is a Japanese

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that was broadcast from 2 April 1985 to 4 February 1986 with a total of 78 episodes produced. This anime is based on the 1902 novel ''

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'' by

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author

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. The anime differs from the novel in revolving around four children rather than five. Three of the children (Cyril, Robert and Jane) are

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s while the fourth (Anne) is their friend and neighbor. The four children encounter the Psammead who, in the anime, is depicted as being yellow with a blue hat, and more of a grumpy and lazy being than mischievous. In

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and

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, the series was known as ''Samed, el duende mágico'' ("Psammead, the magic goblin") and in

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and

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as ''Sablotin''. In the

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, it was known as ''Moghamarat Samid'' ("Samid's adventures").

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