is an

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produced by

Nippon Animation is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City. Nippon Animation is known for producing numerous anime series based on works of ...

and directed by Hiroshi Saitô, which premiered on January 6, 1980, and ending its run on December 28 the same year. It is based on the well-known and popular 1876 novel ''

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the nov ...

'' by

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...

(and partially on ''

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' or as it is known in more recent editions, ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United St ...

''). The series was broadcast on the

World Masterpiece Theater was a Japanese TV anime staple that showcased an animated version of a different classical book or story each year from 19:30 to 20:00 on Sunday on Fuji TV. It originally aired from 1969 to 1997 and from 2007 to 2009. Commonly abbreviated to ...

, an animation staple on

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, that each year showcased an animated version of a classical book or story of Western literature, and was originally titled ''Tom Sawyer no Bōken''. It was the second installment of the series, after ''

Rascal the Raccoon is a Japanese animated series by Nippon Animation. It is based on the 1963 autobiographical novel '' Rascal, A Memoir of a Better Era'' by Sterling North. In the past, Rascal, the popular fictional raccoon character in a kid's anime, manife ...

'' in 1977, to feature the work of an American author. This series was dubbed into English by

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and broadcast on

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in 1988 under the title ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' at 7:30 am. It alternated with the later World Masterpiece Theater version of '' Little Women''.

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released videos in the United States under the title ''All New Adventures of Tom Sawyer''. A different English dub of the series has been shown in Southeast Asia. In 1997, 2008 and 2014, it was shown on

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. In 2015 and 2016, a digitally remastered version was shown on the

Digital TV subchannel

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in the Philippines. It has also been dubbed in other languages, including French, Italian, Arabic, Hebrew, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Dutch and Spanish. In January 2011, it was shown in the United States in the original Japanese on the

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's cable channel

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. Adventure anime and manga

Characters

Sawyers

Tom Sawyer Thomas Sawyer () is the titular character of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: '' Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), '' Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and '' Tom Sawyer, ...

Masako Nozawa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa; she is also affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband, Masaaki Tsukada, was ...

in Japanese,

Barbara Goodson Barbara Goodson is an American voice actress who has done voice-over work in cartoons and shows. Her best-known role was providing the English dub voice of the main villain Empress Rita Repulsa in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, starting with ' ...

in English dub. * Sid Sawyer:

Sumiko Shirakawa was a Japanese actress and voice actress from Shibuya, Tokyo. She was best known for her roles in Sazae-san (as Hiroshi Nakajima), Doraemon (as Hidetoshi Dekisugi from 1980 to 2005) and Space Ace (as Ace). On November 26, 2015, Shirakawa faile ...

in Japanese,

Brianne Siddall Brianne Siddall (born August 25, 1963 in Encino, California), also known under her stage names of Jetta E. Bumpy, Ian Hawk, Murray Blue, Jetta Bird, and Brianne Brozey, is an American voice actress. She is known for voicing Tommy Himi, Korom ...

in English dub. *

Aunt Polly Mark Twain's series of books featuring the fictional characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn include: #''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) #''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884) #''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894) #'' Tom Sawyer, Detective'' ...

: Haru Endo * Mary Sawyer: Kaoru Ozawa in Japanese,

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in English dub.

Phelpses

* Sally Phelps: Natsuko Kawaji * Silas Phelps:

Minoru Yada is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Tokyo, Japan. Biography He won the Merit Award at the 14th Seiyu Awards. Filmography Television animation *Professor Shikishima ("Dr. Bob Brilliant") in ''Tetsujin 28-go'' ("Gigantor") (1963) ...

*Penny Phelps: Yoshiko Matsuo *Oscar Phelps:

Kaneto Shiozawa Toshikazu Shiozawa ( ja, 塩沢敏一, Shiozawa Toshikazu, January 28, 1954 – May 10, 2000), better known by the stage name Kaneto Shiozawa ( ja, 塩沢兼人, Shiozawa Kaneto), was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. At the ...

in Japanese,

Michael McConnohie Michael McConnohie is an American voice actor, writer and director who has provided many voice roles in movies, anime, and video games. He and fellow actress Melodee Spevack run a production company called VoxWorks. Some of his major works includ ...

in English dub.

Finns

Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884). He is 12 ...

Kazuyo Aoki is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She is employed by the talent management firm Kiraboshi. Biography Filmography Television animation *'' Future Boy Conan'' (1978) – Jimsy *''Doraemon'' (1979) – Giant's mom; Sewa ...

in Japanese, Wanda Nowicki in English dub * Pap Finn:

Toshiya Ueda was a Japanese voice actor who worked for 81 Produce. He died on February 8, 2022, at the age of 88. Filmography Television animation *'' Jungle Emperor'' (1965) (Lion A) *'' Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae'' (1968) (Rihei) *'' Andersen Stories'' ...

Thatchers

Becky Thatcher Mark Twain's series of books featuring the fictional characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn include: #'' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) #''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884) #''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894) #'' Tom Sawyer, Detective ...

Keiko Han is a Japanese actress, voice actress and western astrologer. She sang the theme songs in productions such as '' Story of the Alps: My Annette'' and '' Kazoku Robinson Hyōryūki Fushigi na Shima no Furōne''. Han is a fortune teller of western ...

* Judge Edward Thatcher: Ichiro Murakoshi *Margaret & Jeff Thatcher: Yumi Nakatani

Others

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Ikuo Nishikawa is a Japanese voice actor who works for Production Baobab. Filmography Television animation *'' Star of the Giants'' (1968) (Mishima) *'' Judo Boy'' (1969) (Sanshiro) *'' Wandering Sun'' (1971) (Yumemaro) *''Casshan'' (1973) (Casshern) *'' Brave ...

* Amy Lawrence: Kaoru Kurosu,

Sanae Takagi is a Japanese voice actress who works for Aoni Production. She is married to voice actor Naoki Tatsuta. Major roles * Tsukino Ikuko, Grape (ep 24), and Hell Ant (ep 50) in Sailor Moon (xxxx) * Kanna Natsuyama ("Angie Roberts" in the U.S. dub) ...

* Ben Rogers: Mie Azuma, Atsuko Mine *Alfred Temple:

Masako Sugaya (August 21, 1937 – February 25, 2021) was a Japanese voice actress who has worked primarily in anime. She died on February 25, 2021. Filmography Anime Television * ''Perman'' (1967), Ganko * '' Under Sea Boy Marine'' (1969), Kurikuri * '' ...

*Billy Fisher:

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* Muff Potter:

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in Japanese, Robert V. Barron in English dub. * Dr. Robinson:

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Injun Joe Mark Twain's series of books featuring the fictional characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn include: #''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) #''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884) #''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894) #'' Tom Sawyer, Detective'' ...

Eiji Kanie was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Tokyo. He is most remembered for being the first voice of Ramenman in ''Kinnikuman'' and for playing Vrlitwhai Kridanik in ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross''. He died in 1985 of a subarachnoid ...

and

Kenji Utsumi was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kitakyūshū, affiliated with the self-founded Ken Production. He was best known for his roles in ''Sally the Witch (1966)'' (as Sally's Papa), ''Fist of the North Star'' (as Raoh and Kaioh), ''Dr. Slu ...

(episodes 38-49) in Japanese, Tom Wyner in English dub. * Mr. Dobbins:

Ichirō Nagai was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Ikeda, Osaka. He was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death. Career Nagai played '' GeGeGe no ...

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Kazuhiko Inoue is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. His notable works include Kakashi Hatake in ''Naruto'' , Kars in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', Toichirou Suzuki in '' Mob Psycho 100'' and Gildarts Clive in '' Fairy Tail''. Biography Since his de ...

*Sheriff Collins: Taimei Suzuki *Widow Douglas: Keiko Kuge, Barbara Goodson in English dub. *Dr. Michael Mitchell: Tadao Futami in Japanese, Michael Forest in English dub. *Dr. Helmen: Mike Reynolds in English dub. *Lisette Jean *Prosecutor:

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in English dub. *Peter (the cat) *Caesar (the dog)

Episodes

English episode titles from the 1988 Saban dub are listed in parentheses.

International titles

*As aventuras de Tom Sawyer (Portuguese) *De avonturen van Tom Sawyer (Dutch) *Las Aventuras de Tom Sawyer (Spanish) *Le avventure di Tom Sawyer (Italian) *Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer (French) *Przygody Tomka Sawyera (Polish) *Tom Sawyer (Spanish) *Tom Sawyer no Bōken (Japanese) *Tom Sawyers Abenteuer (German) *Tom Story *توم سوير (Arabic) *ماجراهای تام سایر (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

) *トム・ソーヤーの冒険 (Japanese) *湯姆歷險記 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Reception

* Awarded Best Film Award for TV by the Children's Cultural Affairs Agency, Government of Japan

References

External links

* *
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (on Amazon Prime)

Characters

Sawyers

Phelpses

Finns

Thatchers

Others

Episodes

International titles

Reception

References

External links

Further reading