Seton Doubutsuki: Kuma no Ko Jacky

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Seaton Animal Chronicles: Bearcub Jackie, Bouba, Monarch, The Big Bear of Tallac, Kiddy Bear Jacky, Seton Animal Chronicles: Jacky the Bear Cub

Japanese: シートン動物記　くまの子ジャッキー

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Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jun 7, 1977 to Dec 16, 1977

Premiered: Summer 1977

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 19:30 (JST)

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Nippon Animation

Source: Novel

Genres: Adventure, Drama

Theme: Historical

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 6.83¹ (scored by 1,196 users)

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Ranked: #5168²

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Popularity: #10530

Members: 2,522

Favorites: 10

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Synopsis

One day a native American boy named Lan meets two little bears at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, where he lives with his father.
Lan names the brother bear ‘Jacky’ and the sister bear ‘Jill’. As Lan plays with the two bears, they become good friends. However their happiness doesn’t last for long. Lan’s father accidentally shoots the two little bears’ mother to death. Feeling sorry for them, Lan decides to take Jackie and Jill back home to live with him.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Keruyan

Main

Hazumi, Jun
Japanese

Nuca

Main

Ran

Main

Matsuo, Yoshiko
Japanese

Jacky

Main

Tsukase, Noriko
Japanese

Jill

Main

Yokozawa, Keiko
Japanese

Rocky Ojii-san

Supporting

Nagai, Ichiro
Japanese

Alice

Supporting

Inoue, You
Japanese

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Staff

Kuroda, Yoshio

Director

Nakanishi, Ryuuzou

Script

Takahata, Isao

Storyboard

Tomino, Yoshiyuki

Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Ooki na Kuma ni Nattara (大きな熊になったら)" by Kumiko Oosugi

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Ending Theme

"Ran to Jacky (ランとジャッキー)" by Kumiko Oosugi

Reviews

Jun 7, 2022

AishiCloud

Recommended

I watched this anime as a kid and re-watching made me feel nostalgic. This story has made me feel a lot of emotions I don't feel often. Yes, it's an older anime but nothing went wrong. The art style is beautiful and so is the nature scenery. The characters in this anime are all meaningful and the ending is definitely satisfying. Unlike most anime, I also liked how they brought up awareness of hunting. Not a lot of animes talk about the lives of indigenous people which made me enjoy the anime even more. Although the main target for this anime is for kids, if ...