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Rascal the Raccoon

1977 · 1 season

A gentle, nostalgic childhood memoir that balances playful animal mischief with quiet lessons about loss and letting go.

Created by
Masaharu Endo
Genres
Animation, Drama, Family
Starring
Masako Nozawa, Toshihiko Utsumi, Yoshiko Matsuo
Overview
The story is set in 1914 in Breisford in Wisconsin, near Lake Koshgonong. One spring day the little Sterling finds in the forest a raccoon cub whose mother has just been killed by a hunter; He decides to treat him and keep him by giving him the name Rascal. The boy and the raccoon become inseparable friends from that day, although Sterling soon realizes, after a series of small disasters that Rascal causes in the gardens of neighbors, that cohabitation between men and wild animals can sometimes be very difficult . Thus began the last unforgettable year of Sterling childhood, punctuated by small and big adventures with its large Rascal friends, Oscar and Alice among the animals she loves so much, but marked by the death of the mother and the financial ruin of the father who lost almost all that he has to repay debts.

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Created by
Masaharu Endo
Genres
Animation, Drama, Family
Starring
Masako Nozawa, Toshihiko Utsumi, Yoshiko Matsuo
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • friendship
  • nature
  • grief
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, drama, family
Created by
Masaharu Endo
Starring
Masako Nozawa, Toshihiko Utsumi, Yoshiko Matsuo, Michiko Hada, Masato Yamanouchi
Length
1 seasons, 52 episodes, 26 min each
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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