is a fantasy adventure anime series created by Osamu Tezuka. The anime is based on the classic Russian animated film Konjok-gorbunok by Ivan Ivanov-Vano, which in turn was based on Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov's fairy tale of the same name.

This was Tezuka's last anime series. Osamu Tezuka died while this series was in production. The studio completed the production according to his plans. 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.

Story

The 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

Original cast

• Masako Nozawa as Kakeru Shiki

• Miki Itou as Princess Kirara

• Ai Orikasa as Julie

• Goro Naya as Haruhiko Shiki, Kakeru's father

• Katsuya Kobayashi as Tanba the bus driver

• Kei Tomiyama as Henry

• Kenichi Ogata as Nitch the burglar

• Mari Mashiba as Spika

• Saori Tsuchiya as Blink (Magic)

• Satoko Yasunaga as Doctor Nana

• Sho Hayami as Prince Horo

• You Yoshimura as Satch the burglar

• Yuriko Fuchizaki as Rakururu

Music

See also

• The Little Humpbacked Horse (ballet)

References

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