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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = The Adventures of Pepero
| name = The Adventures of Pepero
| image = [[Image:The Adventures of Pepero EP Kaze yo Tsutaete cover.jpg|230px]]
| image = The Adventures of Pepero EP Kaze yo Tsutaete cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of EP showing two main characters.
| caption = Cover of EP showing two main characters.
| ja_name = アンデス少年ペペロの冒険
| ja_kanji = アンデス少年ペペロの冒険
| ja_name_trans = Andesu Shōnen Pepero no Bōken
| ja_romaji = Andesu Shōnen Pepero no Bōken
| genre = [[Adventure]]
| genre = [[Adventure]]
| creator = Tatsuya Ono<br />Sumio Takahashi
}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Anime
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| title =
| type = tv series
| director = [[Kazuhiko Udagawa]]
| director = [[Kazuhiko Udagawa]]
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| producer =
| writer = [[Masaki Tsuji]]<br/>[[Shigeharu Harajima]]<br/>[[Yū Yamamoto]]<br/>[[Shun'ichi Yukimuro]]<br/>[[Tadashi Minagai]]<br/>[[Izumi Arima]]<br/>[[Yūji Mino]]<br/>[[Sōji Yoshikawa|Kyōdō Oda]]<br/>[[Naoko Miyake]]<br/>[[Sōji Yoshikawa]]<br/>[[Keiji Kubota]]
| writer = [[Masaki Tsuji]]<br />[[Shigeharu Harajima]]<br />[[Yū Yamamoto]]<br />[[Shun'ichi Yukimuro]]<br />[[Tadashi Minagai]]<br />[[Izumi Arima]]<br />[[Yūji Mino]]<br />[[Naoko Miyake]]<br />[[Sōji Yoshikawa]]<br />[[Keiji Kubota]]
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| music =
| studio = [[Wako Pro]]
| studio = [[Wako Pro]]
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| licensor =
| network = [[TV Asahi|NET Network]]
| network = [[TV Asahi|NET Network]]
| network_other =
| first = 6 October 1975
| first = [[1975-10-06]]
| last = 29 March 1976
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| last = [[1976-03-29]]
| episodes = 26
| episodes = 26
| episode_list =
| episode_list =
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{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}


{{nihongo|'''''The Adventures of Pepero''''' or '''''The Adventures of Pepero the Andes Boy'''''|アンデス少年ペペロの冒険|Andesu Shōnen Pepero no Bōken}} is a 26-episode [[anime]] TV series created by [[Tatsuya Ono]]<!--小野達也--> and [[Sumio Takahashi]]<!--高橋澄夫--><ref name="michikusa">{{cite web|url=http://pepero.michikusa.jp/staff.htm|title=アンデス少年ペペロの冒険 基本データ・スタッフ ～「ペペロの道草|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> and aired on the [[TV Asahi|NET Network]] from [[1975-10-06]] to [[1976-03-29]] in [[Japan]].<ref name="allcinema">{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89518|title=アンデス少年ペペロの冒険 (1975)|publisher=AllCinema Online|accessdate=2008-02-03|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name="ann">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1079|title=Andes Shōnen Pepero no Boken (TV)|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate=2008-02-01}}</ref><ref name="imdb">{{imdb title|title="Andesu shônen Pepero no bôken" (1975)|id=0352037}}. Retrieved on [[2008-02-01]].</ref> It has since been then translated and broadcast in several languages worldwide.<ref name="ann"/> The story follows the young boy Pepero as he searches for his father who has gone missing while seeking the mythical golden city of [[El Dorado]].<ref name="ann"/>
{{nihongo|'''''The Adventures of Pepero''''' or '''''The Adventures of Pepero the Andes Boy'''''|アンデス少年ペペロの冒険|Andesu Shōnen Pepero no Bōken}} is a 26-episode [[anime]] television series created by [[Tatsuya Ono]]<!--小野達也--> and [[Sumio Takahashi]]<!--高橋澄夫--><ref name="michikusa">{{cite web|url=http://pepero.michikusa.jp/staff.htm|script-title=ja:アンデス少年ペペロの冒険 基本データ・スタッフ ～「ペペロの道草|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> and aired on the [[TV Asahi|NET Network]] from 1975-10-06 to 1976-03-29 in [[Japan]].<ref name="allcinema">{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89518|script-title=ja:アンデス少年ペペロの冒険 (1975)|publisher=AllCinema Online|accessdate=2008-02-03|language=Japanese}}</ref> It has since been then translated and broadcast in several languages worldwide. The story follows the young boy Pepero as he searches for his father who has gone missing while seeking the mythical golden city of [[El Dorado]].


The theme songs for the series are {{nihongo|''Pepero's Adventure''|ペペロの冒険|Pepero no Bōken}} (opening) and {{nihongo|''O Wind, Please Carry My Message''|風よつたえて|Kaze yo Tsutaete}} (ending), both composed by [[Takeo Yamashita]] and arranged by [[Hiroshi Tsutsui]], with lyrics by [[Kazuo Umezu]] and vocals by [[Mitsuko Horie]].
The theme songs for the series are {{nihongo|''Pepero's Adventure''|ペペロの冒険|Pepero no Bōken}} (opening) and {{nihongo|''O Wind, Please Carry My Message''|風よつたえて|Kaze yo Tsutaete}} (ending), both composed by [[Takeo Yamashita]] and arranged by [[Hiroshi Tsutsui]], with lyrics by [[Kazuo Umezu]] and vocals by [[Mitsuko Horie]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
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The story starts with Pepero, a young boy in a small poor village in the Andes who lives with his mother in their small house in the village. Pepero's father had left the village earlier in search of the mythical El Dorado, a city that is said to be built completely out of gold which no one has ever found. Pepero's father's aim is to put his family and village out of poverty. However, the father is away for a very long time and no one heard anything about him since he left. The story starts with Pepero seeing the reflection of a golden eagle in a river when he was filling some pots with water. Pepero considers that a sign that his father is alive and that he should look for him. His mind is made up when he meets two weary travelers, an old man named Titicaca and an amnesiac girl named Kayna, who apparently had heard of the mythical El Dorado. Pepero's mind is made up and he decides to set off on the quest for El Dorado with Titicaca and Kayna agreeing to come along with him. On the way, he picks up more friends like Aztec, a teenager who has to look after his siblings while his mother is sick and who sometimes resorts to stealing to support his family and agrees to tag along in promise of the lost treasures, and Chuchu, who is a small boy performing in a circus and who has to look after his sister. In one episode, Pepero succeeds in taming a wild white horse and the horse repays him by coming to Pepero's rescue whenever the latter whistles. Pepero also wears a unique neckless in the shape of a white horn which is the same as the one worn by his father. This helps people identify him as the son of Carlos. This fact is uncovered when Pepero meets a guy who claims that he is Carlos and who is wearing the same necklace. At the end of the episode we discover that Carlos actually saved this man and gave him his necklace.


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The story starts with Pepero, a young boy in a small poor village in the [[Andes]] who lives with his mother in their small house in the village. Pepero's father had left the village earlier in search of the mythical [[El Dorado]], a city that is said to be built completely out of gold which no one has ever found. Pepero's father's aim is to put his family and village out of poverty. However, the father is away for a very long time and no one heard anything about him since he left. The story starts with Pepero seeing the reflection of a golden condor in a river when he was filling some pots with water. Pepero considers that a sign that his father is alive and that he should look for him. His mind is made up when he meets two weary travelers, an old man named Titicaca and an amnesiac girl named Kayna, who apparently had heard of the mythical El Dorado. Pepero's mind is made up and he decides to set off on the quest for El Dorado with Titicaca and Kayna agreeing to come along with him. On the way, he picks up more friends like Aztec, a teenager who has to look after his siblings while his mother is sick and who sometimes resorts to stealing to support his family and agrees to tag along in promise of the lost treasures, and Chuchu, who is a small boy performing in a circus and who has to look after his sister. In one episode, Pepero succeeds in taming a wild white horse and the horse repays him by coming to Pepero's rescue whenever the latter whistles. Pepero also wears a unique necklace in the shape of a white horn which is the same as the one worn by his father. This helps people identify him as the son of Carlos. This fact is uncovered when Pepero meets a guy who claims that he is Carlos and who is wearing the same necklace. At the end of the episode we discover that Carlos actually saved this man and gave him his necklace.
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The golden eagle also makes an appearance once in a while to guide Pepero in the general direction he has to take in order to reach El Dorado. Pepero also encounters such sinister characters as a swindler who convinces people that he alone can prevent the wrath of a mountain god in return for money from the natives and a girl who tries to kill them off in a maze among others. At one point in the story and while trying to traverse a cave to the other side, Titicaca gets trapped after a cave-in and the rest of the troop have to travel without him. The gang have to use their heads in order to pass through a maze and later on to solve another puzzle in order to get the map to El Dorado. This rough map in addition to another they acquire from a jealous princess leads them to the gates of El Dorado where Pepero discovers that his father is being accused of stealing the imperial jewels. Pepero in the nick of time discovers that his father is being framed by the head of the police and ends up proving his father's innocence and exposing the cheating official. The whole gang is later taken to meet the emperor and his family and there it is that he discovers that Kayna is actually the princess and that she had lost her memory when a group of conspirators tried to kill her off. The group is still there and try to repeat their act again but Pepero finds out and saves her. An engagement ceremony is held for Pepero and Kayna and the whole gang returns to their respective homes while Pepero and his father, loaded with cash, return to their village to spread the wealth among the poor residents.

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The golden condor also makes an appearance once in a while to guide Pepero in the general direction he has to take in order to reach El Dorado. Pepero also encounters such sinister characters as a swindler who convinces people that he alone can prevent the wrath of a mountain god in return for money from the natives and a girl who tries to kill them off in a maze among others. At one point in the story and while trying to traverse a cave to the other side, Titicaca gets trapped after a cave-in and the rest of the troop have to travel without him. The gang have to use their heads in order to pass through a maze and later on to solve another puzzle in order to get the map to El Dorado. This rough map in addition to another they acquire from a jealous princess leads them to the gates of El Dorado where Pepero discovers that his father is being accused of stealing the imperial jewels. Pepero in the nick of time discovers that his father is being framed by the head of the police and ends up proving his father's innocence and exposing the cheating official. The whole gang is later taken to meet the emperor and his family and there it is that he discovers that Kayna is actually the princess and that she had lost her memory when a group of conspirators tried to kill her off. The group is still there and try to repeat their act again but Pepero finds out and saves her. An engagement ceremony is held for Pepero and Kayna and the whole gang returns to their respective homes while Pepero and his father, loaded with cash, return to their village to spread the wealth among the poor residents.


The show holds a great fascination especially for the young viewers since it has all the elements that excite such an audience like lost treasures, clues that have to be solved, maps...etc. It also presents a wide array of interesting people who the gang meet and present them with moral and ethical problems that they have to cope with while looking for their way along the Andes.
The show holds a great fascination especially for the young viewers since it has all the elements that excite such an audience like lost treasures, clues that have to be solved, maps...etc. It also presents a wide array of interesting people who the gang meet and present them with moral and ethical problems that they have to cope with while looking for their way along the Andes.
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==Staff==
==Staff==
*Series Director: [[Kazuhiko Udagawa]]<!--宇田川一彦-->
*Series Director: [[Kazuhiko Udagawa]]<!--宇田川一彦-->
*Production Directors: [[Takashi Annō]]<!--安濃高志-->, [[Yasuo Hasegawa]]<!--長谷川康雄-->, [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]], [[Kazushi Nomura]]<!--野村和史-->, Kazuhiko Udagawa, [[Masaru Katō]]<!--加藤　勝-->
*Episode Directors: [[Takashi Annō]]<!--安濃高志-->, [[Yasuo Hasegawa]]<!--長谷川康雄-->, [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]], [[Kazushi Nomura]]<!--野村和史-->, Kazuhiko Udagawa, [[Masaru Katō]]<!--加藤　勝-->, [[Motosuke Takahashi]]
*Planning: [[Toshitaka Yokochi]]<!--横地敏考-->, [[Shōichi Kitamura]]<!--北村昭一-->
*Planning: [[Toshitaka Yokochi]]<!--横地敏考-->, [[Shōichi Kitamura]]<!--北村昭一-->
*Series Organization: [[Yoshio Umezu]]<!--楳図良雄-->, [[Mitsuo Satō]]<!--佐藤光雄-->
*Series Organization: [[Yoshio Umezu]]<!--楳図良雄-->, [[Mitsuo Satō]]<!--佐藤光雄-->
*Original Development: [[Tatsuya Ono]]<!--小野達也-->, [[Sumio Takahashi]]<!--高橋澄夫-->
*Original Development: [[Tatsuya Ono]]<!--小野達也-->, [[Sumio Takahashi]]<!--高橋澄夫-->
*Teleplays:
*Teleplays:
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**[[Masaki Tsuji]] (ep.7, 10-11, 16, 21)
**[[Shigeharu Harajima]]<!--原島重治--> (ep.1, 12, 14)
**[[Shigeharu Harajima]]<!--原島重治--> (ep.1, 12, 14)
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**[[Sōji Yoshikawa]] (ep.2, 9, 19)
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**[[Naoko Miyake]]<!--三宅直子--> (ep.3, 5)
**[[Yū Yamamoto]]<!--山本　優--> (ep.4, 6, 15)
**[[Yū Yamamoto]]<!--山本　優--> (ep.4, 6, 15)
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**[[Masaki Tsuji]] (ep.7, 10-11, 16, 21)
**[[Shun'ichi Yukimuro]]<!--雪室俊一--> (ep.8, 13, 23)
**[[Shun'ichi Yukimuro]]<!--雪室俊一--> (ep.8, 13, 23)
**[[Tadashi Minagai]]<!--皆垣直志--> (ep.12, 14-15)
**[[Tadashi Minagai]]<!--皆垣直志--> (ep.12, 14-15)
**[[Izumi Arima]]<!--有馬　泉--> (ep.17, 22, 25)
**[[Izumi Arima]]<!--有馬　泉--> (ep.17, 22, 25)
**[[Yūji Mino]]<!--美濃悠ニ--> (ep.18, 20, 26)
**[[Yūji Mino]]<!--美濃悠ニ--> (ep.18, 20, 26)
**[[Sōji Yoshikawa|Kyōdō Oda]] (ep.2, 19)
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**[[Naoko Miyake]]<!--三宅直子--> (ep.3, 5)
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**[[Sōji Yoshikawa]] (ep.9)
**[[Keiji Kubota]]<!--久保田圭司--> (ep.24)
**[[Keiji Kubota]]<!--久保田圭司--> (ep.24)
*Music: [[Takeo Yamashita]]<!--山下毅雄-->
*Music: [[Takeo Yamashita]]<!--山下毅雄-->
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*Production: [[Wako Pro]]
*Production: [[Wako Pro]]


<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="michikusa"/><ref name="allcinema"/><ref name="ann"/><ref name="imdb"/></small>
<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="michikusa"/><ref name="allcinema"/></small>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*Pepero: [[Hiroko Suzuki (seiyū)|Hiroko Suzuki]]
*Pepero: [[Hiroko Suzuki (voice actress)|Hiroko Suzuki]]
*Anita: [[Mariko Taki]]
*Anita: [[Mariko Taki]]
*Aztec: [[Mie Azuma]]
*Aztec: [[Mie Azuma]]
*Carlos: [[Nobuo Tanaka (seiyū)|Nobuo Tanaka]]
*Carlos: [[Nobuo Tanaka (voice actor)|Nobuo Tanaka]]
*Chutchu: [[Rie Miura]]]
*Chutchu: [[Rie Miura]]
*Titicaca: [[Toshiya Ueda]]
*Titicaca: [[Toshiya Ueda]]
*Kayna: [[Yoshiko Matsuo]]
*Kayna: [[Yoshiko Matsuo]]
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*Narrator: Mariko Taki (ep.6-26)
*Narrator: Mariko Taki (ep.6-26)


<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="michikusa"/><ref name="allcinema"/><ref name="ann"/><ref name="imdb"/></small>
<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="michikusa"/><ref name="allcinema"/></small>


==Media==
==Media==
*''The Adventures of Pepero EP Kaze yo Tsutaete'', SCS-273, Nihon Columbia Records, October 1975
*''The Adventures of Pepero EP Kaze yo Tsutaete'', SCS-273, Nihon Columbia Records, October 1975
*DVD box set, [[2004-02-27]], [[Dream Eggs]], 8 discs
*DVD box set, 2004-02-27, [[Dream Eggs]], 8 discs


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1975 anime television series debuts]]
[[Category:Adventure anime and manga]]
[[Category:Adventure anime and manga]]
[[Category:Anime of the 1970s]]
[[Category:Andes Mountains in fiction]]
[[Category:Animated television series set in South America]]

[[Category:TV Asahi original programming]]
[[ja:アンデス少年ペペロの冒険]]
[[pt:The Adventures of Pepero]]

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The Adventures of Pepero
Cover of EP showing two main characters.
アンデス少年ペペロの冒険
(Andesu Shōnen Pepero no Bōken)
GenreAdventure
Created byTatsuya Ono
Sumio Takahashi
Anime television series
Directed byKazuhiko Udagawa
Written byMasaki Tsuji
Shigeharu Harajima
Yū Yamamoto
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Tadashi Minagai
Izumi Arima
Yūji Mino
Naoko Miyake
Sōji Yoshikawa
Keiji Kubota
StudioWako Pro
Original networkNET Network
Original run 6 October 1975 – 29 March 1976
Episodes26

The Adventures of Pepero or The Adventures of Pepero the Andes Boy (アンデス少年ペペロの冒険, Andesu Shōnen Pepero no Bōken) is a 26-episode anime television series created by Tatsuya Ono and Sumio Takahashi[1] and aired on the NET Network from 1975-10-06 to 1976-03-29 in Japan.[2] It has since been then translated and broadcast in several languages worldwide. The story follows the young boy Pepero as he searches for his father who has gone missing while seeking the mythical golden city of El Dorado.

The theme songs for the series are Pepero's Adventure (ペペロの冒険, Pepero no Bōken) (opening) and O Wind, Please Carry My Message (風よつたえて, Kaze yo Tsutaete) (ending), both composed by Takeo Yamashita and arranged by Hiroshi Tsutsui, with lyrics by Kazuo Umezu and vocals by Mitsuko Horie.

Plot

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The story starts with Pepero, a young boy in a small poor village in the Andes who lives with his mother in their small house in the village. Pepero's father had left the village earlier in search of the mythical El Dorado, a city that is said to be built completely out of gold which no one has ever found. Pepero's father's aim is to put his family and village out of poverty. However, the father is away for a very long time and no one heard anything about him since he left. The story starts with Pepero seeing the reflection of a golden condor in a river when he was filling some pots with water. Pepero considers that a sign that his father is alive and that he should look for him. His mind is made up when he meets two weary travelers, an old man named Titicaca and an amnesiac girl named Kayna, who apparently had heard of the mythical El Dorado. Pepero's mind is made up and he decides to set off on the quest for El Dorado with Titicaca and Kayna agreeing to come along with him. On the way, he picks up more friends like Aztec, a teenager who has to look after his siblings while his mother is sick and who sometimes resorts to stealing to support his family and agrees to tag along in promise of the lost treasures, and Chuchu, who is a small boy performing in a circus and who has to look after his sister. In one episode, Pepero succeeds in taming a wild white horse and the horse repays him by coming to Pepero's rescue whenever the latter whistles. Pepero also wears a unique necklace in the shape of a white horn which is the same as the one worn by his father. This helps people identify him as the son of Carlos. This fact is uncovered when Pepero meets a guy who claims that he is Carlos and who is wearing the same necklace. At the end of the episode we discover that Carlos actually saved this man and gave him his necklace.

The golden condor also makes an appearance once in a while to guide Pepero in the general direction he has to take in order to reach El Dorado. Pepero also encounters such sinister characters as a swindler who convinces people that he alone can prevent the wrath of a mountain god in return for money from the natives and a girl who tries to kill them off in a maze among others. At one point in the story and while trying to traverse a cave to the other side, Titicaca gets trapped after a cave-in and the rest of the troop have to travel without him. The gang have to use their heads in order to pass through a maze and later on to solve another puzzle in order to get the map to El Dorado. This rough map in addition to another they acquire from a jealous princess leads them to the gates of El Dorado where Pepero discovers that his father is being accused of stealing the imperial jewels. Pepero in the nick of time discovers that his father is being framed by the head of the police and ends up proving his father's innocence and exposing the cheating official. The whole gang is later taken to meet the emperor and his family and there it is that he discovers that Kayna is actually the princess and that she had lost her memory when a group of conspirators tried to kill her off. The group is still there and try to repeat their act again but Pepero finds out and saves her. An engagement ceremony is held for Pepero and Kayna and the whole gang returns to their respective homes while Pepero and his father, loaded with cash, return to their village to spread the wealth among the poor residents.

The show holds a great fascination especially for the young viewers since it has all the elements that excite such an audience like lost treasures, clues that have to be solved, maps...etc. It also presents a wide array of interesting people who the gang meet and present them with moral and ethical problems that they have to cope with while looking for their way along the Andes.

Staff

[edit]

Sources:[1][2]

Cast

[edit]

Sources:[1][2]

Media

[edit]
  • The Adventures of Pepero EP Kaze yo Tsutaete, SCS-273, Nihon Columbia Records, October 1975
  • DVD box set, 2004-02-27, Dream Eggs, 8 discs

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c アンデス少年ペペロの冒険 基本データ・スタッフ ～「ペペロの道草 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  2. ^ a b c アンデス少年ペペロの冒険 (1975) (in Japanese). AllCinema Online. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
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