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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.
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.
Why It Rocks[]
- 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.
- Likable characters such as:
- Remi Barberin/Milligan (female version)
- Vitalis
- Mrs. Milligan
- Arthur
- Mattia (male version)
- Capi, Zerbino, Dolce and Joli-Coeur (Vitalis' pets)
- Remi's female version design was very pretty and Mattia's male version design was very cool.
- Vitals' pets Capi, Zerbino, Dolce and Joli-Coeur was very adorable.
- Remi and Mattia are good love-hate relationship and a cute couple.
- Good voice acting, Mitsuko Horie.
- The Arabic Opening is more catchy because of its popularity in the MENA region.
- Remi's mother song is so heartwarming and tearjerking in episode 1.
Bad Qualities[]
- This series was not aired in France because of ruined the original boy version.
- Remi's foster father was very unlikable and very bad person, He tries to sell her foster daughter, Remi to the evil slave trader, Pollinel to get money.
- Gaspard is the worst main villain in this series, he is very cruel to the children he takes in, and only cares about taking their money and using it for his own purposes.
- Some darkest moments like, in episode 10, Arthur attempts to drown himself in a river, but Remi convinces him not to go through with it.
- in episode 12, Zerbino and Dolce was killed by the wolves, which is too violence and gruesome for children.
- in the late episodes is too getting darker due to Gaspard's abuse.
Trivia[]
- This series of English dub also aired on Animax Asia has been lost since 2004.
- Mrs. Milligan's son Arthur is the male version of Clara from Heidi, Girl of the Alps and he somehow makes Joe Swanson from Family Guy who is paralyzed and in a wheelchair.
Reception[]
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.