“A dog named Mari and her newborn puppies survive the 2004 Niigata earthquake, helping their trapped owner before facing abandonment in their destroyed village.”
Yamakoshi Mura no Mari to Sanbiki no Koinu
山古志村のマリと三匹の子犬
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Synopsis
A dog named Mari and her newborn puppies survive the 2004 Niigata earthquake, helping their trapped owner before facing abandonment in their destroyed village.
Based on a picture book written about the 2004 earthquake in Chuuetsu, Niigata prefecture. Mari's three puppies were just born, when the earthquake in Yamakoshimura started. Now their home is in ruins, and their owner, an old man is trapped under the debris. Mari somehow manages to break her chain, and encourages the old man, until help arrives. In the end, someone saves the old man, but he can't take in the dogs, so they remain in the now abandoned village. Can Mari and the puppies live on like this? (Source: AniDB)
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Yamakoshi Mura no Mari to Sanbiki no Koinu begins and ends here.
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A Ova Production
- Format 1 × 45′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 45m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2006 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-29773 catalog