Bush Baby, Little Angel of the Grasslands

A gentle, old-fashioned adventure through sunlit savannah, mixing animal affection with mild peril and a child's earnest courage.

Created by

Makoto Sokuza, Nobuaki Nakanishi

Genres

Animation, Drama, Action & adventure

Starring

Kenichi Ogata

Overview

Bush Baby, Little Angel of the Grasslands, shortened as The Bush Baby, is the title of a 1992 anime series consisting of 40, 25-minute episodes. It is based on the novel, The Bushbabies, by Canadian author William Stevenson. The series is part of Fuji Television & Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater which consists of anime TV series adaptations of classic children's books. It has also been broadcast internationally on networks such as Antena 3, Italia 1, Tele 5, ORF1, ABS-CBN, GMA 7, Quality TeleVision and TVOntario.

How it feels

Warm, earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Survival, friendship, nature, coming-of-age

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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