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“Adopted French boy Remi is sold by father, joins traveling musician Vitalis to find birth parents and life's meaning.”
Nobody's Boy Remi
家なき子
7.91
862 rank · 19,601 viewers · 352 favorites
Adventure
Drama
Historical
Kids
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Synopsis
Adopted French boy Remi is sold by father, joins traveling musician Vitalis to find birth parents and life's meaning.
Remi is a boy living happily with his mother in the French countryside. But everything changes when his estranged father comes home and, in desperate need of money, reveals that Remi is adopted, and sells him. Heartbroken, Remi ends up with Vitalis, a traveling musician, and his troupe of animal entertainers. Together, they travel the country in search for Remi's real parents, along the way learning the harsh lessons of life. A deeply moving story about friendship, loss and the pursuit of happiness. (Source: AniDB)
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Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 10 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.12
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.12 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.50
Running avg · Dec 2009 → Aug 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This anime really bring the nostalgic feelings of my childhood. I remember crying while i was watching this as a kid but i do like that it portrays the hardships of life, i watched it dubbed in...”
- 10 “Sublime! It must be watch. Remi, 8 years old, adopted, is rented by the father Barberin who can not work anymore. Vitalis, a street performer with three dogs and a monkey, embarks across France,...”
- 7 “This anime is based on the book of the French author Hector Malot, Sans Familie, published in the year of 1878. Recelty I got obsessed with this kind of adaptions in anime, I don't have rejects....”
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Medium · 40%
Long · 50%
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A Tv Production · Fall 1977
Madhouse.- Format 51 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 20h 24m all episodes
- Aired Oct 1977 – Oct 1978 Fall 1977
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-2596 catalog
Licensed by
- AnimEigo Licensor
- ImaginAsian Entertainment Licensor