Future Boy Conan marked the directorial debut of Hayao Miyazaki, and it was
an instant classic. It has all the ingredients of a perfect anime show:
Great characters, meaningful story, excellent animation and superb direction.
It is also a perfect example of how an anime show can be great without
the use of flashy characters or techno-gadgets. What won our hearts instead
in this show are the good old virtues of kindness, bravery, friendship,
loyalty and trust (sounds preachy doesn't it ).
[Update: Nippon Animation is currently working on a sequel to the
first Future Boy Conan series, the new show is to be called Mirai
Shonen Conan 2: Taiga Adventure. It will be aired on the Japanese TBS
network Saturdays, at 5:30 pm, starting in Oct.99]
MPEG movie of Conan opening song (4.7MB)
Schematic View of the Triangle Tower (228k GIF)
Nice ray-traced Conan artworks by Hiroshi Takahashi
Cover picture of the Conan roman album (223k GIF)
Images
Synopsis [brief non-spoiler version]
People, Places and Things
Future Boy Conan Opening Song
Future Boy Conan Ending Song
Conan BGM's in MP2 (source courtesy of Walter Amos):
Voice Actors in Future Boy Conan
Future Boy Conan page in Anime Web Guide
Future Boy Conan page in Japanese
Future Boy Conan page in Italian, with an online version of
The Incredible Tide.
Miyazaki talks about Conan (in Japanese) [local copy]
Those funny intermission eyecatches
Scripts and images from UT Anime Club.
Other Miyazaki pages: Laputa, Nausicaä, Totoro, Kiki.
Episode Guide :
Synopses and scene notes for scripts in the works ... Raw scripts from UT Anime Club
1. Remnant Island synopsis HTML script raw script
2. The Journey synopsis HTML script raw script
3. The First Companion synopsis HTML script raw script
4. The Barracuda synopsis HTML script raw script
5. Industria synopsis HTML script raw script
6. Dyce's Rebellion synopsis HTML script raw script
7. Chase synopsis HTML script raw script
8. Escape synopsis HTML script raw script
9. The Salvage Ship synopsis HTML script raw script
10. Dr. Lao synopsis HTML script raw script
11. Escaping synopsis HTML script raw script
12. Core Block synopsis HTML script raw script
13. High Harbor synopsis HTML script raw script
14. A Day on the Island synopsis HTML script raw script
15. Barren Land synopsis HTML script raw script
16. The Hut for Two synopsis HTML script raw script
17. Battle synopsis HTML script raw script
18. Gun Boat synopsis HTML script raw script
19. A Big Tidal Wave synopsis HTML script raw script
20. Going to Industria Again synopsis HTML script raw script
21. Residents Under the Ground synopsis HTML script raw script
22. Rescue synopsis HTML script raw script
23. The Solar Tower synopsis HTML script raw script
24. Giganto synopsis HTML script raw script
25. The End of Industria synopsis HTML script raw script
26. Denouement synopsis HTML script raw script
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