#3000 leagues in search of mother

[hakonohanayome]

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother episode 52

[roseillith]

[adobongsiopao]

Ah, "World Masterpiece Theater". One of the few anime series I used to follow. This contains many anime entries based on selected classic Western literature like "Dog of Flanders", "Anne of Green Gables" and "Tom Sawyer". Being one of the well-known anime series produced by Nippon Animation, they're popular in Europe, Middle East and Asia back then. I remember many of its entries were aired on some local TV channels in our country since 90s. I admit I didn't appreciate these kind of shows when I was a kid, probably because I was more focused on watching Western cartoons. I only looked back at it when I was an adult and boy they're good. I've seen most of its entries (local TV channel and the internet) for the past several years and I appreciate them. Too bad Nippon Animation has no interest in continuing making animations like these because they're not on demand in the anime market these days. It takes more than a miracle to see new shows for the series.

Have you guys watch this series before? What are some of your favorite shows from this series?

Pictures: onlyshojo.com

[rhade-zapan]

Macro: 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother ~ Kozo Kuzuha ~ 1999

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[iamfanfan]

© あらいぐま ラスカル

小公女セーラ Princess Sara 🇬🇧

フランダースの犬 Dog of Flanders 🇩🇪

あらいぐまラスカル Rascal the Raccoon 🇺🇸

ペリーヌ物語 The Story of Perrine 🇫🇷

ロミオの青い空 Romeo's Blue Skies 🇮🇹

赤毛のアン Anne of Green Gables 🇨🇦

母をたずねて三千里 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother 🇦🇷

[elliottandstuff50]

i have seen the WMT images in my life.

This contains Tom Sawyer, A Little Princess Sara, Dog of Flanders, 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother, Lucy of the Southern Rainbow and Rascal the Raccoon.

Image goes to SenseStroll.

[marcanimation]

I'm looking for the series 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother ( 母をたずねて三千里 ). I know there's an official jp DVD (presumably without subs), and I *have* a bootleg DVD WITH subs, but bad image quality. Is there a version out there that's good quality and also with english subs?

[mossling]

This is maybe the only good thing I will ever contribute to the internet. please enjoy. works in discord.

[apeshit]

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

wendy's current weeb watchlist, as a reminder to myself but also for your viewing pleasure i guess

★ = already started

SHOWS:

★ Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

★ Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken (still hate the official title btw. The fansubs were right to call it Don't Mess with the Video Club! or w/e; much clearer.)

★ Mushishi

★ Lupin III: Part 4 (JP ver.)

★ Sherlock Hound (barely started)

★ Revolutionary Girl Utena

★ Tokyo Mew Mew: New s2

Ping-Pong the Animation

The Tatami Time Machine Blues (sadly not directed by Yuasa this time but I'll gladly revisit the titular Tatami Galaxy)

(longer shows if I have time:

Mob Psycho 100

Trigun (the ’90s one)

World Masterpiece Theater corner:

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

Anne of Green Gables

The Story of Perrine

★ I just remembered I never finished Shoujo Cosette like 10 years ago either. Maybe I'll finally do that dgfjfjfkl)

MOVIES (short version bc this is actually crazy long in my mind/Letterboxd watchlisthole):

Mind Game

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Perfect Blue

Paprika

Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa

Lupin corner, though tbh I'm not super motivated to watch these when I could just rewatch ones I know are good:

Lupin III: Italian Game (iirc this is just some Part 4 episodes smushed into a single special but I'm almost finished w/Part 4 anyway so why not)

Lupin III: Prison of the Past (literally only interested bc of the Jigen Ex™ and the Jigen/Zenigata subtext ngl)

Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody (I've heard this one's fun but I just. hate the look of the mid-aughts specials)

[xoteajays]

So far.. I'm not sure. I see Red Rain and DTC being removed September 20, possibly other the spinoff movies. But not the main three movies though? I'm not sure. Just rewatch what you can before then.

I know there are sites where you can watch Asian shows and movies. Obviously. But if a lot of those sites lag or freeze up, don't forget the frequents ads too. So many advertisements even with blockers on to prevent ads, which really completely annoys me.

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If it wasn't for Murayama losing against Cobra, then he wouldn't reflect on his life choices. Like how that he loves his family and friends, wants to protect the people and places to matter to him. So on, so forth.

Hyuga complains about Rascals being fashionable while fighting, even though he's biting and pulling a lot of hair. Like a girl. But that... Is also how I figured Hyuga's kinks too. He definitely bites and pulls hair, during any intimate connections with his partner.

Yeah. The injury was accidental. But that's the main reason why Murayama becomes cautious of people he fights now. That's why he banned fighting... With the full time students and part time students.

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White Rascals are true feminists. These men are so handsome, fashionable, cares and protects women. Ideal boyfriends or friends. Depending on the whole relationship characters have with these guys.

Don't really know if you read the facts about White Rascals..

The four new members of White Rascals that join in the second movie are group Koo handpicked himself to join. They are referred to as SMG, which stands for Sekai Meisaku Gekijou (World Masterpiece Theater). This was a famous annual anime series that ran for several years, based on classic stories. Each year would debut a different series. It’s said that Rocky watched this with his mother and thus gave the four members names based on characters from these classic stories. The members are:

Heidi, named after the titular character of Heidi, Girl Of The Alps.

Marco, named after a character from 3000 Leagues In Search Of Mother.

Lassie, named after the titular character from Famous Dog Lassie.

Cosette, named after the titular character of Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette.

Lastly, name “Rocky” was chosen for the character based on the fact that his actor is named Kuroki Keiji. A few of his outfits and accessories are actually Keiji’s own.

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Coincidental. Unintentional. But yes! Basically very similar to their actual ages... Just switch Kento and Yuki. Yuki's born in September 1990, and Kento's in December 1990. So just switch their ages though.

And yes. Because how Keiji's appearance, I actually didn't expect him to be one of the older men who is involved with Exile. Granted the whole franchise did come out nearly nine years ago. But still. Keiji really does look good for his age. In my opinion anyway.

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Murayama might not be the most intelligent leader, but he's definitely not stupid either. He just has this different method of learning compared to any other characters. That's how I see it. But still a himbo.

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There are people who post snippets of the whole spinoff series. If I find those videos again, then I will send those videos to you. For you to watch.

Okay! Since you never said anything about the clip, about that scene, I really wasn't sure if you watched the video. But yes. They complained over the most.. That is what they complained about over the guys?!

Seriously.

They complain about Rocky being too old, a party animal, not cleaning his grille. Seriously? Rocky is a very man, not old. Just because he owns the club, doesn't mean he's a party animal since he is not the one partying. And, minus the smoking, Rocky cares about his hygiene so he'd clean his grilles too.

They complain about Cobra because he's too quiet. What's so wrong about dating a quieter man? Since I can't complain. I'm an introvert.. I enjoy the quiet.

They complain about Murayama being an adult still in school. That would be open to interpretation.

Smoky's from Nameless City. It isn't like he choose to be abandoned as a child in a city like that. So it is not his fault that happened to him. Like.. Seriously.

And Hyuga. The man was in prison for the violence, fighting and killing people... His older brothers were even involved with the yakuza. But they complained that he sits on the hood of his car. Like seriously.

Seriously?! These girls are stupid if that's what they choose to complain about when it comes to a lot of these men. No wonder most of them are still single.

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"Great minds think alike." Like us when H&L is really involved. Same concepts. It's a good and bad thing.

I've already mentioned before about another active person in the High&Low fandom who's writing their story whenever they can. Well.. For example. One of the introduction scenes where their character ends up meeting the White Rascals. A lot of that, not the entire thing, scene was how I imagined a character meeting Rascals. But now it feels like I'm stealing it from them. So now I have to think of something too different from that, just so people don't assume I'm stealing from that person. Because I'm not like that. Which is why I have not really written introductions yet, because I don't know how to introduce them.

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Do you have personality types for your original characters? Because I know some people have their personalities set for their characters.

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I should eventually watch more Ghibli movies. I did watch Spirited Away, maybe a few scenes of Howl's Moving Castle but never the entire movie.

Besides High&Low. What are some other shows or movies you've been watching? Unless that may end up distracting you from H&L. If it does distract you.

my biggest issue with watching on non-streaming apps like netflix/etc is that sometimes they’ll throw up and explanation for some specifically japanese/korean-ism but only for half a second and then i have to slam on the ‘go back 15 seconds’ button and wait for it to load again. like please! leave it on the screen a little longer! i want to understand!!

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if murayama didn’t lose to cobra he’d be undefeated and have wins across the board. #king. he did need to have his ass humbled tho, so thanks for the character development, cobra.

i think hyuga and murayama definitely have a kind of equation between s*x and fighting. like fighting is foreplay. they’re gonna kick some dude’s ass and then go make out with their gf. hyuga absolutely bites on any occasion, no girl is getting out of a sesh with him without marks.

murayama really ‘haha oops’ed himself out of that. like boy u better have apologised. todoroki is lucky he took his glasses off or that would’ve been a whole worse situation.

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rocky said ‘everything i do is for women and especially for my mom and sister’ and i respect him for it. the whole childhood scenes got me in my feelings. like he was so little!! and also so f*cked up, him sitting there with his dead family while eating and then just. leaving. poor baby :(

i very lowkey ship cosette and marco. idk what to tell u. they’re just boyfriends in my brain. marco sleeping with his foot on cosette, leaning his arm on cosette’s knee while they’re planning, moving together to stop the daruma babies and chiharu fighting. they’re boyfriends! dtc’s entire rewatchability is dependent on me looking at them in the bg.

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high&low is just rife with himbos. no complaints. incredible character choices. winning across the board.

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i know we’re biased because we know all the backgrounds and have seen them in different situations and the strawberry girls likely don’t have all that information but still, no complaining! you wish - you wish! - you could get a guy like rocky!

what’s wrong with a quiet guy? also he’s got a motorbike. let him take u for a ride. maybe get to know the guy more than just in passing and he might open up to you.

well murayama’s graduated now. and he’s got a job. cant have any complaints about him now. he’s even got a bike too!

all the rude boys dudes are so cool and fun, just as an aside. also in addition to being abandoned in nameless, he’s mega sick and they realise that and just ‘he should go to a hospital’ - he’s got no money! all his friends are trying so hard to help him! no more talking about if he’s hot or not, get him some help!!

exactly! there is so much more to complain about about hyuga. the riding on the hood of his car is the least worrying thing on the list. (and also murayama does that. and technically worse since hes on the top of a gd truck).

they’re all single and then complain about literally the hottest dudes that they’re surrounded by who are also single. like ladies. cmon. oshiage is the only one who made a move, albeit at the wrong time bc murayama was having a character development moment.

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you n me 🤝 having excellent thoughts about h&l.

i’m so bad at figuring out how to introduce characters to canons they don’t have established relationships with. i’ve been turning over ideas in my head for how to introduce ryuko to the other sword groups (she already knows hyuga+kato) and haven’t come up with anything i’m completely sold on yet - hence why i’ve only written that murayama fic and just started writing her character-focused introduction scene of when she runs away.

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if you mean like myers-briggs types, then no because i cant figure them out. they’re kinda confusing to me. i do have their personalities planned out in my head though, like i know how they react to things and how they act, but i can’t slap a personality type on them. i have the same problem choosing birthdays for my ocs bc zodiac signs ahsdhfjdl

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spirited away and howl’s moving castle are absolutely excellent and both are my childhood movies. they’re all very good though. they’re all on netflix iirc

i haven’t started anything new yet, but i’ve got a handful of things queued up to watch when i finish h&l - including a couple that have some h&l dudes in them, like sugarless and prince of legend. i’m also planning on watching the killing vote and the zom100 live action movie. and a couple other things i can’t remember the names of rn, they’re on my list tho. that’s just the j/kdrama stuff though.

[hakonohanayome]

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother episode 19

[roseillith]

[adobongsiopao]

It's sad to find out that Nippon Animation decided to stop promoting less popular World Masterpiece Theater artworks in calendars and other of merchandise in favor of some entries that are popular in Japan. No wonder Nippon Animation is becoming a shadow to its former self which I admit it's sometimes understandable because their revival of WMT in 2000s almost bankrupted them.

Shame Nippon Animation seems to ignore the WMT fanbase outside Japan. How ironic is that one of the purpose of WMT was to introduce Japanese animation to the world through adapting selected classic Western literature only to be forget it.

[anime--food]

Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri - Episode 13

[jr-verse]

Just a minor character. (I think.)