Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
| Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds | |
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| Genre | Animation, action, Family, comedy, fantasy |
| Created by |
BRB Internacional Nippon Animation Claudio Biern Boyd |
| Developed by |
BRB Internacional Tom Wyner |
| Voices of |
Cam Clarke Steve Kramer Dan Woren Michael Reynolds Tom Wyner Dave Mallow Rebecca Forstadt Simon Prescott Michael Sorich Doug Stone Eddie Frierson Kerry Mahan Satomi Majima Akio Nojima Tesshō Genda Mugihito Eiko Masuyama Keiko Han Teiji Ōmiya Noriko Tsukase Akkio Tsuboi Minoru Yada |
| Narrated by |
Tom Wyner (Series 1) Michael McConnohie (Series 2) |
| Opening theme |
Guido De Angelis Maurizio De Angelis |
| Ending theme | Tom Wyner |
| Country of origin | Spain, Japan, (Series 1), Taiwan (series 2) |
| No. of episodes | 52 (Both series); only 24 episodes of Series 1 in Japan |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Claudio Biern Boyd |
| Running time | 26 mins |
| Production company(s) |
BRB Internacional Nippon Animation |
| Distributor | BRB Internacional |
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| Original network | TVE (Spain) MBS (Japan; series 1 only) |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 9 October 1981 (series 1; Japan) – 26 March 1982 (series 1; Japan) |
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (Spanish: D'Artacan y los Tres Mosqueperros; Japanese: ワンワン三銃士 [Wan Wan Sanjuushi; lit., The Woof Woof Three Musketeers]) is a Spanish–Japanese animated adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. Most of the characters are anthropomorphizations of dogs, hence the title of the cartoon; although there are a few exceptions, most notably Dogtanian's two sidekicks Pip the mouse and Planchet the bear, among several others.
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds was created by the joint production of BRB Internacional of Spain and Japanese studio Nippon Animation.
It was first broadcast in Japan in 1981 and Spain the following year in 1982. In Japan, only 24 out of the 26 produced episodes were aired. The series was dubbed into English by Intersound USA in 1985. As well as dubbing the TV series, BRB also produced a TV movie, which was again dubbed by Intersound USA.
In 1989 BRB produced a second series/sequel (The Return of Dogtanian) consisting of 26 episodes with the co-operation of Taiwanese studio Wang Film Productions and British television company, Thames Television.
The partnership between BRB and Nippon Animation worked so well, that they collaborated in another successful animated series two years after Dogtanian called Around the World with Willy Fog in 1983.
There was an Afrikaans adaptation broadcast on SABC during 1985 and the early 1990s. The title was changed to "Brakanjan", which has become a popular name for dogs in South Africa. The voice for Brakanjan in his earliest years, was done by Gerben Kamper during his time of working for SABC.
The story, set in the 17th century, follows a young Dogtanian (D'Artacan in the original Spanish version and Darutaniyan (ダルタニヤン) in the Japanese version and voiced by Satomi Majima (間嶋 里美)) who travels to Paris in order to become one of the King Louis XIII of France's musketeers. (Note: that they are referred to as musketeers throughout the cartoon and only the title calls them muskehounds). He quickly befriends three musketeers (Porthos, Athos and Aramis) and falls in love with Juliette, a maid-in-waiting for Queen Anne of Austria.
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