Nobody's Boy: Remi

Nobody's Boy: Remi

1977
Nobody's Boy: Remi
Nobody's Boy: Remi

Nobody's Boy: Remi

7.9 | en | Animation

Remi lives with his mother in a French village. His father, Barberin, works in Paris. When he returns wounded and hard-hearted, Remi discovers he is actually a foundling. Barberin sells Remi to a traveling artist, Vitalis, and his animals troop. Heart-broken Remi leaves his home to face the hardships of a traveling artist's life. In Vitalis Remi finds the father he lacks. On his way Remi meets a kind rich woman and her sick son, who are actually his real mother and brother. Though life with them is nice, Remi, not knowing the truth, chooses to leave with Vitalis. Tragedies strike one after another to leave Remi alone with the faithful dog Capi. Between staying with a family of gardeners, where he gets attached to the youngest mute daughter Lise, and traveling with his best friend Mattia, earning his living by playing the harp, Remi searches for a place in life... Until he discovers his real parents may be alive, and undertakes a perilous journey to London in search of his family.

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EP51  Episode 51
Oct. 01,1978
Episode 51

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EP50  Episode 50
Sep. 24,1978
Episode 50

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EP49  Episode 49
Sep. 17,1978
Episode 49

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EP48  Episode 48
Sep. 10,1978
Episode 48

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EP47  Episode 47
Sep. 03,1978
Episode 47

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EP46  Episode 46
Aug. 20,1978
Episode 46

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EP45  Episode 45
Aug. 13,1978
Episode 45

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EP44  Episode 44
Aug. 06,1978
Episode 44

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EP43  Episode 43
Jul. 30,1978
Episode 43

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EP42  Episode 42
Jul. 16,1978
Episode 42

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EP41  Episode 41
Jul. 09,1978
Episode 41

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EP40  Episode 40
Jul. 02,1978
Episode 40

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EP39  Episode 39
Jun. 25,1978
Episode 39

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EP38  Episode 38
Jun. 18,1978
Episode 38

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EP37  Episode 37
Jun. 11,1978
Episode 37

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EP36  Episode 36
Jun. 04,1978
Episode 36

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EP35  Episode 35
May. 28,1978
Episode 35

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EP34  Episode 34
May. 21,1978
Episode 34

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EP33  Episode 33
May. 14,1978
Episode 33

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EP32  Episode 32
May. 07,1978
Episode 32

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EP31  Episode 31
Apr. 30,1978
Episode 31

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EP30  Episode 30
Apr. 23,1978
Episode 30

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EP29  Episode 29
Apr. 16,1978
Episode 29

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EP28  Episode 28
Apr. 09,1978
Episode 28

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EP27  Episode 27
Apr. 02,1978
Episode 27

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EP26  Episode 26
Mar. 26,1978
Episode 26

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EP25  Episode 25
Mar. 19,1978
Episode 25

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EP24  Episode 24
Mar. 12,1978
Episode 24

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EP23  Episode 23
Mar. 05,1978
Episode 23

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EP22  Episode 22
Feb. 26,1978
Episode 22

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EP21  Episode 21
Feb. 19,1978
Episode 21

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EP20  Episode 20
Feb. 12,1978
Episode 20

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EP19  Episode 19
Feb. 05,1978
Episode 19

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EP18  Episode 18
Jan. 29,1978
Episode 18

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EP17  Episode 17
Jan. 22,1978
Episode 17

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EP16  Episode 16
Jan. 15,1978
Episode 16

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EP15  Episode 15
Jan. 08,1978
Episode 15

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EP14  Episode 14
Jan. 01,1978
Episode 14

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EP13  Episode 13
Dec. 25,1977
Episode 13

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EP12  Episode 12
Dec. 18,1977
Episode 12

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EP11  Episode 11
Dec. 11,1977
Episode 11

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EP10  Episode 10
Dec. 04,1977
Episode 10

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EP9  Episode 9
Nov. 27,1977
Episode 9

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EP8  Episode 8
Nov. 20,1977
Episode 8

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EP7  Episode 7
Nov. 13,1977
Episode 7

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EP6  Episode 6
Nov. 06,1977
Episode 6

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EP5  Remi's First Performance
Oct. 30,1977
Remi's First Performance

The story of Rémi's first performance; his first training and debut as an actor in front of the people.

EP4  Forward, Remi!
Oct. 23,1977
Forward, Remi!

8-year-old Remi walks many miles in the company of Mr. Vitalis, his dogs and monkey. The beauty of the landscapes he sees and the new things he learns help him overcome the difficulties.

EP3  Remi's Departure
Oct. 16,1977
Remi's Departure

After being sold by his cruel adoptive father, Remi leaves Chavanon with Mr. Vitalis, along with his three kind dogs and a small and funny monkey.

EP2  Remi, Child of Fate
Oct. 09,1977
Remi, Child of Fate

After a happy "Thanksgiving Day" Remi finds out that the "father" he loved and was eager to meet, does not love him back and seems to be a cruel, rude and insensitive man.

EP1  Remi, boy of Chavanon village
Oct. 02,1977
Remi, boy of Chavanon village

Remi: The boy from Chavanon's village is the presentation of the series and shows us the early days of Remi living with his mother in a modest village in Central France.

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7.9 | en | Animation , Drama | More Info
Released: 1977-10-02 | Released Producted By: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Country: Japan Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/1970s/025101.html
Synopsis

Remi lives with his mother in a French village. His father, Barberin, works in Paris. When he returns wounded and hard-hearted, Remi discovers he is actually a foundling. Barberin sells Remi to a traveling artist, Vitalis, and his animals troop. Heart-broken Remi leaves his home to face the hardships of a traveling artist's life. In Vitalis Remi finds the father he lacks. On his way Remi meets a kind rich woman and her sick son, who are actually his real mother and brother. Though life with them is nice, Remi, not knowing the truth, chooses to leave with Vitalis. Tragedies strike one after another to leave Remi alone with the faithful dog Capi. Between staying with a family of gardeners, where he gets attached to the youngest mute daughter Lise, and traveling with his best friend Mattia, earning his living by playing the harp, Remi searches for a place in life... Until he discovers his real parents may be alive, and undertakes a perilous journey to London in search of his family.

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Cast

Masako Sugaya , Yousuke Kondou , Reiko Mutoh

Director

Shichiro Kobayashi

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Satsuki_Mei I used to watch this anime television show when I was little in the eighties and I loved it then. Recently I got the Dutch-dubbed DVD as a gift, I watched it again just recently and I still loved it.The story is based on a book by Hector Malot. It is set in France and is about an abandoned boy, Remi, who is raised in a poor family by sweet mother Barbarin and not-so-sweet father Jerome Barbarin, who luckily isn't home very often and works elsewhere. Despite their poverty, Remi is happy in the loving care of his mother. The story takes off when the Barbarins get so poor that Jerome decides to sell Remi to a traveling artist group led by the stern Vitalis, and we follow Remi's adventures, which are like a roller-coaster of happiness and sadness.Remi is a warm-hearted gentle boy with a positive outlook on life despite everything that happens to him. I cried my eyes out at times, both when I was young and now that I saw it again. Somebody here called it a children's telenovela, and it really is like that.This show made a deep impression on me as a child. It is well-paced, taking the time for each character to develop. It is animated beautifully. Just watching the landscapes is fantastic and they have such a great way of animating Remi's dreams and thoughts.I would definitely recommend this anime, both for children and adults. It teaches life lessons, but without the lessons getting tiresome or being too obvious.
anahisc-1 My title is not intended as a derogatory name. I grew up in Mexico in the 80s where soap operas (telenovelas) intended for adults (mainly housewives) were seen by everyone since little satellite TV was available. While my mom saw her soaps, we the children were kept entertained with cartoons on afternoon weekdays. Remi, as we know it in Mexico, is deeply ingrained in me as the first story I truly enjoyed. For a 5-year-old middle class, I didn't know much about poverty or suffering in the world, but learned it through the eyes of Remi. Even remembering some episodes bring back some tears in my eyes. It is a great piece of art and I never questioned it at all. it helped me imagine other worlds, other times. Only until recently I found out this cartoon is based on a french novel widely known. I wish more classics were shown in this way for these and future generations.
Chip_douglas Very faithful version of Hector Malot's novel "Sans Famille" adapted for animation 99 years after the book's publication, in Japan no less. It tells the unbearably sad tale of Remi, an eight year old French farm boy who finds out he's an orphan when his disgruntles stepfather arrives home and is promptly sold by the man to traveling musician Vitalis, in order to join his band of performers (three dogs and a monkey). For poor little Remi, tragedy seems to be permanently shadowing him, striking each and every time a tiny sparkle of hope or happiness arrives in the boy's life. I must admit, my young mind was not quite prepared to watch a cartoon series like this. First of all, it was a serial, whereas I had grown used to watching children's programs with self contained episodes. Secondly, the animation was quite different from American and European tradition (my parents explained to me the names on the credits were Japanese, which was puzzling seeing as it was a French story). Thirdly, and most importantly, it was simply too depressing. More than half the traveling performers die before the series is half way through, poor Remi has to content with illnesses, poverty, prejudice, cruel work-masters, a flood in a coal mine, a family of thieves, a young girl who can't speak, a boy who can't walk and every character, good or bad, is thrown in jail at some point or another, I'm sorry to say I never did manage to watch all 51 episodes in a row.The animation was gorgeous and the fact that a special technique had been used to give it a three-dimensional effect was widely publicized at the time of it's first showing on Dutch Television (Avro) between October 1979 and August 1980. Remi looked like your typical Anime boy with the enormous wide eyes and the occasional jerky leg movement, while his mentor Vitalis was portrayed as an enormous, sturdy man, despite the gray beard. Everybody had fashionably long seventies hairdo's. One way in which this adaptation did differ from the original was in giving a larger part to the monkey, Jolli-Coeur (animal sidekicks being necessary in cartoons, no matter where they were produced). The Dutch voice cast was compiled of a great selection of stage and television actors (who can still be heard on the 3 long playing records that were released amongst a slew of merchandising), yet strangely enough, for the video release, the series was reedited to play 80 or 90 minutes, and completely re-dubbed. The only reason I can come up with is that they had to cut out a whole bunch of subplots, making the original voice recording hard to follow. However, when the entire series was repeated by EO television between September 1996 and July 1997, the soundtrack was completely redone once more, including a new, hipper theme tune and a title change from "Remi" to "Alleen op de Wereld". Meanwhile it seems yet another Manga version of Sans Famille was made during the nineties, in which Remi was given a gender swap (but still kept her old 'masculine' name. Poor child. It seems Remi will never get an even break.8 out of 10