''Ruy, the Little Cid'' is an

animated Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby image, still images are manipulated to create Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on cel, transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and e ...

adventure series produced by Spanish studio

BRB Internacional BRB Internacional S.A.U was a Spanish licensing and production company of animated television series such as '' Around the World with Willy Fog'', ''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' and '' The World of David the Gnome''. At the end of January ...

and

Televisión Española (acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in Equatorial Guinea. T ...

with animation by Japanese studio

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. The series is based upon the life of

El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ( – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve i ...

, an 11th-century Spanish hero and was the first original project from

Claudio Biern Boyd Claudio Biern Boyd (21 November 1940 – 17 October 2022) was a Spanish television writer, director, producer and founder of the Spanish animation studio BRB Internacional. He created the television shows ''The World of David the Gnome'' and '' ...

Synopsis

The story is about the imaginary adventures of the childhood of El Cid in the

Kingdom of Castile The Kingdom of Castile (; : ) was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It traces its origins to the 9th-century County of Castile (, ), as an eastern frontier lordship of the Kingdom of León. During the 10th century, the Ca ...

during the 11th century. At the beginning of each chapter there was a historical introduction of the moment: King Fernando I, always engaged in warfare against the rest of the peninsular kingdoms, had unified the Kingdom of Castile with that of León, something that was not accepted willingly by all the Leonese nobles. Meanwhile, little Rodrigo (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar or El Cid) dreams of being a brave

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Spanish cast

* Claudio Rodriguez as Narrator * Ana Angeles Garcia as Ruy * Matilde Vilarino as Jimena * Teofilo Martinez as Fray Amadeo

Japanese cast

* Naoko Watanabe as Ruy * Akiko Tsuboi as Teresa *

Kinpei Azusa , better known by the stage name , was a Japanese voice actor born in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. He was employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. Between the ages of three and six, Azusa was trained in the theatre. At the age of ...

as King Fernando

Episode list

References

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* 1980 Spanish television series debuts 1980 Spanish television series endings 1980 anime television series debuts Cultural depictions of El Cid Spanish children's animated adventure television series Animation based on real people TV Tokyo original programming RTVE shows Television shows set in Spain Television series set in the 11th century Historical anime and manga Adventure anime and manga {{animation-tv-prog-stub