MIRAI SHONEN CONAN Future Boy Conan

Other Titles: Conan le Garçon du Futur (French)

Author: Alexander Kay

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Script Writer: Kenshoh Nakano, Sohji Yoshikawa

Character Design: Yasuo Ohtsuka

Backgrounds: Nizoh Yamamoto

Music: Shinichiroh Ikebe

Company: Nippon Animation

Year: 1978

Charas:
Conan is the young, somehow naive, hero. He's an orphan brought up by his grand-father.

Story: Towards the end of the 20th century a nuclear war destroys most of the Earth. Some inhabitants escape into space and finally come back to the planet whilst other have miraculously survived in isolated islands. Conan is suddenly stuck in a conflict between scientists who want to restore civilisation and mechanics and a group of men who strongly believe that the only solution is to stay close to nature.

Type: TV series and 2 films

Number of Episodes: 26

We have: Some episodes in poorly dubbed English

What we thought: Bags of fun in this series. Plus it is one of Myazaki's first anime which touches some of his favourite themes. An other must.