Season
- Season 1 1981-04-07
- Season 0
Episode
- Episode 1: Belle Meets Sebastian
- Episode 2: The Hunt for Belle
- Episode 3: A Night in the Mountains
- Episode 4: The Journey Begins
- Episode 5: Escaping Smugglers
- Episode 6: A Visit to Jail
- Episode 7: Meeting Sara
- Episode 8: A Promise to Sara
- Episode 9: Farewell to Sara
- Episode 10: The Case of the Missing Sheep
- Episode 11: Puppy Love
- Episode 12: Operation Substitute
- Episode 13: The Runaway Car
- Episode 14: An Act of Bravery
- Episode 15: Billy, the Kid Bank Robber
- Episode 16: The Old Man by the Sea
- Episode 17: Phantoms On a Ship
- Episode 18: Smuggled On Board
- Episode 19: The Secret of the Castle Ghost
- Episode 20: The Ghost's Revenge
- Episode 21: Kidnapped
- Episode 22: Chased by Desperados
- Episode 23: Mistaken Identities
- Episode 24: Doublecrossed
- Episode 25: Meeting at the Mountain
- Episode 26: Isabel's Scarf
- Episode 27: The Three Sisters
- Episode 28: Building a New Home
- Episode 29: Belle and Sebastian are Seperated
- Episode 30: It's A Boy
- Episode 31: Reunited At Last
- Episode 32: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Episode 33: Sebastian Loses His Best Friend
- Episode 34: Come Back to Me
- Episode 35: One Mistake After Another
- Episode 36: Poisoned
- Episode 37: The Big Sleep
- Episode 38: Mom Didn't Forget Me
- Episode 39: Don't Drink the Water
- Episode 40: Belle is Captured
- Episode 41: Help, Save Belle
- Episode 42: Make New Friends and Keep the Old
- Episode 43: On a Train Bound for Battle
- Episode 44: Traveling on the Underground Railroad
- Episode 45: The Kind Heart of Inspector Garcia
- Episode 46: Climbing a Wall of Stone
- Episode 47: A Storm Brews
- Episode 48: A Snowy Reunion
- Episode 49: The Devil's Corridor
- Episode 50: Belle Risks Her Life
- Episode 51: Mom Makes Up Her Mind
- Episode 52: A Happy Ending
Belle and Sebastian Season 1 The Old Man by the Sea
Belle and Sebastian is an anime adaption of a series of French novels called Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982. It consists of 52 episodes and was a co-production of MK Company, Visual 80 Productions and Toho Company, Ltd.. Toshiyuki Kashiwakura was the head writer and character designs were by Shuichi Seki. The show was broadcast on French and Japanese television in 1981, with American cable network Nickelodeon picking it up in 1984. In the United Kingdom, it aired on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990.
This anime used many staffers from Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater franchise, thus the look and feel is similar to that of a WMT production even though Nippon Animation itself was not involved with this series.
The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan and has been dubbed and subtitled in English and numerous other languages.
