Future Boy Conan

Future Boy Conan
Promotional artwork for the series.
未来少年コナン (Mirai Shōnen Konan)
Genre	Adventure, Drama, Science fiction, romance
Anime television series
Directed by	Hayao Miyazaki Isao Takahata
Produced by	Junzō Nakajima Shigeo Endō
Written by	Akira Nakano Soji Yoshikawa
Music by	Shin’ichirō Ikebe
Studio	Nippon Animation
Original network	NHK, Animax
Original run	April 4, 1978 – October 31, 1978
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Anime film
The Revival of the Giant Machine
Directed by	Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by	Junzō Nakajima Shigeo Endō
Written by	Kensho Nakano
Music by	Shin’ichirō Ikebe
Studio	Nippon Animation
Released	March 11, 1984
Runtime	50 minutes
Anime television series
Future Boy Conan II: Taiga Adventure
Directed by	Keiji Hayakawa
Written by	Sadahiko Sakamaki
Music by	Gorō Oumi
Studio	Nippon Animation
Original network	TBS
Original run	October 16, 1999 – April 1, 2000
Episodes	24
Game
Future Boy Conan: Love and Courage and Adventure
Publisher	NewGin
Genre	Pachinko
Platform	Arcade
Released	2011

Future Boy Conan (未来少年コナン, Mirai Shōnen Konan^?) is a post-apocalyptic science fiction anime series, which premiered across Japan on the NHK network between April 4 and October 31, 1978 on the Tuesday 19:30-20:00 timeslot. The official English title used by Nippon Animation is Conan, The Boy in Future. It is an adaptation of Alexander Key's novel The Incredible Tide.

A second series, Future Boy Conan II: Taiga Adventure (未来少年コナンII タイガアドベンチャー, Mirai Shōnen Konan Tsū: Taiga Adobenchā^?), aired for 24 episodes on TBS from October 16, 1999 through April 1, 2000. None of the original main staff worked on this series.

Spanning a total of 26 episodes, the series was produced by Nippon Animation and featured the directorial debut of Hayao Miyazaki, who also contributed to character designs and storyboards. Other future prominent anime creators like Isao Takahata (storyboards, directing) and Yoshiyuki Tomino (storyboards) also worked on the series.

The story begins in July 2008, during a time when humankind is faced with the threat of extinction. A devastating war fought between two major nations with ultra-magnetic weapons far greater than anything seen earlier brings about total chaos and destruction throughout the world, resulting in several earthquakes and tidal waves. The earth is thrown off its axis, its crust rocked by massive movements, and the five continents are torn completely apart and sink deep below the sea.