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| Title/Name | Tico of the Seven
Seas English title: Tico & Nanami [Czech Republic] Tico a Nanami - Tico sedmi moøí Japanese Title: nanatsu no umi no tiko Spanish title: Tico Y sus Amigos (Tico and Friends; used on other dubs). |
| Country of Origin | Japan |
| Language | Japanese, Spanish, English, others |
| Style | Adventure |
| Line-up | Nanami Scott Simpson Al Cheryl Melville Thomas James Thomas LeConte Gaulois Benex Gayle Topia |
| Lable | Nippon Animation; Fuji TV |
| Releases | * 39 TV episodes
[15-Jan-1995 - 17-Dec-1995] * Japanese VHS: Entire series in 10 volumes, videos: released by Pioneer LDC. ¥3800/ 4 (four) episodes each (except for the last volume, 3 episodes). * Includes episode 31, which was not shown on TV. * LD: Entire series in 5 volumes, released by Bandai Visual. ¥11,650 each. * DVD: Entire series to be released end of 2001 |
| Credits | Original
story idea by Hiro'o Akira Produced by: Nippon Animation; Fuji TV Staff: Producer(s): Motohashi Kôichi Director(s): Takagi Jun Character Designer: Morikawa ?Akiko Episode Directors: Fujimoto Jirô, Miyashita Shinpei, Kuzuha Kôzô, Hanai Nobuya, Inagaki Takuya Animation Director(s): Satô Yoshiharu, Ôshiro Katsu, Saotome Kôichirô, Inoue Ei, Sugiyama Azumayami Art Director(s): Morimoto Shigeru Storyboards: Takagi Jun, Kuzuha Kôzô, Chibuki Ayumi, Katabuchi Sunao, Tsuji Shin'ichi, Suzuki ? Script Writer(s): Aoyama Noriyuki, Mitsui Hideki, Matsui Aya, Ikeda Mamiko, Nobuto Tôru Music: Saneai Kyô Art Layout: Itô Kazue Voice actors: Nanami: Hayashibara Megumi Scott Simpson: Ikeda Shûichi Al: Ogata Ken'ichi Cheryl Melville: Mizutani Yûko Thomas: Matsui Mami James: Masuoka Hiroshi Thomas LeConte: Naya Rokurô Gaulois: Yamashita Keisuke Benex: Kawashima Chiyoko Gayle: Ishimaru Hiroya Topia: Yajima Akiko
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| Description | A pre-teen girl (not sure about age) named nanami (Naomi, on the Spanish dub) befriends a killer whale (Tico). Together they engage in a number of exciting adventures. Some really silly in nature, others filled with adventure, drama, happiness, sadness, ... in short: you don't know what'll happens next! At their side we find Nanami's father, Scott Simpson and Al (the engineer). Later they were joined by Cheryl Melville (the rich girl), Thomas (son of a scientist, friend of Nanami's dad), and James (Cheryl's majordomo). |
| Comments | This Animé was released as part of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater series, which is odd because ALL shows made for that series are based on famous books and Tico is an original story. True, it was later made into a book but still it don't justify it's inclusion. But don't take this statement as a bad review, because it isn't. Tico and Nanami is a real good anime. So good it captured my heart, and I'm mustly interested in action and sci-fi anime, specially those featuring robots! So what makes Tico appealing to a "mecha-freak" like myself??? Firstly, the animation; as a Nippon Animation's tradition, the animation is excelent! Second, the story line; despise beign aimed to younger viewers, the content is still appealing to grown ups. I wsih ALL western cartoons are made that way. Third, maturity?; maybe I've grown to appreciate Anime in general and not just the "guy" stuff. Finally: Nanami herself! Call me a pervert but she's so cute it's hard to ignore her!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Links | METALFORMER'S TICO
AND NANAMI TRIBUTE PAGE! Spreading the word TICO across
he globe and beyond! Featuring pictures from the show,
characters biographies, epiosdes guides with summaries
and other curious notes. Coming soon! Tico (japanese language) |
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