Little Lulu and Her Little Friends

Little Lulu and Her Little Friends (リトル・ルルとちっちゃい仲間, Ritoru Ruru to Chitchai Nakama) is a 26-episode Japanese anime TV series produced by Nippon Animation which aired on ABC and NET from October 3, 1976 to April 3, 1977. The series was directed by Fumio Kurokawa and featuring voice actresses Eiko Masuyama and Minori Matsushima as the voice of Lulu. It is also based on Little Lulu comics by American cartoonist Marjorie Henderson Buell. An English-dubbed version of the anime was made for the American market by ZIV International in 1978, and the series was also released in Italian, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. The Little Lulu anime is extremely rare and has been out of print in the United States for years.