Famous Dog Lassie

名犬ラッシー (Meiken Rasshī)
Famous Dog Lassie
Screenshot from the television series of the opening title of Famous Dog Lassie
Genre	Drama
Anime television series
Directed by	Sunao Katabuchi
Studio	Nippon Animation
Network	Fuji TV
Original run	January 14, 1996 – August 18, 1996
Episodes	26

Famous Dog Lassie (名犬ラッシー, Meiken Rasshī) is a 1996 Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation as the 23rd entry of the World Masterpiece Theater staple.^[1] The anime is based on the 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight and also the second animated Lassie series ever produced, since Lassie's Rescue Rangers.

Themes

World Masterpiece Theater by Nippon Animation

Calpis Comic Theater	Dororo (1969) Moomin (1970) Andersen Monogatari (1971) New Moomin (1972) Fables of the Green Forest (1973) Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974)

Calpis Children's Theater	Dog of Flanders (1975) Marco, 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976) Rascal the Raccoon (1977)

Calpis Family Theater	The Story of Perrine (1978)

World Masterpiece Theater	Anne of Green Gables (1979) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980) The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island (1981) Lucy of the Southern Rainbow (1982) Story of the Alps: My Annette (1983) Katri, Girl of the Meadows (1984) Princess Sarah (1985)

House Foods World Masterpiece Theater	The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love (1986) Tales of Little Women (1987) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1988) The Adventures of Peter Pan (1989) My Daddy Long Legs (1990) Trapp Family Story (1991) The Bush Baby (1992) Little Women II: Jo's Boys (1993)

World Masterpiece Theater	Tico of the Seven Seas (1994) Romeo's Blue Skies (1995) Famous Dog Lassie (1996) Remi, Nobody's Girl (1997)

House Foods World Masterpiece Theater	Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette (2007) Porphy no Nagai Tabi (2008) Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables (2009)

Related articles	Hayao Miyazaki Nippon Animation Isao Takahata

Category

Works featuring Lassie

Novel	Lassie Come-Home

Films	Lassie Come Home (1943) Son of Lassie (1945) Courage of Lassie (1946) Hills of Home (1948) The Sun Comes Up (1949) Challenge to Lassie (1949) The Painted Hills (1951) Lassie's Great Adventure (1963) The Magic of Lassie (1978) Lassie (1994) Lassie (2005)

Live television series	Lassie (1954–1973) Lassie: A New Beginning (1978) The New Lassie (1989–1991) Lassie (1997–1999) Lassie's Pet Vet (2007)

Animated television series	Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–1974) Famous Dog Lassie (1996) The New Adventures of Lassie (2014)

Other	Lassie (manga series)

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