisy" | October 10, 1976 | TBA |
| Lulu has been assigned to babysit Tubby, much to his protest. Tubby and Lulu exchange pranks by scaring each other, until Tubby's gang get the better of them. | |||
| 3 | "Good Luck Guard" / "Ganbare Show Great Numbers" | October 17, 1976 | TBA |
| Lulu is appointed to guard Tubby's club house, but sends them false alarms. She then smashes up the club house after they broke a promise they made to her. | |||
| 4 | "The Endurance Test" / "Hungry Race" | October 24, 1976 | TBA |
| Lulu and her friends are taking part in a Survival Course for their camping trip, which Tubby is not confident to try, so he makes some secret food stashes. Lulu thwarts his attempts, but Tubby wins the Course fair and square. | |||
| 5 | "Save the Prisoners" / "Salvage a Prisoner" | October 31, 1976 | TBA |
| The West Side Boys capture Tubby and eventually all of his gang, while Lulu's efforts to release them do not work. She is able to keep the West Side Boys busy with her rollerskating antics, as Tubby and the gang make their hasty exit. | |||
| 6 | "Little Fireman" / "Lulu Riding a Fire Truck" | November 7, 1976 | TBA |
| Lulu tries to impress the boys by forming her own fire brigade, but their efforts are pretty counter-productive. Tubby tricks Lulu into getting stranded in a tree, which becomes her ticket to riding the fire engine. | |||
| 7 | / "The Winner of the Race Kid" | November 14, 1976 | TBA |
| 8 | "The Treasure Hunt" / "Looking for Pirate Treasure" | November 21, 1976 | TBA |
| 9 | / "Discord Ceases" | November 28, 1976 | TBA |
| 10 | / "It Troubled Human Doll" | December 5, 1976 | TBA |
| 11 | / "Tsuraiyo Smiling Face" | December 12, 1976 | TBA |
| 12 | / "Get Rid of the Butler!" | December 19, 1976 | TBA |
| 13 | / "Beautiful Woman Spy" | December 26, 1976 | TBA |
| 14 | "Looking for Rabbits" / "Funny Rabbit Hunting" | January 9, 1977 | TBA |
| 15 | / "Follow the Mud Cake!" | January 16, 1977 | TBA |
| 16 | / "Girls are Most Welcome" | January 23, 1977 | TBA |
| 17 | / "Tree Fell Ill" | January 30, 1977 | TBA |
| 18 | / "Chase a Snack" | February 6, 1977 | TBA |
| 19 | / "From School Today" | February 13, 1977 | TBA |
| 20 | / "War Paint" | February 20, 1977 | TBA |
| 21 | / "Kowaseru the Violin" | February 27, 1977 | TBA |
| 22 | / "Party Beasts" | March 6, 1977 | TBA |
| 23 | / "Starting to Travel Mars!" | March 13, 1977 | TBA |
| 24 | / "Sat Digging Competition" | March 20, 1977 | TBA |
| 25 | / "Large Noisy Turkey" | March 27, 1977 | TBA |
| 26 | / "Mom's Birthday" | April 3, 1977 | TBA |
Theme Songs
- Japanese
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- Opening theme -"Little Lulu and Her Little Friends" (リトル・ルルとちっちゃい仲間)
- Ending theme -"I'm Lulu!" (わたしはルル!)
- English
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- Opening and Ending theme - "Little Lulu and Her Little Friends"
- Writers
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- Lyrics: Miko Kayama
- Composition/Arrangement: Nobuyoshi Koshibe
- Song: Mitsuko Horie
Note: The Little Lulu and Her Little Friends theme songs are not included in the “Nippon Animation Theme Song Complete Collection” (video software, DVD) released by Toei Video.
Cast
- Lulu: Eiko Masuyama (episodes 1-3), Minori Matsushima (episodes 4-26)
- Tubby: Keiko Yamamoto
- Wilbur: Noriko Ohara
- Iggy: Yoneko Matsukane
- Annie: Junko Hori
- Alvin: Sachiko Chijimatsu
- Martha: Noriko Ohara
- George: Masayuki Katō
- Putchy: Hiroshi Masuoka
- Floory: Mahito Tsujimura
- Willie: Yuko Mita
See also
In Spanish: La Pequeña Lulú (serie de 1976) para niños
