3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)

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3000 Leagues in Search of Mother is a Japanese animated television series directed by Isao Takahata and aired in 1976. It is loosely based on a small part of the novel Heart (Cuore) created by Edmondo De Amicis, i.e., a monthly tale From the Apennines to the Andes, widely expanded into a 52-episode epic.

Original Release

01/04/1976

Cast

Name

Character

Rocío Garcel

Marco Rossi

Yoshiko Matsuo

Marco (voice) / Marco

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Tonio (voice) / Tonio

Yukiko Nikaido

Anna (voice) / Anna

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Pietro (voice) / Pietro

Ichiro Nagai

Peppino (voice) / Peppino

Noriko Ohara

Conchetta (voice) / Conchetta

Mieko Nobusawa

Fiorina (voice) / Fiolina

Keiko Yokozawa

Fana (voice) / Fana

Kei Tomiyama

Mario (voice) / Mario

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Don't Go, Mother	Sunday, 04 January 1976
2	Marco, Genovese Boy	Sunday, 11 January 1976
3	Sunday in the Port Town	Sunday, 18 January 1976
4	I Hate You, Dad	Sunday, 25 January 1976
5	Buddy Emilio	Sunday, 01 February 1976
6	Marco's Payday	Sunday, 08 February 1976
7	Small Ocean on the Roof	Sunday, 15 February 1976
8	Merry Peppino's Band	Sunday, 22 February 1976
9	Sorry, Dad	Sunday, 29 February 1976
10	Mother's Buenos Aires	Sunday, 07 March 1976
11	Mother's Letter	Sunday, 14 March 1976
12	Day of the Flight of the Hot-Air Balloon	Sunday, 21 March 1976
13	Goodbye, Fiolina	Sunday, 28 March 1976
14	Marco's Decision	Sunday, 04 April 1976
15	Sail on, Folgore	Sunday, 11 April 1976
16	A Little Cook	Sunday, 18 April 1976
17	Neptune's Revel	Sunday, 25 April 1976
18	Rio Immigrant Ship	Sunday, 02 May 1976
19	Shining Stars of the Southern Cross	Sunday, 09 May 1976
20	Night of the Big Storm	Sunday, 16 May 1976
21	The La Plata Is the River of Silver	Sunday, 23 May 1976
22	Town Where Mother Is	Sunday, 30 May 1976
23	Another Mother	Sunday, 06 June 1976
24	Fiolina Waiting	Sunday, 13 June 1976
25	Peppino's Band Is a Hit	Sunday, 20 June 1976
26	To the Pampa	Sunday, 27 June 1976
27	Fiolina's Tears	Sunday, 04 July 1976
28	The Barbossa Ranch	Sunday, 11 July 1976
29	Snow Falls	Sunday, 18 July 1976
30	Old Gaucho Carlos	Sunday, 25 July 1976
31	A Long Night	Sunday, 01 August 1976
32	We Said Goodbye	Sunday, 08 August 1976
33	No Mother	Sunday, 15 August 1976
34	I Need to Go Back to Genova	Sunday, 22 August 1976
35	Mother's Dear Writing	Sunday, 29 August 1976
36	Farewell, Bahia Blanca	Sunday, 05 September 1976
37	Endless Journey	Sunday, 12 September 1976
38	It's Also Hard for Mother	Sunday, 19 September 1976
39	Rosy Daybreak in Rosario	Sunday, 26 September 1976
40	A Shining Italian Star	Sunday, 03 October 1976
41	If I Could Go Home with Mother...	Sunday, 10 October 1976
42	New Friend Pablo	Sunday, 17 October 1976
43	Somewhere in This Town	Sunday, 24 October 1976
44	I Want to Save Fuana	Sunday, 31 October 1976
45	Far to the North	Sunday, 07 November 1976
46	Trip by Cow-Drawn Carriage	Sunday, 14 November 1976
47	Mother Is at the Foot of That Mountain	Sunday, 21 November 1976
48	Don't Die, My Burro	Sunday, 28 November 1976
49	Mother's Calling	Sunday, 05 December 1976
50	Run, Marco!	Sunday, 12 December 1976
51	Finally to Mother	Sunday, 19 December 1976
52	Back to Genova with Mother	Sunday, 26 December 1976