


Belle and Sebastian is an anime adaption of a series of French novels called Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982. It consists of 52 episodes and was a co-production of MK Company, Visual 80 Productions and Toho Company, Ltd.. Toshiyuki Kashiwakura was the head writer and character designs were by Shuichi Seki. The show was broadcast on French and Japanese television in 1981, with American cable network Nickelodeon picking it up in 1984. In the United Kingdom, it aired on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990. This anime used many staffers from Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater franchise, thus the look and feel is similar to that of a WMT production even though Nippon Animation itself was not involved with this series. The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan and has been dubbed and subtitled in English and numerous other languages.
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52 episodes • 1981
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belle Meets Sebastian | Apr 7, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Hunt for Belle | Apr 14, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 3 | A Night in the Mountains | Apr 21, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Journey Begins | Apr 28, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Escaping Smugglers | May 5, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 6 | A Visit to Jail | May 12, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Meeting Sara | May 19, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 8 | A Promise to Sara | May 26, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Farewell to Sara | Jun 2, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Case of the Missing Sheep | Jun 9, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Puppy Love | Jun 16, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Operation Substitute | Jun 23, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Runaway Car | Jun 30, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 14 | An Act of Bravery | Jul 7, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Billy, the Kid Bank Robber | Jul 14, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Old Man by the Sea | Jul 21, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Phantoms On a Ship | Jul 28, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Smuggled On Board | Aug 4, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Secret of the Castle Ghost | Aug 11, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Ghost's Revenge | Aug 18, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Kidnapped | Aug 25, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Chased by Desperados | Sep 1, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Mistaken Identities | Sep 8, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Doublecrossed | Sep 15, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Meeting at the Mountain | Sep 22, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Isabel's Scarf | Sep 29, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 27 | The Three Sisters | Oct 6, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Building a New Home | Oct 13, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Belle and Sebastian are Seperated | Oct 20, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 30 | It's A Boy | Oct 27, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Reunited At Last | Nov 3, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 32 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Nov 10, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Sebastian Loses His Best Friend | Nov 17, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Come Back to Me | Nov 24, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 35 | One Mistake After Another | Dec 1, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Poisoned | Dec 8, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 37 | The Big Sleep | Dec 15, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Mom Didn't Forget Me | Dec 22, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Don't Drink the Water | Dec 29, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Belle is Captured | Jan 5, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Help, Save Belle | Jan 12, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Make New Friends and Keep the Old | Jan 19, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 43 | On a Train Bound for Battle | Jan 26, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Traveling on the Underground Railroad | Feb 2, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 45 | The Kind Heart of Inspector Garcia | Feb 9, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Climbing a Wall of Stone | Feb 16, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 47 | A Storm Brews | Feb 23, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 48 | A Snowy Reunion | Mar 2, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 49 | The Devil's Corridor | Mar 9, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Belle Risks Her Life | Mar 16, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Mom Makes Up Her Mind | Mar 23, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 52 | A Happy Ending | Jun 22, 1982 | 0.0 |