Remi, Nobody's Girl

Remi, Nobody's Girl
家なき子レミ; (Ie Naki Ko Remi)
Genre	Adventure, historical, slice of life story
Anime television series
Directed by	Kōzō Kuzuha
Written by	Man Shimada
Studio	Nippon Animation
Original network	Fuji TV, Animax
English network	SEA: Animax Asia;
Original run	September 1, 1996 – March 23, 1997
Episodes	26

Remi, Nobody's Girl (Japanese: 家なき子レミ, Hepburn: Ie Naki Ko Remi) is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series by Nippon Animation, broacasted since 1996 to 1997 across Japan on the Fuji Television network as an installment to Nippon Animation's famed World Masterpiece Theater series. The show was Directed by Kusaba Kouzo, write by Man Shimada with character design Ooshiro Katsu . The story is adapted from Sans famille, a 1878 French novel, written by Hector Malot (Adapted previously to anime in 1977 Nobody's Boy: Remi) , This version made major changes from the book, including changing the gender of the main character or the "Swan" chapter, along with many other main events.

Started airing on September 1, 1996; the show was canceled by Fuji TV on account of low ratings; ended March 23, 1997, with a staggeringly low episode count of 23 episodes, but the complete series, all 26 episodes, was later aired by the anime satellite television network, Animax, who translated and dubbed the series into English for broadcast across its respective English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, under the title Remi, Nobody's Girl, as well as other languages.

Story

Remi, Nobody's Girl tells the story of Remi, a cheerful and tender-hearted young girl, who is an excellent singer and lives in a French country town of Chavanon with her mother. One day her father returns to the town after a long period working away from home in a city. She discovers that she was a "foundling" or an abandoned child and was adopted by Mother Barberin. Her foster father, Jerome leaves to work in Paris and expects Mother Barberin to send Remi to the workhouse. He returns 10 years later and finds that Remi is still there, and becomes furious and Remi is almost sold to an evil slave trader. It is Vitalis, a strolling entertainer, who helps Remi. Vitalis discovers her talent for singing and decides to take her in with his troupe. Remi starts her journey with Vitalis and his troupe animals such as the monkey Georicoule and the dogs Capi, Dolce, and Zelbino. On her journeys with Vitalis and his company she must endure and overcome many difficulties while looking for her real family.

Characters

Remi Barberin (レミ・バルブラン, Remi Baruburan)

Voiced by: Mitsuko Horie (Japanese); Andrea Kwan (English)
A bright and energetic 10-year-old girl. She was raised in a French village called Chavanon, but she doesn't know where she was born. Remi is an excellent singer. Her foster father, Jerome sells her to Pollinel for Money.

Anne Barberin (アンヌ・バルブラン, Annu Baruburan)

Voiced by: Kumiko Hironaka
Her husband, Jerome found Remi as a abandoned baby on a street corner of Paris. Afterwards, Jerome leaves to work in Paris and Anne raises Remi in secret.

Nana Barberin (ナナ・バルブラン, Nana Baruburan)

Voiced by: Junko Shimakata
Remi's foster little sister, she is the real child of Anne Barberin.

Jerome Barberin (ジェローム・バルブラン, Jerōmu Baruburan)

Voiced by: Masahiko Tanaka
Remi's foster father. He found Remi as an abandoned baby, He goes away to Paris to work and expects his wife to get rid of Remi and send her to the workhouse. He returns ten years later because of a work injury and sells Remi to Pollinel for Money.

Rosette (ルーセット, Rūsetto)

The family cow, which is sold as a Payment.

Vitalis (ヴィタリス, Vitarisu)

Voiced by: Fubito Yamano (Japanese); Rik Thomas (English)
The owner of three dogs and a monkey. He is a performer who travels throughout France. He is skilled at playing the violin. At first glance, he appears frightful, however he is very kind. He taught Remi to read and write because she doesn't go to school.

Milligan (ミリガン婦人)

Voiced by: Eiko Yamada
An English lady who in Toulouse meets Remi and believes that Vitalis is innocent. She searches for her own daughter who was stolen not long after birth. Actually, it turned out that Remi is her real daughter.

Arthur (アーサー, Āsā)

Voiced by: Yumi Touma
Mrs. Milligan's son who is paralyzed and in a wheelchair. He becomes good friends with Remi. Also, the brother of Remi.

Nelly (ネリー, Nerī)

Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara

Mattia (マチア, Machia)

Voiced by: Shinobu Adachi
One of the boys who has lived with Gaspard, he is the leader of the children. He's good at playing the violin. He became attached to Remi because of her kindness and gentleness. They promised to be together forever and in the last episode he promised to work hard so that he can be in same social status and ask Remi to be with him forever.

Lise (リーズ, Rīzu)

Voiced by: Mika Nakai

Ricardo (リカルド, Rikarudo)

Voiced by: Hiro Yuuki
One of the boys who has lived with Gaspard. He is a friend of Mattia.

Marcel (マルセル, Maruseru)

Voiced by: Kyoko Tsuruno

Maria (マリア, Maria)

Voiced by: Kae Araki

Gaspard (ガスパール, Gasupāru)

Voiced by: Nobuaki Fukuda
An cruel and greedy man. He forces homeless children to work for money and treats them like slaves. He collects a money from them for his own purposes.
He is based on Garofoli from the original story.

Capi (カピ, Capi)