"La vuelta al mundo de Willy Fog" (1981) TV series

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Directors:

Luis Ballester Bustos
Fumio Kurokawa

Writers:

Ryuzo Nakanishi (writer)
Jules Verne (novel)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

August 1983 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

Plot:

A furry version of Jules Verne's classic adventure story of the challenge to circumnavigate around the globe in 80 days.

Plot Keywords:

Indian Princess | Wager | Master Servant Relationship | Adventurer | Stuttering Policeman

Cast

Claudio Rodríguez

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Willy Fog (unknown episodes)

Also Known As:

"Anime hachijuu nichikan sekai isshu" (Japan)
"Around the World with Willy Fog" (UK)
"Willy Fog Travels Around the Earth" (USA)

Runtime:

24 min (26 episodes) (season 1)

Country:

Spain | Japan

Language:

English | Spanish | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G | UK:U | UK:PG (episodes 8 and 20)

Company:

BRB Internacional S.A.

Trivia:

The creator of this show is Claudio Biern Boyd.

Movie Connections:

Version of "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989/I)

Soundtrack:

La vuelta al mundo de Willy Fog

Another childhood favourite...

"Around the World with Willy Fogg" is basically just Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days" anime-style with one or two characters added and Fog's named changed to something easier on the tongue.

This is one of my favourite childhood tv-series'.

Everybody (oh well, next to everybody) know the story, and if you find this series watch it. It's dated but despite the artistic licence with the story is true to Jules Verne's spirit of adventure. The English version even has a great song. You'd have to be very stuck-up not to like it.

Oh yes, everybody's animals too. So this is a nice little anthropomorphic spin on the tale.