Belle Meets Sebastian
7th April 1981The Hunt for Belle
14th April 1981A Night in the Mountains
21st April 1981The Journey Begins
28th April 1981Escaping Smugglers
5th May 1981A Visit to Jail
12th May 1981Meeting Sara
19th May 1981A Promise to Sara
26th May 1981Farewell to Sara
2nd June 1981The Case of the Missing Sheep
9th June 1981Puppy Love
16th June 1981Operation Substitute
23rd June 1981The Runaway Car
30th June 1981An Act of Bravery
7th July 1981Billy, the Kid Bank Robber
14th July 1981The Old Man by the Sea
21st July 1981Phantoms On a Ship
28th July 1981Smuggled On Board
4th August 1981The Secret of the Castle Ghost
11th August 1981The Ghost's Revenge
18th August 1981Kidnapped
25th August 1981Chased by Desperados
1st September 1981Mistaken Identities
8th September 1981Doublecrossed
15th September 1981Meeting at the Mountain
22nd September 1981Isabel's Scarf
29th September 1981The Three Sisters
6th October 1981Building a New Home
13th October 1981Belle and Sebastian are Seperated
20th October 1981It's A Boy
27th October 1981Reunited At Last
3rd November 1981When Johnny Comes Marching Home
10th November 1981Sebastian Loses His Best Friend
17th November 1981Come Back to Me
24th November 1981One Mistake After Another
1st December 1981Poisoned
8th December 1981The Big Sleep
15th December 1981Mom Didn't Forget Me
22nd December 1981Don't Drink the Water
29th December 1981Belle is Captured
5th January 1982Help, Save Belle
12th January 1982Make New Friends and Keep the Old
19th January 1982On a Train Bound for Battle
26th January 1982Traveling on the Underground Railroad
2nd February 1982The Kind Heart of Inspector Garcia
9th February 1982Climbing a Wall of Stone
16th February 1982A Storm Brews
23rd February 1982A Snowy Reunion
2nd March 1982The Devil's Corridor
9th March 1982Belle Risks Her Life
16th March 1982Mom Makes Up Her Mind
23rd March 1982A Happy Ending
22nd June 1982Belle and Sebastian is an anime adaption of a series of French novels called Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982. It consists of 52 episodes and was a co-production of MK Company, Visual 80 Productions and Toho Company, Ltd.. Toshiyuki Kashiwakura was the head writer and character designs were by Shuichi Seki. The show was broadcast on French and Japanese television in 1981, with American cable network Nickelodeon picking it up in 1984. In the United Kingdom, it aired on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990. This anime used many staffers from Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater franchise, thus the look and feel is similar to that of a WMT production even though Nippon Animation itself was not involved with this series. The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan and has been dubbed and subtitled in English and numerous other languages.
