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Famous Dog Lassie

1996 · 1 season

A gentle, heartfelt journey of devotion and distance, slow and sincere, tugging at the heart without ever feeling harsh.

Created by
Sunao Katabuchi, Jiro Fujimoto
Genres
Animation, Drama, Kids
Starring
Narumi Hidaka, Mayumi Tanaka, Akio Nojima
Overview
Famous Dog Lassie is a 1996 Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation as the 23rd entry of the World Masterpiece Theater staple. The anime is based on the 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight and also the second animated Lassie series ever produced, since Lassie's Rescue Rangers.

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Created by
Sunao Katabuchi, Jiro Fujimoto
Genres
Animation, Drama, Kids
Starring
Narumi Hidaka, Mayumi Tanaka, Akio Nojima
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loyalty
  • friendship
  • family
  • survival
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism5
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, drama, kids
Created by
Sunao Katabuchi, Jiro Fujimoto
Starring
Narumi Hidaka, Mayumi Tanaka, Akio Nojima, Rihoko Yoshida
Music
Masanori Sasaji
Length
1 seasons, 25 episodes, 24 min each
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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