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7.4/10 TV Final episode date 26 March 1982 Number of seasons 1 | 7.4/10 IMDb First episode date 9 October 1981 Number of episodes 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Animation, action, Family, comedy, fantasy Created by BRB InternacionalNippon AnimationClaudio Biern Boyd Developed by BRB InternacionalTom Wyner Voices of Cam ClarkeSteve KramerDan WorenMichael ReynoldsTom WynerDave MallowRebecca ForstadtSimon PrescottMichael SorichDoug StoneEddie FriersonKerry MahanSatomi MajimaAkio NojimaTesshō GendaMugihitoEiko MasuyamaKeiko HanTeiji ŌmiyaNoriko TsukaseAkkio TsuboiMinoru Yada Opening theme Guido De AngelisMaurizio De Angelis Characters Planchet, Widimer, Monsieur de Tréville Cast Similar Around the World with Willy Fog, The World of David the Gnome, The Three Musketeers Anime, D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, Maya the Bee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dogtanian and the three muskehounds full theme song english
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (Spanish: D'Artacan y los Tres Mosqueperros; Japanese: ワンワン三銃士 [Wan Wan Sanjuushi; lit., The Woof Woof Three Musketeers]) is a Spanish–Japanese animated adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. Most of the characters are anthropomorphizations of dogs, hence the title of the cartoon; although there are a few exceptions, most notably Dogtanian's two sidekicks Pip the mouse and Planchet the bear, among several others.
Contents
- Dogtanian and the three muskehounds full theme song english
- Dogtanian and the three muskehounds 1x04 the three invincible musketeers
- Plot
- Cast
- Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
- The Return of Dogtanian
- Production
- Crew
- Japanese version
- Other dubbed versions
- Awards
- UK VHS Releases
- DVD releases
- Sequel
- Soundtrack
- Planned revival
- References
Dogtanian and the three muskehounds 1x04 the three invincible musketeers
Plot
The story, set in the 17th century, follows a young Dogtanian (D'Artacan in the original Spanish version and Darutaniyan (ダルタニヤン) in the Japanese version and voiced by Satomi Majima (間嶋 里美)) who travels to Paris in order to become one of the King Louis XIII of France's musketeers. (Note: that they are referred to as musketeers throughout the cartoon and only the title calls them muskehounds). He quickly befriends three musketeers (Porthos, Athos and Aramis) and falls in love with Juliette, a maid-in-waiting for Queen Anne of Austria.
Cast
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
The Return of Dogtanian
Production
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds was created by the joint production of BRB Internacional of Spain and Japanese studio Nippon Animation.
It was first broadcast in Japan in 1981 and Spain the following year in 1982. In Japan, only 24 out of the 26 produced episodes were aired. The series was dubbed into English by Intersound USA in 1985. As well as dubbing the TV series, BRB also produced a TV movie, which was again dubbed by Intersound USA.
In 1989 BRB produced a second series/sequel (The Return of Dogtanian) consisting of 26 episodes with the co-operation of Taiwanese studio Wang Film Productions and British television company, Thames Television.
The partnership between BRB and Nippon Animation worked so well, that they collaborated in another successful animated series two years after Dogtanian called Around the World with Willy Fog in 1983.
Crew
Japanese version
The opening title was reanimated with a new Japanese title theme sung by Maron Kusaka and the Suginami Children's Choir. The ending title was the same as the Spanish show set to the song "Sou Iu Onushi Wa" also by Maron Kusaka.
Other dubbed versions
There was an Afrikaans adaptation broadcast on SABC during 1985 and the early 1990s. The title was changed to "Brakanjan", which has become a popular name for dogs in South Africa. The voice for Brakanjan in his earliest years, was done by Gerben Kamper during his time of working for SABC.
Awards
UK VHS Releases
In the UK during the late-1980's, Video Collection International Ltd released numerous video releases of Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds after its broadcast on BBC from 1985 to 1987 and its latest reruns on ITV from 1988 to 1990.
DVD releases
The series has now been released on DVD in the UK by Revelation Films in Region 0 format:
(Note: The second series was only released as a box-set and not as individual volumes. There are 4 disks in the set. Unlike the first series which is in Region 0 format, the second series was released in Region 2 format. The DVD of the TV movies was also released in Region 0.)
In November 2010, a version was released that contains series 1, 2 and the movie. This was put together exclusively for HMV. Now the complete boxset has since been made available at other retailers.
The complete first series was released on DVD in the U.S. in 2012 by Oasis DVDs.
Sequel
In 1990 The Return of Dogtanian was released by BRB Internacional, Thames Television and Wang Film Productions. It picks up ten years after the original story ends, with Dogtanian and Juliette now married and living together on the outskirts of Paris with their two children, Philippe and Fleur. The Muskehounds are reunited by the Queen when her husband starts acting suspiciously. Cardinal Richelieu is still featured, along with Milady, and Widimer still loyal to him.
The story is loosely based on the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne also by Alexandre Dumas, itself building on the myth of The Man in the Iron Mask.
Dave Mallow & Doug Stone, who co-adapted the original scripts to English and co-directed, took over as the voices of Dogtanian, and Porthos, respectively. As it was produced in Taiwan by Wang Film Productions, Nippon Animation, the Japanese studio which produced the first series, was not involved in the sequel.
Like the first series, 26 episodes were produced. Later in 1995, a TV movie was made of the second series entitled One For All and All For One, with completely different voice actors and a few name changes from the original series.
Soundtrack
The original version of the soundtrack to Dogtanian (called Dartacan Soundtrack), can be downloaded from Amazon's UK website in MP3 format. It includes an English version of the theme song that uses the second series opening lyrics, but the music is similar to the original opening, in this version Dogtanian however is referred to as Dartacan, his Spanish name, and the theme is sung with very high voices, similar to the original opening. An insert song in Spanish which has been replicated twice (Richelieu and Bulibu, probably an error on Amazon's part or that of the record company) and a few instrumental tracks that are heard in the show itself and one unused instrumental track.
Planned revival
According to their main website, BRB Internacional was planning a new CGI movie to be released in 2016, but it has been delayed.