Film

New Treasure Island

1965 · 55m · Animation · Adventure

This was the first episode of Mushi Pro Land, a unique series of 60-minute animated programs. It was also Japan's first 60-minute animated TV program. However, the series never materialized and only this episode was actually aired. The story follows Stevenson's "Treasure Island," featuring characters in the form of animals. For example, the pirate Silver is illustrated as a wolf, where the main character Jim is changed into a rabbit. This has, therefore, nothing to do with the "New Treasure Island," Tezuka's masterpiece Manga.

Kazue Tagami

Jim Hawkins (voice)

Takeshi Katō

Long John Silver (voice)

Genzō Wakayama

Captain Alexander Smollett (voice)

Kazuo Kumakura

Blind Pew (voice)

Seizo Kato

Billy Bones (voice)

Takashi Kitahara

Dr. David Livesey (voice)

Takuya Fujioka

John Trelawney (voice)

• Osamu TezukaDirector · Writer
• Robert Louis StevensonNovel
• Isao TomitaOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 3, 1965

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

55m

Genres

Animation, Adventure