Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari

*Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari*
Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari
	Enrico Bottini and a classmate
	愛の学校クオレ物語
Genre	Drama, historical, school
Written by	Ryuzo Nakanishi
Directed by	Eiji Okabe
Music by	Katsuhisa Hattori ; Yasushi Akutagawa
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer	Koichi Motohashi
Producer	Shigeo Endo
Production companies	Mainichi Broadcasting System; Nippon Animation
Original release
Network	JNN (MBS)
Release	April 3 –; October 2, 1981

Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari (Japanese: 愛の学校クオレ物語, romanized: Ai no Gakkō Kuore Monogatari, lit. 'The Story of Cuore, School of Love') is an anime television series, based on the 1886 novel Cuore, Libro per i Ragazzi (Heart: An Italian Schoolboy's Journal) by Edmondo de Amicis. It first aired from April 3 to October 2, 1981.^[2]

The series has been broadcast into some countries, It has been dubbed in French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Polish, Arabic, and Persian.

Story

The story takes place in nineteenth century in Turin, Italy. The events in the anime are based on Enrico Bottini's journal. The boys in early adolescence, innocent and susceptible, meet a teacher of virtue. He tells them honorable and heart-warming stories with which the boys feel great empathy. After experiencing hard times and sharing various joys with their friends and family, the boys recognize what is most important of all: to love others.

Voice cast

Toshiko Fujita as Enrico Bottini
Katsue Miwa as Nino Bottini

Episode list

Episode	Title
1	Commencement Day: Enrico and Mr. Perboni
2	Disaster: Heroic Robetti
3	Classmates: Franti, The Juvenile Delinquent
4	In the Attic: Enrico's Secret
5	Boys of Calabria: Transfer Student Gracche
6	Bestfriend Garrone: Face-off with Franti
7	A Little Chimney Sweep: Nino's New Friend
8	A Principal's Tears: Boy Scouts of Lombardia
9	The King and Father & Son Coretti: Tearful Reunion
10	Antonio the Young Plasterer: Many Faces in Front of Father
11	Garoffi's Gift: Stamp and Church
12	Betti the Bullied Boy: Parent-teacher day
13	3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (Part 1)
14	3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (Part 2)
15	Precossi the Blacksmith: Small Knife in Friendship
16	Boy Julio's Secret
17	Stardi's Library: The Person Who Hid The Books
18	Summer Vacation on The Poe River: Franti's Disaster
19	Summer in the Alps: Father's Teacher is my Teacher
20	A Summer Night's Incident: Father's Secret
21	Don't Give Up! Charine Family Circus
22	Only The Cross Knows: Father's Nursing
23	Father's Gift: Mystery of The Ink Stand!
24	Franti, The Juvenile Delinquent Runs Out of School
25	The Boy Who Sacrificed Himself: Franti's Tears
26	Picnic: And Goodbye

Music

Title	English title	Performer	Description
Cuore Monogatari	The Story of Cuore	Eri Takeda with Tokyo Broadcasting Children's Choir	Opening theme
Shiroi Nikki	White Diary	Eri Takeda with Tokyo Broadcasting Children's Choir	Ending theme

References

^ "Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari (TV) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ 愛の学校クオレ物語 (1981). alcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

External links

Cuore in IMDB
Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari (TV) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[2] 愛の学校クオレ物語 (1981). alcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

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