The Three Musketeers Anime
The Three Musketeers Anime (アニメ三銃士, Anime Sanjūshi) is a Japanese animated television series based on the d'Artagnan Romances written by Alexandre Dumas, that ran from October 1987 to February 1989.
The Three Musketeers Anime | |
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アニメ三銃士 (Anime San Jūshi) | |
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Genre | Adventure, Historical, Romance |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kunihiko Yuyama |
Studio | Studio Gallop |
Original network | NHK[1] |
Original run | 9 October 1987 – 17 February 1989 |
Episodes | 52 |
Original video animation | |
The Three Musketeers Anime: Aramis' Adventure | |
Directed by | Kunihiko Yuyama |
Studio | Studio Gallop |
Released | 11 March 1989 |
Runtime | 46 minutes |
A feature film sequel, The Three Musketeers Anime: Aramis' Adventure (アニメ三銃士 アラミスの冒険, Anime San Jūshi: Aramisu no Bōken), was released in March 1989.
Plot
D'Artagnan leaves his hometown in the province of Gascony for Paris, in order to join the King's Musketeers or the Guards of the Cardinal. At his arrival, he gets into an argument with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, and provokes them into a sword-fight. While fighting, they are interrupted by the Guards of the Cardinal, who are enforcing the King's decree banning duels. Afterwards, d'Artagnan and the others become friends and adopt the motto "All for one, and one for all".
Cast
- D'Artagnan: Tatsuya Matsuda
- Constance Bonacieux: Noriko Hidaka
- Jean: Mayumi Tanaka
- Athos: Akira Kamiya
- Aramis: Eiko Yamada
- Porthos: Masamichi Satō
- Louis XIII: Hideyuki Tanaka
- Queen Anne: Mari Okamoto
- Richelieu: Nobuo Tanaka
- Tréville: Tesshō Genda
- Rochefort: Shigeru Chiba
- Jacques: Tomomichi Nishimura
- Milady: Fumi Hirano
- Coby: Naoki Tatsuta
- Narration: Toshiko Sawada
Comparison with the original novel
Several changes were made in adapting the story by Alexandre Dumas for television. The action occurs in a matter of months, instead of years, exemplified by the Man in the Iron Mask story taking place much earlier than in Dumas's account. D'Artagnan is much younger in the television series, while Aramis becomes a woman who has disguised herself as a man to join the musketeers and revenge her beloved, killed by a criminal.
References
- 日本放送協会. "アニメ三銃士|NHKアニメワールド". www6.nhk.or.jp. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
- The Three Musketeers (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- The Three Musketeers Anime at IMDb