Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey

Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (メーテルリンクの青い鳥 チルチルミチルの冒険旅行) is a 1980 Japanese animated television series directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa, with character designs from Leiji Matsumoto. It is based on the 1908 play by Maurice Maeterlinck. The series was 26-episodes long when aired on Japanese television. The series was made in Japan between 1978 and 1979.

Plot
Set in a German-speaking country in the 1970s, the series is about a 12-year-old girl called Mytyl and her 13-year-old brother Tyltyl seeking happiness, represented by The Blue Bird of Happiness, aided by the good fairy Bérylune. They are accompanied on their journey by their cat and dog, Shanet and Tyrol, who are given anthropomorph forms and the ability to talk by Bérylune.

Characters

 * Tyltyl (voiced by Toru Furuya)
 * Mytyl (voiced by Mami Koyama)
 * Tylô (Tyrol) (the dog) (voiced by Ichiro Nagai)
 * Tylette (Shanet) (the cat) (voiced by Fuyumi Shiraishi)
 * Berylune (the fairy) (voiced by Fusako Amachi)
 * Queen of the Night (voiced by Akihiro Miwa)
 * Tyltyl and Mytyl's parents (voiced by Koji Yada (father), Miyoko Shoji (ep 1) and Mari Okamoto (mother))
 * Water (voiced by Yoko Asagami)
 * Fire (voiced by Kenichi Ogata)
 * Time (voiced by Koji Yada)
 * Bread (voiced by Toshio Furukawa)
 * Milk (voiced by Masako Nozawa)
 * Sugar (voiced by Tomiko Suzuki)
 * Light (voiced by Mari Okamoto)

Production crew

 * Producer / Planning: Yoshinobu Nishizaki
 * Chief Director: Hiroshi Sasagawa
 * Script: Keisuke Fujikawa, Maru Tamura
 * Original Character Design: Leiji Matsumoto
 * Animation Character Design and Supervising Animation Director: Toyoo Ashida
 * Assistant Animation Director: Yoshiyuki Hane
 * Art Director: Kazue Ito
 * Sound Director: Atsumi Tashiro, Yasunori Honda
 * Music: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Production: Toei Animation (uncredited), Office Academy, Fuji TV

Music

 * Opening song:
 * Shiawase no Babira Torarira / "Babyla Tolarilla of Happiness"
 * Lyrics by: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement by: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Song by: Midori Fukuhara


 * Ending song:
 * Mado Akari / "Window Lights"
 * Lyrics by: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement by: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Song by: Hideki Osuga


 * Insert songs:
 * 1. Ima Hoshi Mono wa Ai / "What I Want Now is Love"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: Midori Fukuhara


 * 2. Obake no Fugue / "Haunted Fugue"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: Fusako Amachi


 * 3. Yoseitachi no Fantasy / "Fairies Fantasy"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: Midori Fukuhara and Fusako Amachi


 * 4. Yoru no Joo / "Queen of the Night"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: Akihiro Miwa


 * 5. Jumon no Uta (Babira Torarira) / "Spell Song (Babyla Tolarilla)"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: Fusako Amachi


 * 6. Ano Hi no You Ni / "Like That Day"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: Fusako Amachi


 * 7. Ryukan no Matsuri / "Flu Festival"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: La Ronde


 * 8. Mada Awanai Hito no Tame Ni / "For Those Who Haven't Met Yet"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: Hideki Osuga


 * 9. Shiawase Party / "Happiness Party"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: La Ronde


 * 10. Wasurenbo no Kashi no Ki / "Forgotten Oak Tree"
 * Lyrics: Michio Yamagami
 * Composition and arrangement: Hiroshi Miyagawa
 * Performance: Junpei Takiguchi