Wanwan Sanjuushi

Guessing from the lack of reviews, I will assume this series was a sole phenomenon in Portugal, and maybe Spain?

The Dogtanian "Dartacão" opening song was such a hit here that every kid and adult knew how to sing it or as least hum the melody. The opening YouTube video in Portuguese has 712,378 views, and it's only one of the many ones.

The series was created by Claudio Biern Boyd. The 26 episodes were produced in 1981 by the Spanish international BRB and the Japanese Nippon animation.

It's a faithful adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers", although it has some different details such as the ... protagonists being dogs or the protagonist's beloved being called Juliet instead of Constance. One can be sure that this series inspired many cartoons and was highly influential to the now famous "Beastars". Nah, just kidding.

This series premiered in Portugal in 1983 on Saturday mornings. It quickly became a success, being repeated several times in a public main channel. In the beginning of the 90s, it was repeated and also on another private channel in 1995.

All in all it was a light-hearted and very entertaining series with a classic good vs evil theme.

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, or 'Wanwan Sanjuushi' was one of my childhood favourites growing up, I constantly watched and rewatched it! I just rewatched it again recently to live out my youth and it is still as good as I remember. However, I feel like it's something you can only truly enjoy if you have the nostalgia with it.

Story: 10/10
I always loved the story, it's a take on a book written by Alexandre Dumas from the 1800s. I think it is portrayed well and the pacing of the story is also very good. It is not rushed and seems very well thought out. Though, ... I have never read the original book so I have no idea how loyal it is, but as a standalone it is great. The different plot points are awesome.

Art: 9/10
I rate it highly due to nostalgia but the animation is quite simplistic and inconsistent. Though I think that adds to it's charm. The backgrounds are all very beautifully drawn and the character designs are also great.

Sound: 10/10
The music in this is AMAZING! I have ALWAYS loved the theme tune and it is so catchy. All of the background music is also perfect. Would highly recommend just for that on it's own. The voice acting could have been a little better, as a few characters sound stale, but I think it works fine. I only saw the English dub, it being on when I was younger, so I am not sure if it is the same with the Japanese dub.

Character: 10/10
I ADORE the characters in this! Again, may just be nostalgia talking, but I think they are all very unique and thought out, all with different personalities. The villains in this are also amazing and I adore them.

Enjoyment: 10/10
Honestly, there is nothing I would change about this whole experience. It is an amazing watch. Perhaps the voice acting for some characters could have been better, but I only saw the English dub so no idea how it plays out in Japanese.

Overall: 10/10
An amazing show, but only truly enjoyable if you watched it as a child, and are now revisiting it. I had no idea it was counted as anime until I saw it pop up on this site, so that is also really cool. I highly recommend you watch it. It is very child-like, as it is meant for small children, but the designs and story are really good still. I would personally recommend the English dub, but I'm sure Japanese or any other dub is good too.

Ok so for the classic series like Wanwan Sanjushi is that in the United Kingdom it goes by the name Dogtanian and the three Muskehounds and in Madrid, Spain it goes by the name D'artacan Y los tres Mosqueperros this series was liscensed by BRB Internacional in Madrid Spain and it was animated by the Japanese anime Studio company Nippon animation which I guess this is an Anime this series premiered in Japan on October 9th 1981 which is before Ulysses 31 premiered on October 10th 1981 and it was also within a week before Urusei Yatsura anime tv series premiered on October 14th 1981 ... around the same hour as Dogtanian and the three Muskehounds and Ulysses 31


Story 10/10
Story was outstanding because this has been adapted from Alexander Dumas classic story D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers especially of how the story how it has been adapted but with anthropomorphic animals especially for the dog characters in every other part of the story.





Animation 10/10
The animation in the classic series however I really find it very great and suburb good because I have heard good things about the animation for this particular series like dogtanian and the three muskehounds because it kind of reminds me of another anime series Sherlock Hound which is another Classic series from legendary director Hayao Miyazaki because it's very good.



Sound 10/10
The sound is good I like the music in this particular series however I mean if you watch it and its original Spanish dub of this Classic series like dogtanian and the three muskehounds however it plays the Spanish theme song with opened the Spanish dub of the original anime performed by Popitos the music is composed by Katsuhisa Hattori who is known for Fist of the North Star which is in the Japanese dub of the anime but the music for the English dub of Dogtanian and the three Muskehounds is composed by italian music composers Guido and Maurizio de Angelis which are known for their songs for the Terence Hill and Bud Spencer movies and other work.



Characters 10/10
The characters are great in this particular Classic series most of the characters are like anthropomorphic dogs especially for the character like dogtanian which is basically how it's designed which is kind of similar to Snoopy from Charles M Schulz Peanuts comic strip at the time most of the other characters may be like anthropomorphic animal ones besides the dog character ones Milady de winter Who is the the spy who works for Cardinal Richelieu she's the only cat character in Dogtanian and the three Muskehounds.



Art 9/10
The art was good for the classic series overall because this how is the kind of how it meant feel your way.



Enjoyment 10/10
I really enjoyed this Classic series like dogtanian and the three muskehounds is that this anime series has been growing up good popularity in Madrid Spain and Japan and also in the United Kingdom for this particular Classic series which I have heard good things about this particular series which is almost to the extend to Sherlock hound and Ulysses 31.



Overall
Overall I considered this to be very great anime series especially how it's been adapted from the story from Alexandre Dumas of how they wanted to make this up how it all begin to start with and also if you have never seen dogtanian and the three muskehounds I highly recommend you to check out this Classic series you can watch it on either YouTube or you can get it on DVD because this is a well-known favorite because I can say is that it's a very great series to re-watch so you can watch it over and over again.