Blue Blink (青いブリンク, Aoi Burinku) is a fantasy adventure anime series created by Osamu Tezuka. The anime is based from classic film Konjok-gorbunok by Ivan Ivanov-Vano.[1] The film in turn is based from Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov's The Little Humpbacked Horse.
| Blue Blink | |
 Blink and Kakeru | |
| 青いブリンク (Aoi Burinku) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Fantasy, adventure |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka Takashi Yamada |
| Music by | Hiroaki Serizawa |
| Studio | Tezuka Productions |
| Original network | NHK General TV |
| Original run | 7 April 1989 – 16 March 1990 |
| Episodes | 39 |
This was Tezuka's last anime series.[2] Osamu Tezuka died while this series was in production. The studio completed the production according to his plans.[1] The show was streamed at Anime Sols, but was removed, because it did not meet its goal of crowd-funding for DVD. It is currently only available for legal streaming at Viki.com.[3]
Story
editThe story opens with the meeting between the hero, Kakeru, and a mystical pony named Blink. Kakeru saves Blink from a thunder shower and in gratitude, Blink tells him that if he is ever in trouble, all Kakeru needs to do is call out his name three times and he will appear. At the end of the summer when Kakeru returns home, his father, a writer of children's stories, is kidnapped. Kakeru, weeping, calls out Blink's name and, as promised, Blink immediately appears, and the two set out on the trail of Kakeru's father.
Episode list
edit| Episode | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Departing for Far, Far Away |
| 2 | The Secret of Grey Ranch |
| 3 | A Prisoner at Rose House |
| 4 | The Crooked Ivory Castle |
| 5 | The Monster Dogitra of Yellow Fort |
| 6 | The Mysterious Fruit of Blue Town |
| 7 | Crash! The Moss-Green Road Race! |
| 8 | The Island of Temptation — Cobalt |
| 9 | The Fighting Country — Red Baal |
| 10 | The Mysterious Forest — Sepia |
| 11 | Terrace — The Town of Primary Colours |
| 12 | The Heart-Thief of Purple Town |
| 13 | The Armored Gun-Train of Brown Town |
| 14 | Children's Town, Rainbow Town |
| 15 | The Light Ark of Gold Valley |
| 16 | The Town of Fortune-Telling: Mint Green |
| 17 | Milky White: The Secret of the Temple in the Air |
| 18 | Will It Bloom?: The Flower of Dark in Emerald Forest |
| 19 | To The Dark River! The Mysterious Ultra-Marine Plain!! |
| 20 | Animal Paradise: Harpy Green |
| 21 | Yellow Oaker: The Town With No Greenery or Flowers |
| 22 | The Plane of Love! Fly in the Persian Blue!! |
| 23 | The Legend of Davies Gray! Blink Turns into a Fossil!! |
| 24 | Submarine City: The Mermaid Princess of Palm |
| 25 | Blink Disappears in Opera Town |
| 26 | Revive! The Fluorescent Butterflies of Scarlet River |
| 27 | Mystery! The Castle of Adventures, Indigo |
| 28 | Love Again! Fierce Fight in the Wine Red Sea |
| 29 | Enemy or Friend? The Detective of Orange Stone |
| 30 | Find the Key of Truth! The Remains of Dark Purple Lake |
| 31 | Gold Amber Valley |
| 32 | The Upside Down City, Sky Blue |
| 33 | Meeting Again! Mother and Child in the Dark Jail |
| 34 | Lonely Kakeru! The Nightmare of the Dark Sea!! |
| 35 | The Strongest Soldier: Black Samurai |
| 36 | To the Dark Castle! Face Up with Courage |
| 37 | Prince Horo: The Bronze Trap |
| 38 | Gross Castle in Light and Darkness |
| 39 | Goodbye to the Endless Journey and Blink |
Original cast
edit- Masako Nozawa as Kakeru
- Miki Itou as Princess Kirara
- Ai Orikasa as Julie
- Goro Naya as Shiki Haruhiko
- Katsuya Kobayashi as Tanba
- Kei Tomiyama as Henry
- Kenichi Ogata as Nitch
- Mari Mashiba as Spika
- Saori Tsuchiya as Blink
- Satoko Yasunaga as Nana
- Sho Hayami as Prince Horo
- You Yoshimura as Satch
- Yuriko Fuchizaki as Rakururu
Music
edit| Title | English title | Performer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitomi no Naka no Mirai | The Future in Your Eyes[4] | Yoko Minamino | Opening song |
| Makenaide, Yuuki | Don't give in, have courage[4] | Shinobu Nakayama | Ending song |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Richard Llewellyn (2007-07-01). "Aoi Blink". Animated Divots. Richard Llewellyn. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ "Aoi Blink (Series)". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ "Blue Blink - Japan - TV Shows - Viki.com". www.viki.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-17.
- ^ a b "Aoi Blink". Animelyrics.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
External links
edit- Blue Blink in IMDB
- Aoi Blink Credits in BCDB
- Blue Blink (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia