The Bush Baby
1992 • Fuji TV
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 1992
- Episodes
- 40
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Fuji TV · Nippon Animation
- Genres
- Adventure · Drama
When Jackie Roads, a british girl living in Kenya with her family, finds an ill animal called a Bushbaby, she adopts him, calls him Murphy and nurses him back to health. Murphy, Jackie, her family and their friends go on many adventures involving wild animals, poachers and more. But when Jackie's father is recalled to England, Jackie must leave her life in Africa behind. However, before she can go, Jackie, Murphy and Tembo, a friend of Jackie's father, go on one last adventure: they must cross the dangerous savannah to escape the poachers and corrupt police officers chasing them. Along the way, Jackie teaches the now domesticated Murphy to survive in the wild, so that, before she leaves, she can release him in his natural habitat.
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The Bush Baby, known in Japan as Daisuki! Burishibabī, is an anime series produced by Nippon Animation as part of the long-running World Masterpiece Theater collection. Premiering on Fuji TV in 1992, the series was adapted from William Stevenson’s 1965 novel The Bushbabies, which follows the journey of a young girl named Jackie and her bond with a galago—a bush baby—set against the backdrop of colonial-era Kenya.
The production sought to maintain the high-quality, emotionally resonant storytelling associated with the World Masterpiece Theater brand. Directed by Hiroshi Saitō, who was instrumental in the studio's adaptation of literary classics, the series emphasized themes of environmental stewardship, friendship, and cultural exploration. While the show captured a specific niche of literary animation, it remains a nostalgic touchstone for viewers who appreciate the soft, painterly aesthetic of early 90s cel-animated dramas.
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